NUJ activist Phil Turner gets his job back after union campaignRead more…
TUC warns over ET fees “stitch-up”
Unions welcome review into introduction of charges for Employment TribunalsRead more…
Early conciliation – only 1 in 8 cases are settled
‘The most recent statistics from Acas (April-December 2014) show that nearly 59,000 workers have used early conciliation, compared to just under 2,000 employers and that the number of applications…Read more…
The decline of UNISON Conference?
Tomorrow I shall travel to my twenty fourth consecutive Annual Conference of my trade union.
This century UNISON Conference has become less unruly, less unpredictable, less vibrant – and therefore less worthwhile, less interesting and less effective in holding to account our leaders.
In this blog…Read more…
John Biggs wins Tower Hamlets Mayoral contest for Labour!
Great news. Woke up this morning to find out that John Biggs is the new Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
Yesterday evening West Hammers were out with at least 3 teams “on the knocker” reminding supporters to vote in Lansbury ward. My team was in and …Read more…
BREAKING: Orgreave campaigners react to “no investigation” announcement
OTJC says the campaign for justice will continueRead more…
Teaching unions offer support to Bradford members after stabbing
Union says investigation should be carried out into incident at Kings Bradford AcademyRead more…
CWU warns of threat to daily delivery following Royal Mail sell-off
Union slams government’s “total disregard” of public voice within the companyRead more…
Spying on the Victims
FAMILY of Jean Charles de Menezes held gathering outside Stockwell tube station where he was killed. This was early in January, 2006. Below, the big guy on the left was using a big camera…Read more…
High Representative of the European Union receives Cuban First Vice President:
Díaz-Canel is heading the Cuban delegation to the CELAC-EU Summit, bringing together representatives of 61 countries and international organizations in the Belgian capital Author: Prensa Latina(PL)…Read more…
U.S. State Department identifies Posada Carriles as planner of 1976 terrorist attack
A declassified 1976 State Department document, released June 3, identifies Luis Posada Carriles as the most likely author of a terrorist attack on a Cuban airliner, which took the lives of all 76…Read more…
People and services first
Bromley residents are being urged to take a stand against the mass privatisation of their local council services at the People and Services First march on Saturday (June 13), assembling at noon at…Read more…
George’s economic mind-bender
If the Tories were not already planning new laws to prohibit mind bending legal highs then Osborne’s speech to the London banker’s dinner last night would force their hand. It seems as if more…Read more…
BREAKING: union rep likely to have been unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
Judge finds PCS member Candy Udwin to have acted legitimately over National Gallery privatisationRead more…
From the ground up
Unite members at the Port of Immingham are leading a global charge to drastically increase the power of trade unions. A new “hub” office has been opened at Immingham, the…Read more…
What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left?
My article below first appeared on Novaramedia.
Apologies for the long break in updates to this blog. I’ve been unwell, but hope to gradually resume normal service now.
What does the Labour leadership election mean for the radical left?
Workplace issues: taking up the issues with the new government
10 June 2015
By Roger Jeary
In its first event since the general election, the Institute examined the consequences for trade unionists at this conference held at Unite HQ in Holborn. The election…Read more…
£13bn taxpayer rip-off
By selling off the public stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland, George Osborne is short-changing the public and wasting a historic chance to bring needed change to Britain’s banks, warned Unite….Read more…
HSBC: adding insult to injury
The massive jobs cull announced by HSBC on Tuesday (June 9), in which 8,000 posts will be axed over the next two years, is only the latest instance of the bank’s blatant disregard for its most…Read more…
END AUSTERITY NOW – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 20TH JUNE
TO ALL BRANCH OFFICIALS AND RMT ACTIVISTS – WESSEX REGION Dear Colleagues, END AUSTERITY NOW – NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 20TH JUNE On Saturday 20th June 2015 there…Read more…