TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has co-signed a letter in the Sunday Telegraph today building on the joint statement that she made with CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn last week, calling on the government to guarantee that EU migrants already in the UK can stay no matter what…Read more…
Solid support
There was solid support on the final day of a 48-hour strike at Chester glass manufacturers Encirc Glass today (July 1), as messages of support flooded in from workers at some of the firm’s…Read more…
Power station must be built
The UK faces the very real threat of power shortages in the coming years – and that’s why following through with plans to build the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is critical if Britain is to…Read more…
Will Brexit affect workers’ rights?
Most UK employment rights are guaranteed and therefore protected by EU law, which means the Government cannot remove or reduce those rights whilst we are part of the EU. Holiday pay and…Read more…
From Palestine to London: meet Bethlehem’s Lajee Community Centre
I had the good fortune to accompany the General Council’s delegation to Palestine and Israel at the beginning of the year. You can read the delegation’s report here. In little over three…Read more…
Hero Seacole honoured at last
Following a 12 year campaign, a statue of Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole – the first memorial statue of a named black woman in the UK – was unveiled yesterday (June 30) on the grounds of St. Thomas…Read more…
What the government must do right now to stop working people paying the price for the Leave vote
Still scarred by the effects of the 2008 financial crash, working people and their communities must not be asked to pay the price – again – of economic uncertainty following the vote to leave the EU. The TUC does not agree with the Chancellor that the fundamentals of the UK economy are sound. Only…Read more…
‘Endless’ job cuts
The relentless Lloyds jobs cull continued yesterday (June 29) as the bank announced it would slash another 640 jobs, mostly in IT, group operations and wealth management. IT sites affected…Read more…
The cluck stops here
Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30). The union said that it was ‘a worrying time’ for…Read more…
For our kids’ sake
Child poverty skyrocketed again last year, as the latest figures published today reveal an increase of 200,000 more children living in households that are struggling to make ends meet. The…Read more…
‘Pull together’ plea to Party
Last night (June 29) union leaders issued this joint trade union statement on the Labour Party: The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. …Read more…
Protect world class car industry
The UK car industry and its workforce, which supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, must be listened to, safeguarded and secured against the Brexit vote, Unite said today (June 29). Unite…Read more…
Redundancy pay result
A total of 88 workers employed by BetFred in Wigan, Greater Manchester, one of the biggest high street bookmakers, will receive a share of £469,000 after Unite challenged the company when it denied…Read more…
‘One way ticket to disaster’
Network Rail – a public body operating UK rail networks – has begun selling off assets valued at £1.8bn in a bid to make up for a massive government funding shortfall. But a new report…Read more…
Johnson’s real agenda coming clearer: watch out for your rights!
Boris Johnson is at least the bookies’ favourite to become Conservative Party Leader and therefore Prime Minister, and, as the leading Conservative on the Leave side, he fulfils one key criterion for PM in post-referendum Britain (“you broke it, you bought it!“) So it’s…Read more…
Dads care too
My first Father’s Day was a painful one, during which I received a card and a sudden bash to the head. My daughter, Ava, then 11 months old, immediately took notice of the card when her mum handed it…Read more…
Standing against racists and xenophobes
An ugly side to the EU referendum result has reared its head in the days since the UK voted to leave the EU on Thursday (June 23), with media outlets reporting a worrying spike in racist and…Read more…
‘Stuck in a groove’
A third week of strikes by Weymouth bus drivers are set for next week, as the bosses remain ‘stuck in a groove’ and are not moving in the ‘poor relations’ pay dispute. Unite today (June 28)…Read more…
Corbyn vote: Unite calls for openness and democracy
Reacting to the vote of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s confidence in the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “The extraordinary behaviour of Labour MPs…Read more…
Plea for party unity
Jeremy Corbyn stopped the traffic yesterday evening in Westminster. For more than two hours, supporters waited in bright sunshine for the Labour leader to address them. Outraged at the actions…Read more…