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I have just contacted my own pension schemes and asked them to ensure that our fund managers
are instructed to vote against BG Group paying its CEO up to £25 million.
If you agree then Click on the ShareAction links below to contact your own funds. It takes two minutes and all you need is the…Read more…
Great tweet by Tomas Prouza the Czech State Secretary for European Affairs in response to our Tory Prime Minster latest pandering to racists
The vast majority of EU citizens who come to this country come to work and are not interested in claiming bene…Read more…
At the last meeting earlier this month of the Regeneration and Employment Scrutiny Commission, Councillors considered a “Living Wage” for all Newham Council workers.
We had a presentation by Emmanuel Gotora and Paul Regan from Newham citizens on behal…Read more…
If you ever needed proof of Qatar’s one-sided refereeing, this is it The reason “Play by the Rules” is one of our ‘Playfair Qatar’ campaign demands is that Qatar could make life better for its 1.5m…Read more…
If you ever needed proof of Qatar’s one-sided refereeing, this is it The reason “Play by the Rules” is one of our ‘Playfair Qatar’ campaign demands is that Qatar could make life better for its 1.5m…Read more…
It’s a pleasure and a privilege to be able to share some of my thoughts with you so early in my tenure as First Minister.
Scotland has just lived through the most extraordinary flowering of democracy…Read more…
The STUC’s St Andrew’s Day March is an opportunity for the labour movement to look back at what we have achieved in the fight for racial equality here in Scotland.
Through big struggles we’ve…Read more…
A version of this article appears today on Equal Times, a global news, opinion and campaign website about work, politics, the economy, development and the environment which is supported by the 175…Read more…
There’s an interesting PRI report just published on investor engagement on public policy. It is worth a read. But I thought I’d carry out a little experiment to see the relative emphasis put on different issues as measured by mentions.
Here’s the scor…Read more…
Our friends at the FSF have now publicly joined the campaign, and hosted this blog on their site. Qatar 2022 has sparked a building frenzy in the world’s richest country with an estimated 1,100…Read more…
My Ref: MRP 1/8/24 28th November 2014 Circular Num: NP/254/14To: The Secretary All Branches & Regional Councils Dear Colleagues, SOUTH WEST TRAINS SECTION…Read more…
Our Ref: BR1/14/228th November 2014 Dear Colleagues BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to…Read more…
28 November 2014
By Catherine Hobby, Senior Lecturer, School of law and social sciences, University of East London
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The scourge of racism cannot be looked at or dealt with without challenging every assumption that any individual or group wants less, needs less or deserves less than any other. Thus we…Read more…
UNISON Scotland’s analysis of the impact of austerity economics on Scotland’s public services is highlighted in a column in today’s Scotsman.
Dave Watson argues that, "Our public debt continues to rise, productivity is low, wages are dropping, inequality is increasing and youth unemployment is high.The idea that our present economic woes are a crisis stemming from out-of-control public financesRead more…
MINNIE LANSBURY on her way to arrest.
The other evening I heard an interesting, indeed inspiring, talk about Minnie Lansbury, who was one of the rebel Labour councillors in the London Borough of…Read more…
In schools across the UK, UNISON is promoting the tireless contribution of the 250,000 support staff we are proud representRead more…
Pensions are a hot topic for a lot of our members. Here’s the latest info from PCS HQ on what the upcoming changes mean for you. New ‘Alpha’ Civil Service Pension Scheme…Read more…
If you own a £2million home you can afford to pay the Mansion Tax to help save the NHS. As Ed said it’s Pure and Simple.
Amazing that the Tories think its okay to throw poor people out of their homes if they can’t pay the bedroom tax but want rich millionaires to to pay less income and…Read more…
The Smith Commission report is an important step forward on the devolution journey, even if many of us who support further devolution will be disappointed over its omissions.
First of all let’s…Read more…