The UN has reached an important, maybe even historic, Agreement after an unprecedented diplomatic effort in Paris. Yet it’s ambition is clearly not enough to avoid dangerous climate change. This can only be seen as the end of the beginning of climate change action, nationally and globally….Read more…
Prentis’ twitter shame
http://jonrogers1963.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/twittering-about-unison-general.html?m=1
I’ve been blogging awhile and have been struck that the post above attracted the most comments I think any of my posts ever have.
In that post I alleged that the campaign to elect Dave Prentis to carry on as…Read more…
Dave Prentis failed to withdraw misleading claim of support from Jeremy Corbyn
https://mobile.twitter.com/electprentis/status/640800735119208449Dave Prentis, whose scandal hit campaign for re-election as UNISON General Secretary is covered in the latest edition of Private Eye (shome mistake surely?) claimed on his election campai…Read more…
UNITE the ISLE of WIGHT (Video))
World-class standards threat
The Knowledge – a test that all black cab drivers must take in order to obtain a licence – is an integral part in maintaining London’s world-class black cab trade standards. But now, the…Read more…
Sports Direct in denial following undercover probe
A Guardian undercover investigation has revealed more shameful practices at Sports Direct, including evidence that many of its warehouse staff take home less than the legal minimum wage.Read more…
Caught cold
Many parents well know the stresses and strains of having a child too ill to go to school when mum and dad need to be at work. This need not (and should not) be the case – as the TUC is…Read more…
Revving up
Confirmation that Jaguar Land Rover is to open a car factory in Slovakia has been hailed as “great news” by Unite. The deal with the Slovakian government will see the British based company…Read more…
Steel jobs saved
Unite welcomed the news today (December 11) of the further sale of businesses from the Caparo Industries Group to the Gupta family which secures over 600 jobs, based mainly in the West Midlands….Read more…
#COP21: Call to Action to Defend Humanity and the Planet
Global human rights, trade union and civil society organisations final appeal to French Presidency and all governments at COP21 to show true leadership, by ensuring that the protection of rights, equality and ecosystems are restored at the core of the …Read more…
Work and Well-being – How to get involved
In the past year or so far more employers in the UK have been introducing “well-being” schemes in the workplace. This follows a trend that we have seen in the USA where 70% of Fortune 200 companies…Read more…
West Ham Labour Party Rejects Trade Union Bill
West Ham Labour Party Executive Committee unanimously supported this motion last night. The Trade Union Bill returns to the House of Lords probably early next year (11 January 2016) and I hope will be sent back to the House of Commons for being an auth…Read more…
Power in a Union?
There are two dimensions of power in a trade union.
There is the collective power of organised workers, of which our trade unions are simply an institutional expression and a tool. This is our positive power.
We express this power when we stand together and take industrial action, but it is also…Read more…
“Robin’s alive!” European Financial Transactions Tax almost complete
On Tuesday, Finance Ministers from 10 countries around Europe negotiating the introduction of a Robin Hood Tax reached a landmark decision. It’s not the end of the process, but it is at least the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end: agreement to implement a broad-based tax, using…Read more…
Why the Presiding Officer is wrong on the anti-Union Bill and what Parliament should do about it
At last night’s STUC event in Glasgow, a packed Concert hall heard just why Scotland overwhelmingly opposes the Anti-Union Bill. It showcased all that is great about our movement. From the community…Read more…
Reduction in the Working Week Guards/Commercial Guard – South West Trains
To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Circular No IR.304/15 10th December 2015 Our Ref: BR2/0004 Dear…Read more…
China persecutes activists to prevent its own reforms from succeeding
The government of China has engaged in a nasty and bizarre campaign of repression against labour activists, just as its own reforms threatened to do some good. A few days ago, Zeng Feiyang, Director…Read more…
East European Migrants and the Welfare State
A new report was published today that ought to have a massive impact on what the politicians say about migration. It’s called Social dimension of intra-EU mobility: Impact on public services and it looks at the impact in West European countries of migration from the ten new member states in…Read more…
Speaking up for trade union rights on Human Rights Day
Thousands of trade unionists around the world have lost their lives standing up for workers’ rights and social justice. Countless others have suffered, and continue to suffer persecution and denial…Read more…
Frozen out
Unite is seeking urgent discussions with management after workers at Bombardier in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer as part of cuts to the Belfast operation. Members had…Read more…