The NHS funding crisis is well documented – descriptions of ambulances queuing to get into A&E, drastic cuts to budgets and the unprecedented numbers of NHS providers in the red (to name but a few) continue to dominate news headlines. The NHS – and how much money it gets – was a key issue…Read more…
Labour MPs: Shape up and unite
At last Wednesday’s (September 14) prime minister’s question time (PMQs) Jeremy Corbyn heard a sound that up until then had been absent from the Commons chamber – the sound of cheering from behind….Read more…
‘Pink book’ saved
Unite, youth and community members have overwhelmingly voted to accept a new two year deal after the Local Government Association (LGA) employers rowed back on plans to tear up the ‘pink book’….Read more…
‘We won’t be treated unfairly’
Members of Unite, Scotland’s biggest offshore union have voted to end an industrial dispute that led to the first North Sea strike in a generation. In July, members of the Unite union working…Read more…
Strike suspended
The strike by staff at Menzies Distribution, which could have threatened deliveries to newsagents across the UK, has been suspended for workers to vote on an improved offer, Unite said today…Read more…
Workers are not machines
More than 60 Hackney traffic wardens will be striking for 24 hours starting today (September 22) in a victimisation and pay dispute, which will mean the number of parking tickets issued in the…Read more…
Solidarity cinema
The 4th annual London Labour Film Festival kicks off today (September 22) at the Art House Cinema in Crouch End and will feature a range of films that the festival’s organisers bill as an “intimate…Read more…
Work with the Board
Less than a year ago, the Scottish government did the right thing and decided to retain its Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) which sets minimum wages and terms and conditions for farm workers. …Read more…
Today’s economic data strengthens the case for a fiscal boost in the Autumn Statement
Economic commentators have been kept busy today by a welter of publications. The ONS published their brief assessment of the post Brexit economy; summary – the UK economy appears to have weathered the shock of the decision to leave, but it’s too early to tell the long term impacts. The Bank of…Read more…
A ‘bootiful’ move?
Owner of the 2 Sisters Food group, Ranjit Boparan – also known as the “Chicken King” – has taken over turkey firm Bernard Matthews, a move which will save 2,000 jobs. Under a sale known as a…Read more…
Trade deals still on the Brussels agenda – we say no!
Despite the Prime Minister’s mantra that “Brexit means Brexit”, the UK is still engaged in negotiating so-called trade deals as part of the EU, so yesterday, the TUC sent a small…Read more…
End zero hours abuse
Cleaners, porters and workers serving food at Barts Health NHS Trust will stage a protest tomorrow (September 21) at the Trust’s annual public meeting to demand an end to the abuse of zero hours…Read more…
‘Shameful situation’
In damning new findings from the TUC published yesterday (September 19), nearly half of health and safety reps say their workplace has not once been inspected by the Health and Safety Executive…Read more…
‘No cost limit on justice’
Just last week a full public inquiry into violent policing of striking miners at Orgreave in 1984 looked to be just on the horizon – unconfirmed reports said that home secretary Amber Rudd had given…Read more…
Welcome change of heart
In a major climbdown from Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley following unrelenting pressure from Unite, the much-maligned retail giant finally caved to union, shareholder and public demands this morning…Read more…
‘Into a hellhole’
Exactly half a century after the iconic television play Cathy Come Home sparked a national conversation about homelessness, another Ken Loach production, a film which will be released in cinemas…Read more…
Hillsborough voices
Hillsborough voices: the real story told by the people themselves is this month’s book of the month at the Unite Education department, which since 2013 has developed a series of reading and history…Read more…
Light up the Ladies’ Bridge
The forgotten history of the women who built London’s Waterloo Bridge will be celebrated next week in a three-day event that honours their efforts and hopes to inspire and educate the young…Read more…
Union health and safety representatives rock!
Every two years the TUC asks trade union health and safety representatives about the issues that affect them, and the results are always really interesting. The 2016 survey results have just been…Read more…
To tip or not to tip?
A hotelier has banned customers from leaving tips at his restaurant saying the ‘more you spend the more you get nailed.’ Thomas Noblett, the managing director of Langdale Chase Hotel, a luxury…Read more…