On his visit to Wales today (April 14) Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey met workers at the E-Cycle Centre in Tonypandy. E-Cycle centres were set up by the Labour Wales government after the…Read more…
For yourself, for humanity, for democracy
With just 22 days to go before the general election – and under one week left to get onto the voter registration roll – leading British actors Sue Johnston, Ricky Tomlinson, together with other…Read more…
Tory zealots’ plans for strike ballots
‘We are all Thatcherites now’ David Cameron once told the BBC. Well millions of us will never have any truck with the divisive policies of the 1980s, but this Prime Minister is clearly…Read more…
Conservatives’ “anti-green growth, anti-clean energy manifesto”
The trade body for the renewables industry says some 19,000 onshore wind jobs are at risk as a result of the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to halt the spread of onshore wind farms. The onshore wind sector delivered £1.6 billion in investment in the UK last year. But Renewable UK says that…Read more…
Homeless Sweets Way homeless
Walk through Sweets Way housing estate in Barnet, North London, and it’s a ghost town – broken glass on the streets, windows boarded up as if in preparation for a storm, kitchen and bath items laying…Read more…
A Britain that works for all
The very front page title of Labour’s election manifesto sums up both the future and the immediate past of this country: ‘Britain can be better’. Too right it can! After five years of failed…Read more…
The self-imploding system
Mark Wright is the assistant director (leadership & management) at AMiE. Following the speech Tristram Hunt gave at the ATL conference outlining Labour’s education policies, this, along with…Read more…
Cameron’s ‘right’ to cause homelessness
The right to buy is back – but this time the Tories have set their sights on housing associations. Stung by allegations that the Conservative’s message to the electorate is too negative, David…Read more…
Channel anger by voting
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey kicked off his two-day election tour of Wales today (April 14) in Cardiff, where he joined Unite secretary for Wales Andy Richards, shadow Welsh secretary Owen…Read more…
STAND UP FOR STEEL IN SCOTLAND
On the 20-22 April the STUC Congress will be meeting in Ayr. The theme of this year’s Congress is Decent Work and Dignified Lives. In the run up to Congress this blog will host a series of articles…Read more…
Zero inflation and still reducing core inflation. To repeat: deflationary pressures are not just about fuel
For once CPI inflation was in line with market expectations, remaining at zero per cent for the second month in a row. But this unchanged reading simply followed because fuel prices were not as low in March as they were in February, falling by -13.7 per cent on the year rather than -16.6 per…Read more…
#IAmAnImmigrant – poster campaign launch
This is the speech Mohammed Taj gave to the launch in Congress House of the I Am An Immigrant poster campaign. Last year I became the first South Asian born President of the TUC and this year I am…Read more…
Keep it Co-op
The Co-op is not just another grey PLC with the usual disinterested shareholders. And those of us who love it don’t want it becoming just that. The Co-operative Group is owned by its members,…Read more…
Labour: tackling climate change ‘an economic necessity’
Labour’s manifesto says tackling climate change is “an economic necessity … the most important thing we must do for our children, our grandchildren and future generations.” It plans for the green economy create a million additional green jobs through world leading investment in low carbon…Read more…
Rethink policies now plea
New research from the Nevin economic research institute (NERI) has confirmed the need for urgent action from the NI Executive parties. The research shows that Northern Ireland’s…Read more…
Ukip: Frauds NOT Friends
See below Unite’s latest film: Ukip: Frauds NOT Friends. TV and Radio presenter Terry Christian, a ‘middle aged white guy’ takes on Ukip. Terry says, “Instead of offering us a decent…Read more…
Tata pensions strike
Steel workers at Tata will be balloted for strike action in an attempt to save their pension scheme from being closed down by Tata Steel Europe. Steel unions today (Monday April 13) announced…Read more…
Launch of Scotland Against TTIP
Full version of article written by STUC Deputy General Secretary Dave Moxham for the Herald in advance of the launch of Scotland Against TTIP, 11th April.
The case made by the supporters of TTIP…Read more…
Attlee and Cameron may both have enjoyed no interest rate rise but there is one key difference: Attlee’s policies were successful
Yesterday the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged, generating a flurry of commentary on how rates have been unchanged for the whole parliament, and looking back to the Attlee government when rates were last unchanged over a parliament. For Ca…Read more…
Rocking the boat
The 19-month dispute at packaging company, Crown Packaging in Canada is set to rock the boat at the annual meeting of Carnival Cruise Lines in London on Tuesday (April 14). The United…Read more…