The results of the Labour Link election are now available
The article 2015 Labour Link committee – results first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Unions call for members to step up action against TU Bill
TUCG wants to see trade unions mobilise against government “assault”Read more…
Post Office counter staff balloted on pay offer
CWU urges members to accept 1.9% pay offerRead more…
Tories show their vindictive side
Richard Arthur, head of trade union law at Thompsons Solicitors dissects the Trade Union BillRead more…
Are Tories about to scrap social media strike plans?
Financial Times says ministers may drop requirement of unions to give two week’s notice of Twitter and Facebook postingsRead more…
Union calls for £10 Living Wage to be made compulsory
Unions slam government in wake of rise of jobs paying less than the Living WageRead more…
Taxpayers’ Alliance and corporation tax
There is a fantastic quote from the Taxpayers’ Alliance in this BBC story about Facebook that makes explicit the trouble they have as a “taxpayer” body commenting on this issue.
“Taxpayers will be justifiably confused and angry about this tax bill. Bu…Read more…
UK unions must stand with their Turkish and Kurdish brothers and sisters at this time
Stephen Smellie reports on the issues behind the Turkish peace rally murders: The trade union confederations in Turkey, KESK and DISK, along with the Engineers and Architects Association and the Medical Association organised the demonstration and rally in Ankara on Saturday which was attacked by two bomb blasts which have resulted in the death of over 100 people with many hundreds more beingRead more…
BREAKING: unions condemn government for failing to save Redcar steel
Community and Unite say government should have stepped in to save jobsRead more…
NHS: deficit balloons
The National Health Service’s deficit has ballooned to nearly £1bn in the first three months of the year, figures released on Friday (October 9) revealed – sparking what experts have called the worst…Read more…
‘Snuffing the light out’
Unite accused the government of allowing the ‘light to be snuffed out’ on steelmaking in Teesside, following the announcement today (October 12) that coke ovens and blast furnace at the SSI Redcar…Read more…
New living wage figures show recovery not shared fairly
low wages are on the increase, the Office of National Statistics reported today. * The number of employees outside London paid below the living wage has risen by 2 percentage points since 2012, Reaching 23 per cent by 2014. The increase in London has been much sharper though, with the latest…Read more…
Government abandons unworkable plan to make unions give 14 days notice for a tweet
News just breaking (via the FT) that the government may have just dropped proposals under consultation as part of the trade union bill, requiring unions to give employers and the police two weeks’ notice of any social media plans around strikes and pickets. The idea had been that unions would need…Read more…
End the violence
Unite expressed its outrage at the brutal attack on the demonstration for peace that occurred yesterday (October 11) in Ankara, Turkey. The blasts have left nearly 100 people dead and hundreds…Read more…
Jobs paying below living wage:
More jobs paying below living wage BBC Nearly one in four jobs outside of London pay less than the living wage – the pay level suggested for an adequate standard of living. Some 23% of jobs…Read more…
New research says EU regulation working.
Two years ago this week, the Prime Minister’s business taskforce said relaxing the European Commission’s rules on health and safety risk assessments would save £2.7bn. Meanwhile a piece by…Read more…
Finding a Voice at Work – ain’t easy
The rise and decline of union membership and power in my time (since the 1960s), has been the defining characteristic of a long career in the trade union and labour movement. From being ‘the wave of…Read more…
UNITE Grass Roots Left Conference in Birmigham:
Want a change? Tired of inactivity & non –committal actions, looking for something better than mere words? Then come to the; Grass Roots Left. Who will be holding their Fifth National conference…Read more…
Tata Jaguar are covering up their overproduction crisis
To help their friends in the Conservative Party, Tata, the large Indian conglomerate, owning much of the British Steel industry and Jaguar/Rover, are concealing the fact that they are in deep…Read more…
“No sports cars for us just yet” – where now for blacklisted workers?
Blacklist hero Dave Smith writes exclusively for UnionNewsRead more…