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…
Zero hours: on the rise
Thanks to trade union campaigning, led by Unite, a slew of companies have dropped the use of zero-hours contracts in a matter of days. It all started with Sports Direct, which earlier this…Read more…
Newspaper delivery threat
Newspaper deliveries to newsagents across the UK will be hit as staff at Menzies Distribution prepare to hold two 24-hour strikes on September 23 and 26 for the first time ever over a ‘pitiful’ pay…Read more…
Strike called off
Two 24-hours strikes by Prudential employees based in Reading, have been suspended, Unite announced today (September 15). The first of the stoppages was due to start at just past…Read more…
‘Deplorable’ job losses
The threat to 82 jobs at Aviva in Leicester, after the insurance giant said that it was closing its office in the city, has been strongly deplored by Unite today (September 15). The…Read more…
TUC highlights — on film
This year’s TUC Congress, held this week, featured a wide variety of Unite delegates speaking passionately on subjects as varied as the plight of the Kurdish people to fighting the Trade Union…Read more…
Stop the cuts
Swingeing cuts to the funding to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which will decimate services to some of the most disadvantaged in the UK, has prompted two trade unions to ballot…Read more…
Tackling teacher shortages is not only about migration policy
The TUC has submitted evidence to the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of teacher shortages, highlighting that shortages that are currently being experienced in primary and secondary schools across the country require urgent action by the government. Migrant workers play an important role as…Read more…
Ending QTS will damage morale and push people away from teaching
If you were following the coverage of TUC Congress earlier this week, you could be forgiven for thinking only one education issue was on the agenda: grammar schools. In the four days I spent at the…Read more…
Vital for world democracy
As democracy in Turkey has violently deteriorated over the last year, Congress agreed in an emergency motion on the last day of conference (September 14) to support progressive forces in Turkey, and…Read more…
Orgreave: Inquiry at last?
Orgreave miners and supporting campaigners welcomed reports today (September 15) that a public inquiry into the Orgreave miners’ picket in 1984 would be given the green light. The news, which…Read more…
Total bonuses reach record high
Government figures out today show that total bonuses across the economy have reached the highest level ever, surpassing the previous high seen just before the financial crash in 2007-8. While the financial sector accounts for nearly one third of the to…Read more…
‘Historic’ decision
Today’s (September 15) decision by Theresa May to approve the go-ahead for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station has been hailed as ‘historic’ by Unite. Unite said that the announcement by…Read more…