It’s a game changer – that is the general reaction to the news of a levy on large employers to pay for apprentices. It has met with much surprise too. Is this really what we expect from a Conservative government? Something that three successive Labour governments felt was a step too far?…Read more…
Council signs up to Fight for 5
We have just learned that a Unite young activist has signed his employer up to Unite’s #fightfor5 pledge for decent work for all. Joe McGurk (pictured), who is part of Unite’s youth committee and…Read more…
The passion and the colour
It was cheers all round for Unite general secretary Len McCluskey when he announced at Saturday’s (July 11) 150,000 strong Durham Miners’ Gala that, “Unite has signed up 50,000 of our members to take…Read more…
Local government workers in firing line of tax credit cuts
The outrage at Harriet Harman’s refusal to oppose outright the Tory £4.5bn raid on tax credits is in contrast to the muted response to Labour front bench’s equally unprincipled support for George…Read more…
“F*cking union faggot” – UNISON activist targeted in hate crime
Barnet UNISON branch chair says union will not be silencedRead more…
Union delivers Post Office strike threat
Unite members refused £1K pay rise despite company’s £100 million profitsRead more…
Unite community members protest against “criminal” Lambeth housing plan
Cressingham Gardens housing estate to be demolished against residents’ wishesRead more…
“Newham Needs”
So far I haven’t heard whether the Budget last week will have any impact on the £50 million saving that Newham Council believes it will have to achieve next year.
This is on top of £106 million cut in government funding during the last five years. The government not only want to reduce public…Read more…
Clinton campaign undermined on the streets of Tegucigalpa
HONDURANS denounce corruption.
WITH all eyes on Greece, and how far its people can defy the bankers, the IMF, the European Union’s commissioners, and those Germans who insensitively forget…Read more…
Harriet Harman – A Modest Proposal
http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.htmlHarriet Harman has reportedly claimed (without mandate or authority) that the Labour Party will not oppose the restriction of child tax credits so that they shall bring no additional benefit to households where the pa…Read more…
USW Toronto :Crown Packaging Workers Have “Tentative” Deal
The 22 month strike at Crown Packaging in Toronto looks like it could be over soon. A tentative agreement reached in the last week. 120 USW members at Crown Holdings Inc.’s Toronto plant have…Read more…
Redbridge Schools Fairness Conference
On Thursday I went to Beal High School in Clayhall to observe a conference run by Redbridge Schools on “Fairness”.
I am a member of the Redbridge Council Fairness Commission which has been set up to investigate poverty and inequality in the Borough an…Read more…
TUC updates its status on “Productivity” :
Sharing growth with workers will help boost productivity, says TUC 10 July 2015 Commenting on the publication today of the government’s productivity plan, TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady said:…Read more…
No hopers offer no hope…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33490959
Labour’s right-wing are taking fright at the prospect of significant support for socialist candidate, Jeremy Corbyn.
The link above reports the desperate attempt to unify supporters of the three pro-austerity candi…Read more…
Cameron playing with fire on workers’ rights
The TUC has been criticised for crying wolf over the Prime Minister’s plans to use the EU renegotiation phase of the referendum strategy to attack workers’ rights. But today’s media stories suggest we are spot on the money on both working time and temporary agency workers. The…Read more…
UNISON ask contractors to respond to our questions
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July Scotland in UNISON now online
A packed issue with conference reports on defending jobs, services and union rights; Glasgow strike; reinstate Robert O’Donnell; pay; organising; social work news; Fair Work Convention; homes for people not profit; defending libraries; giving our members confidence and much more http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/siu/index.htmlRead more…
No to Austerity! For a New Direction for Society!
131st Durham Miners Gala: — Call of the Northern Region of RCPB(ML), July 11, 2015 — The Working Class and People Must Build the Workers’ Opposition and Set their Sights on Becoming the…Read more…
Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary and “Repeat please!”
Today is the anniversary of the start of “The Battle of Britain”. A flypast of RAF Second World War and modern war planes took place over Buckingham Place. Six surviving pilots joined the Queen for the display and her fellow …Read more…
UNISON must support Jeremy Corbyn, the UNISON candidate for Labour Leader
Below is a message which I have sent to relevant members of my UNISON branch, in line with the agreed policy of the branch. I would urge every UNISON activist to encourage their branch to send a similar message (if your branch has taken a similar decision). As UNITE’s decision to nominate Jeremy…Read more…