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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …Read more…
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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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…