One of the key arguments that the TUC made when campaigning for a Remain vote in the EU referendum in June was that, outside the EU, we would find it more difficult to attract inward investment in manufacturing, including from the Japanese (who made si…Read more…
Article 50: so much for Parliamentary sovereignty!
This week, Theresa May ruled out giving Parliament a vote before Article 50 is triggered. She’s explained her position in terms of respecting the will of the people as expressed in June’s referendum – and the TUC accepts that decision too. But we are still disappointed at her…Read more…
Too Poor to Pay? Is this really the New Poll Tax?
This report is very disturbing. I have asked the Council for a response and agreed to meet with CPAG and Z2K. I will encourage other Councillors to do so as well. By coincidence I have just been to a Unison seminar where the practice of trying to force…Read more…
1st Congress – International Workingmen’s Association – Sept. 3rd, 1866.
150 years ago today – on September 3rd, 1866 – the First Congress of the International Workingmen’s Association convened in Geneva, Switzerland. Karl Marx, who was unable to attend,…Read more…
Workers’ Knowledge as Workers’ Power
Dear Colleagues,
As you’ll know I have been toiling on my doctoral thesis, the focus of which is the MA programme I run at Ruskin and its focus on the way in which trade unionists learn. Although I felt I had a handle on this, the research and reading…Read more…
What should Labour’s policies be on workers’ rights?
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Union mergers and industrial logic.
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Sports Direct AGM on Wednesday 7th September
Next Wednesday see the AGM of Sports Direct take place. Since I last blogged about this it has become clear that a major investor revolt is underway.
The company has been publicly criticised by the Investor Forum (a first), which has called for a thor…Read more…
What are the challenges for unions’ traditional ways of working in a digital world?
There’s a lot of talk out there about ‘digital disruption’. This is a process cited for the demise of newspapers, troubles in the music industry, the end of Kodak and the death of…Read more…
N tice nything missing?
At UNISON we know how vital blood donation is, which is why we’ve been taking part in the #missingtype campaign
The article N tice nything missing? first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
More in common
Members of Unite’s Community section will be standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the Polish community at tomorrow’s (September 3) unity ‘march of silence’ in Harlow which follows the…Read more…
Welcome investment
The engine of the UK’s manufacturing base – the automotive industry – got a boost yesterday (September 1) as the government confirmed it would inject £35m into new industrial hub in Coventry where…Read more…
2017 diaries: order now
Summer is technically over – so it’s time for UNISON branches to start ordering your 2017 diaries
The article 2017 diaries: order now first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Drowning in debt
Young people may once have enjoyed a certain level of financial freedom before starting families, but now the so-called carefree youth is a thing of the past as generation austerity start their…Read more…
Giving up not an option
Heavy manufacturing equipment firm Caterpillar announced another raft of job losses yesterday (September 1), a move which Unite has condemned, calling it another blow to Northern Ireland’s…Read more…
Social Work Watch set to snap the state of the profession
Work in social care? Please fill in our survey describing their work day on 21 September
The article Social Work Watch set to snap the state of the profession first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
People on the Move – Edinburgh Festivals 3
My third compilation of reviews from the Edinburgh Festivals has been published in yesterday’s Morning Star. Covering a range of shows with a general theme of migration, it is a masterpiece of…Read more…
Workers in Japan let down by Abe’s new spending plans
Last month Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set jaws dropping by announcing a 28.1 trillion yen (£208.1 billion) stimulus package. The package is designed to jump start Japan’s economy that has been struggling with slow growth and see off the threat of deflation. The important feature of the…Read more…
Unhealthy development: How DfID promotes health privatisation
UNISON is calling on DFID to reassess its health strategy and end its support for private healthcare schemes. Instead it should focus on the eradication of poverty, through support for quality public…Read more…
Unhealthy development
The recent exposure of the scale of the government’s toxic healthcare privatisation plans has reignited the debate on in whose interest should the NHS be run – patients or shareholders. NHS deficits, caused in part by extortionate Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes, are providing the…Read more…