I’m not sure what evidence Elizabeth Mackley has that the proposal by the New College Corporation in relation to Buckhurst Field has been “well received”. Certainly the College management has cultivated support from local football clubs by promises of its use at prices they can afford….Read more…
The amount of cash benefits to rich has gone UP since recession
You don’t have to be a raving leftie to think this is completely wrong and bonkers.
Inequality Briefing have found that the “Between 2007 and 2013, cash benefits paid to the richest fifth of the population increased by 42%. For the poorest fifth, be…Read more…
What happened to “Senjko”
SENJ
THIS is Senj, on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, situated south of Rijeka and north of Split. An old town with a history going back to Roman times when this was the province of Dalmatia, and…Read more…
A well-earned tribute, and a timely book
MICK ABBOTT, in white Justice for Pickets tee shirt, with Ricky Tomlinson at Westminster
WIGAN building worker Mick Abbott, a dedicated fighter against the blacklist, and for justice for the jailed…Read more…
Rising inequality caused by weaker unions
A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tracked three decades of income (1980 to 2010) and found that as unionisation declined, the wealth of the richest 10% in advanced countries…Read more…
Speech:Glasgow and District Branch AGM
Thank you for this opportunity to address your AGM. I want to makes some observations on the political situation, the unions work on organising, and our work on proportionality. This year is…Read more…
Organising the Unorganisable? Voices from the bottom up: Researchers and Activists Forum on Precarious Work 23-24 April
Colleagues,
Maurizio Atzeni has organised a fascinating, international line-up of speakers around the theme of workers’ organisation and precarious work at Loughborough University 23-24 April.
The event reflects key themes of his last book (http…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2015
This morning I received written confirmation that I have been accepted as an eligible candidate for the UNISON 2015 National Executive Council elections.
I have been nominated by 40 UNISON branches for the Community Service Group General Seat. Many t…Read more…
Canadian Key Proxy Vote Survey
A quick plug for the annual proxy vote survey undertaken by SHARE plus the Columbia Institute and Fonds de Solidarite FTQ. This is one of several survey undertaken by labour-oriented groups worldwide to assist trustees in holding asset managers a…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections – vote for me?
Like many blog posts on this blog over the next few weeks this is one which has not been posted with any UNISON resources.
Voting in the elections for UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) opens on 7 April, but, the nomination period having drawn to a close, I can report that I am a candidate…Read more…
Blacklisted – The Secret War Between Big Business & Union Activists
‘Blacklisted – The Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists’ by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlin tells the story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction…Read more…
Spring cleaning
Apologies to those readers who noticed I had taken the blog offline for a couple of days.
I am trying to springclean the blog, which I hope to make a better and more effective vehicle with which to organise, comment, offend and outrage (as appropriate…Read more…
Supporting public services
It’s often said, ‘all politicians are the same’, well in this UK General Election it simply isn’t true, at least for public services and those who deliver them.
Today is the pre-election Scottish…Read more…
Speech: Joint meeting of Women’s Advisory Committee/Regional Women’s Committee
Thanks for the opportunity to address you. The old wisdom in the labour movement used to be that women would be expelled from work during recessions. We now know this to be untrue. Women’s…Read more…
Emma Reynolds MP at UNISON Housing Associations Labour Link AGM
Emma Reynolds MP has agreed to be our key note speaker at our Branch Labour Link AGM on Tuesday 17 March 2015. All Labour Link members welcome. Read more…
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward: March 2015
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward
WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
Ward meeting 5 March 2015
Thursday 5 February I attended Rebecca Cheetham Nursery School Governors meeting, then part of the West Ham ward meeting and finally my ward AGM at Forest G…Read more…
Dirty Money fuels ‘Social Cleansing’
A DELEGATE to my local trades council was reporting last week how families in his part of the London Borough of Brent were being told they should move to another part of the country if they wanted…Read more…
“the only choice for our members will be between a uber right wing Tory or a Labour Government…”
This is from my Labour Link Officer submission to the UNISON Housing Association Branch Annual Report 2014.
“On May 7 2015 the only choice for our members will be between a uber right wing Tory Government or a Labour Government.
If a Tory government…Read more…
Caledonia’s sneaky Tory cash drop
Well this is interesting. It turns out that Caledonia Investments hasn’t quite given up on using company money to fund the Tories after all. I speculated last June that they may have given up. My reasons for thinking this were a) they had made no donat…Read more…
UNIONS21 Conference 2015: Rebalancing Britain’s Economy
Unions21 Conference. It is a shame but I have a clash so I don’t think I will be able to make it this year. Read more…