Through gritted teeth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has this week issued a ‘staff discussion note’ which contains a bit of a bombshell. The ballooning inequality that results from rampaging top people’s pay is not, as previously thought, an unfortunate by-product of…Read more…
Select Committee Hear Damning Evidence on LOBO Loan Scandal And Conflicts
I was at the Parliamentary select committee hearing yesterday with Newham Councillors, Cllr Fiaz and Cllr Whitworth. Bearing in mind the savage cuts in our budget, I was incensed to hear futher details how Councils were duped into buying LOBOs when p…Read more…
Glasgow strike settled as grade parity won
UNISON Glasgow Branch Statement – Homeless Caseworkers Dispute: After 17 weeks of all-out strike action the Glasgow Homeless Caseworkers have voted by a clear majority to accept an offer from the employer. The offer was recommended to a mass meeting today (21 July) by the union branch and the striking shop stewards and secures the central demand of the dispute – parity on Grade 6 with otherRead more…
UNISON Nominates Murad for City & East London
I was pleased that Greater London UNISON Labour Link has given a supportive nomination to Murad Qureshi for the directly elected GLA seat City & East.
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Courage of their convictions
After the Tories’ proposed welfare bill, which aims to slash child tax credits and lower benefit caps among other cuts, received its second reading yesterday (July 20), nearly 50 Labour MPs voted…Read more…
War on the poor
The Tories smash and grab raid on tax credits, benefits and the unemployed who are sick and disabled has been cheered on by its supporters. Families in desperate need of financial support to keep…Read more…
The union bringing Arab and Jewish workers together
Israel and the Palestinian territories is a difficult place to be a trade unionist. WAC-MAAN brings Jews and Arabs together for social justice.Read more…
How Trade Union Bill will cap greenworkplace projects
Growing awareness of the impacts of climate change on our daily lives has spurred union reps and members to explore new ways to “green” their workplace. Just as unionised workplaces offer better pay and safer working conditions, so through employee engagement there is an added Union Effect in…Read more…
Outsourcing update: Barnet Council
21 July 2015
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Barnet Group – New Legal Entity consultation begins
Barnet Group – New Legal Entity consultation begins
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Government borrowed as much in 2015-16 Q1 as it originally planned to borrow in year as a whole
We should not get too carried away by the Treasury’s claimed improvement in the public finances. Borrowing in the current financial year to date (April to June) is £25.1bn, down from £31.3bn in the same period of 2014-15. This indeed amounts to a gain of £6bn, but: 1. this gain over one quarter is…Read more…
Greek People’s Courageous Resistance:
Greece Is Suffering Under Austerity and Big Power Dictate Greek people celebrate the NO! victory as referendum results come in July 5, 2015. Europe is in crisis. The European economy of the…Read more…
The rights of all workers are under attack – we need a broad civil society coalition to help us protect them
The right to strike is a fundamental human right, recognised across the democratic world. It has played a crucial role in helping people at work – whether they are in a union or not – to secure…Read more…
Life as a Home Carer in Modern Britain
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#ImInWorkJeremy
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been slammed for his out of touch approach to the NHS. Not only was he the man who vetoed a paltry 1 per cent pay rise by the pay review body meaning nurses…Read more…
‘Special’ solidarity
Speaking to Unite Community coordinator Dave Condliffe on this dreary Monday morning it was clear that he was one person who definitely didn’t have the Monday blues. Dave was still buoyed up…Read more…
NHS – safe in Tory hands?
Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt launched a 25-year plan for the NHS but failed to mention how he would fill a £822m hole in NHS finances. He also failed to address how he was going to lift morale…Read more…
The problem with Bernie Sanders
The Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is probably the most exciting development in US politics since the 1930s. And it’s not a coincidence that both the…Read more…
What does austerity mean?
“What is austerity?” was one of the most common Google searches during the televised leaders’ debate during the general election campaign in May. To many, public finances appear as a stream of disconnected data, huge numbers and percentages trotted out during budgets and spending reviews that seem…Read more…
Defending workers’ rights defenders: Andy Hall in Thailand
I’ve blogged several times over the years about the harassment of British workers’ rights advocate Andy Hall, who faces a number of charges – some with terrifying jail terms or…Read more…