TUC says legislation should be extended to medium-sized companiesRead more…
Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power
Portugal has entered dangerous political waters. For the first time since the creation of Europe’s monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding eurosceptic parties from…Read more…
Eurozone crosses Rubicon as Portugal’s anti-euro Left banned from power
Portugal has entered dangerous political waters. For the first time since the creation of Europe’s monetary union, a member state has taken the explicit step of forbidding eurosceptic parties from…Read more…
The West Ham 3 Johns at work – Punk John, Chic John and ? John
Busy Saturday. First, was Councillor Surgery at Brasset Point Tenants & Residents Room (had a tricky planning “Stop Notice” issue); then memorial tribute to PC Nina MacKay followed by ward “walkabout” in Dirleton Road E15 with concerned residents (…Read more…
Teachers form new Arab trade union bloc
Seventeen education unions and associations representing sixteen Arab countries from the Middle East and North Africa met on 7-8 October in Beirut in Lebanon to establish a new Arab teachers’ trade…Read more…
PC Nina Mackay 24 October 2015
This morning I was present at a memorial tribute to murdered PC Nina Mackay. The 25 year old was stabbed while trying to arrest a wanted man at a flat in Arthingworth Street, West Ham ward on October 24, 1997.
Local Police Officers and members from th…Read more…
World’s Biggest Union Elects New Leadership
The world’s biggest trade union, Germany’s IG Metall elected a new leadership at its Congress last week in Frankfurt. The 2.5 million member union has elected Joerg Hofmann, aged 59, dubbed ‘a tough…Read more…
Libertarianism is the Philosophy that upholds Bourgeois and Monopoly Right
Hegel said, “freedom is the appreciation of necessity”, but whose necessity are we looking at, is it the necessity for socialism or the necessity for capitalism? Libertarianism is the…Read more…
Libertarianism is the Philosophy that upholds Bourgeois and Monopoly Right
Hegel said, “freedom is the appreciation of necessity”, but whose necessity are we looking at, is it the necessity for socialism or the necessity for capitalism? Libertarianism is the…Read more…
The Chancellor is borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC
21 October 2015 New public sector finance figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, show that public spending cuts are a failed strategy for reducing the deficit,…Read more…
The Chancellor is borrowing four times more than planned, says TUC
21 October 2015 New public sector finance figures published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, show that public spending cuts are a failed strategy for reducing the deficit,…Read more…
Scunthorpe steel cash is an insult, say unions
Unions have said the £9m support package for the steel industry in the North East is woefully inadequate. The government and Tata Steel yesterday announced they will jointly fund the package to…Read more…
FBU launches Facebook page
Union encourages members to ‘like’ and ‘share’ new social media pageRead more…
Journalists reeling as bosses announce plan to sack a quarter of workforce
MP backs NUJ campaign to save jobs in BoltonRead more…
Remember to put your clocks back this weekend?
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back this weekend! In accordance to Government edict at 02:00 on Sunday you should turn all your clocks back to 25 October 1865 to reflect the society they want to create.
Please note that in accordance with this …Read more…
Your friend at work
A change of boss turned Karen Williamson’s working life upside down. Her UNISON rep, Mary Pearson, helped her find the right way up…
The article Your friend at work first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Food on credit
As UNITElive reported last week, unsecured debt – such as credit cards and payday loans – has grown exponentially in austerity Britain. A new survey released this week (October 22) has shown just…Read more…
#FeesMustFall win for South African students
South African President Jacob Zuma agrees to student’s core demand for 0% fee increaseRead more…
Nurse Sue Moore wins Cindy Fogarty Learning Award
Sue’s story is a great personal achievement and a tremendous testimony to the value of union learning, says Dave Prentis, presenting the award
The article Nurse Sue Moore wins Cindy Fogarty Learning…Read more…
‘We don’t come here to steal’
If the newspapers are to be believed, nearly all of the country’s ills can be attributed to migrants – they steal our jobs, yet at the same time they rely on benefits. And they’re making it…Read more…