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On May Day we will be mourning: Solidarity with Nepal

Apr 30, 2015By Ian Manborde

Colleagues,

All of us have been following the news following the tragic events in Nepal.

There have been a series of initiatives launched across the global labour movement, working in alliance with other organisations to distribute aid and support th…Read more…

Apr 30, 2015Ian Manborde

A striking example

Apr 30, 2015By Jon's union blog

‎I was pleased to spend an hour or so on the picket line outside North London Business Park this morning, supporting a mass picket of UNISON members on strike against the wholesale privatisation of Council services being rammed through by a Right-wing Tory Council with a wafer-thin one seat…Read more…

Apr 30, 2015Jon's union blog

Proud Union Labour Activists

Apr 29, 2015By John's Labour blog

This collage is from the “Unions together” TULO Rally in London on Monday. Last week Ed Miliband and UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis spoke at the national TULO rally in Birmingham with over 1000 union members present.

General secretary of the G…Read more…

Apr 29, 2015John's Labour blog

Manufacturing in the balance?

Apr 29, 2015By Power In A Union

By Philip Pearson of the TUC At the very time when manufacturing should be expanding its share of UK GDP, its contribution is now lower than in 2010. Evidence suggests that our ‘foundation…Read more…

Apr 29, 2015Power In A Union

National Express board losing shareholder support over labour rights?

Apr 29, 2015By Labour And Capital

Big news tonight – the FT has reported that the major proxy voting adviser ISS has recommended that shareholders vote FOR Resolution 22 at the National Express AGM next week. PIRC has also recommended a vote in favour.

Resolution 22 calls on the board…Read more…

Apr 29, 2015Labour And Capital

Tower Hill to Mayfair, the Message is the Same

Apr 29, 2015By RandomPottins

 WORKERS from London’s Crossrail project where Rene Tkacik was killed last year were among those who gathered by the statue of the Unknown Building Worker on Tower Hill on Tuesday morning, April…Read more…

Apr 29, 2015RandomPottins

Pensions and infrastructure investment

Apr 29, 2015By Dave Watson

Scottish pension funds should be used as a force for good as well as delivering high quality pensions for our members.
I was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament Local Government Committee this…Read more…

Apr 29, 2015Dave Watson

The most important election of a generation

Apr 29, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

There’s a part every one of us can play in protecting our NHS, jobs and job security and turning around the cost of living crisis – by voting on 7 May.Read more…

Apr 29, 2015Dave Prentis blog

Midshipman George L. Drewry VC RNR

Apr 28, 2015By John's Labour blog

Yesterday morning I attended a Commemorative Stone Ceremony at the Cenotaph in Central Park, East Ham, Newham, London.

It was to mark the unveiling of the first of 5 paving stones to be placed at the Cenotaph to remember the heroism of&nbsp…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015John's Labour blog

Save London Met University!

Apr 28, 2015By Jon's union blog

http://savelondonmetuni.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/hands-off-london-met-defending-jobs-and.html?m=1
I was proud‎ to have been invited to speak at this evening’s meeting in support of the campaign to save jobs (and education) at London Metropolitan University.
60 people, including lecturers, support…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015Jon's union blog

Dave launches candidacy for NUT Vice-President

Apr 28, 2015By Dave Brinson: NUT Report

I am pleased to say that I have been asked to stand for Vice President of the National Union of Teachers, and this site will now be used to update members on that campaign.

I am pleased to be…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015Dave Brinson: NUT Report

Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead, but fight for the living

Apr 28, 2015By Dave Watson

“Remember the dead, but fight for the living” is the rallying cry for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today. It commemorates those workers across the world who died as a consequence of…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015Dave Watson

Remembering Rana Plaza

Apr 28, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

High street chains must recognise their responsibility, or it’s only a matter of time until another avoidable disaster claims the lives of many more innocent workersRead more…

Apr 28, 2015Dave Prentis blog

Trade unionism and collective bargaining – before and after the General Election

Apr 28, 2015By Jon's union blog

I’m pleased to see the UNISON website reporting the good news from Lambeth, where we have come to an agreement with the Council that shared parental leave will be paid at a rate equivalent to occupational maternity pay.Whatever happens in the General Election, trade unions will continue to try to…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015Jon's union blog

Bosses keep paying themselves far more than their companies earn

Apr 27, 2015By John's Labour blog

This is what happens when there are no employee representatives on company pay committees which decide what executives are paid.

If Labour win they will ensure that worker representatives are elected to every large company pay committee.

This shoul…Read more…

Apr 27, 2015John's Labour blog

Surrendering to neo-liberal ‘fiscal discipline’

Apr 27, 2015By UNISON Active

Keith Ewing suggests that Scottish independence may come sooner than the high-speed rail link, partly because of ‘Labour’s extraordinary proposal to give quasi-constitutional status to Austerity.’…Read more…

Apr 27, 2015UNISON Active

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) – Watkins Path April 2015

Apr 27, 2015By John's Labour blog

Off message but earlier this month I went to North Wales for my mum’s birthday but also to walk up Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) to pay my respects in memory to my father whose ashes were scattered on at the summit in April 2002. I normally go with my sisters bu…Read more…

Apr 27, 2015John's Labour blog

Employees in corporate governance

Apr 26, 2015By Labour And Capital

I just noticed something rather surprising. There are five political parties that make reference to enhancing the role of employees in corporate governance in their manifestos.

I have done Labour already, so here are the rest.
Lib Dems (page 137 in fu…Read more…

Apr 26, 2015Labour And Capital

UNISON urges its members to “Keep It Co-op”

Apr 26, 2015By John's Labour blog

Last week UNISON in its national efocus newsletter urged its members to

“Help defend the Co-op’s Political Voice.

UNISON is urging members who belong to  the Co-op to defend its link with the Co-operative Party.

The new management at the Co-op…Read more…

Apr 26, 2015John's Labour blog

Ilford North, Stratford, Canning town, Ilford North

Apr 25, 2015By John's Labour blog

This collage is a snapshot of campaigning during the last 48 hours. On Thursday evening I went to Ilford North and was sent out with Ross, Jeremy and Glen to speak to the postal voters at the Tiptree Estate. Which is a very well managed and beautifully…Read more…

Apr 25, 2015John's Labour blog
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