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Today is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War Gallipoli campaign. The 8 month conflict was one of the most vicious of that war.
This song was written by Eric Bogle in 1971 and was today described by a good friend of mine…Read more…
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Between work, life and the General Election I have neglected to comment on the outcome of the General Secretary Election in the Communications Wo…Read more…
Find out below what happened when two British MPs were invited by low paid and exploited workers to find out how they were treated by their British owned employers.
On May 6 it will the National Express AGM. If you have a funded pension or insura…Read more…
“Sunrise doesn’t last all morning. A cloudburst doesn’t last all day…” The words of a son of bus driver, active trade unionist and shop steward, George Harrison – the…Read more…
20 years ago I wrote a pamphlet for the Thames Valley District Council of the RMT. The text on the back page reads: “Rail privatisation is a universally unpopular measure save for a few ‘free market’ ideologues and managers looking to make a financial killing in line with the top…Read more…
Public service reform should be built from the bottom up through local democracy rather than centralisation. However, no reforms will be effective unless they are fully funded.
I have written a…Read more…
Download at the link below the excellent United Steelworkers Newsletter for Chemical Workers : Chemical Solutions Issue 2 with articles on Health & Safety, Dow, BSAF etcRead more…
Your existing NEC memberI am seeking your support for my re-election as one of your two members of the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) for Community, which is the part of the union for members who work in the voluntary sector, housing associa…Read more…
In less than two weeks, the day before the election, National Express has its annual meeting. Resolution 22 on the agenda is a shareholder proposal drafted and filed by three local authority pension funds that are members of the Local Authority Pension…Read more…
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Picture collage of West Ham Labour Party campaigning for Polly Billington in the marginal seat of Thurrock and in Stratford & New Town ward.
In Stratford we managed to get into the new residential blocks either side of the High Street and were abl…Read more…
I went this evening to check out the memorial and the site for the remembrance ceremony next week.
On Tuesday 28 April it is Worker Memorial Day (also known as the International Day for Workers Safety). Which is a United Nations sponsored event suppor…Read more…
100 years after the success of the Glasgow Rent strikers’ in changing the law, their struggles are taking centre stage amongst the range of events announced around this year’s MayDay…Read more…
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…
Colleagues,
There is much that feeds into the educational and pedagogical strategy of the international labour and trade union studies programme at Ruskin College.
Some of this is a reflection of our day-to-day work with trade unions when meeting the…Read more…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32406128I doubt any readers of this blog would be daft enough to believe that Nick Clegg’s promise to end real term pay cuts in the public sector can be relied upon any more than his promise on tuition fees five …Read more…
Check out this completely neutral, unbiased and extremely scientific flow chart on how to decide whether or not you should vote Tory. Read more…
#stuc15 UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan reminded the STUC in Ayr today about the need for an international response to the TTIP “assault on democratic government”.
A composite from four unions and…Read more…
This is a great flyer supporting the candidates of light and reason who are standing in the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) elections.
A minority faction within the union who have been regularly beaten in past ballots are attacking the union…Read more…