The increasing use of cultural and artistic forms by labour movement groups in Scotland continues apace! In addition to November 30th’s Tony Benn celebration (see previous blog), news comes of a new…Read more…
Speech: Unite the Resistance Conference
Session – “How can we beat the austerity agenda?” The prime objective of austerity is to place the burden of the economic crisis upon the working class. It involves a transfer of…Read more…
URGENT PETITION: NO TO CLOSURE OF BARNET LIBRARIES
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What’s wrong with making a profit from education? This is what was said…
“We don’t want Serco exam factories” said Rick Muir, associated director of IPPR and a panelist at yesterday’s ATL debate on the role of profit in schools. This was the first in five debates ATL will…Read more…
81% of Barnet staff facing outsourcing an Update on the “Disappearing Council”
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Next Branch meeting: 21 November at 7.30
At the Argyle Arms on Argyle Road, Brighton (The Engineer as was) at 7.30pm, 21 November 2014.
As well as the usual items for discussion, we also need to find a new Chair, as Adam Powley is…Read more…
Glasgow Association of Mental Health Demonstration
Around 500 people attended the demo on Wednesday 12 November 2014, where UNISON members, service users and members of the public took the message to Glasgow City Councillors that cuts to Glasgow Association of Mental Health (GAMH) services will cost lives. Our demo made the morning radio, press and STV television and we are on the front page of Third Force News where the headline is ‘Cuts WillRead more…
FIFA’s magic wand tries to vanish the blood on Qatar’s hands
Qatar might be feeling pretty pleased with itself today. A FIFA investigation into possible corruption, conducted by the former New York district attorney Michael García has, after he spent 18-months…Read more…
Bristol film premiere of One Rogue Reporter presented by Bristol NUJ
Bristol NUJ presents The 2014 Benn Lecture The Bristol premiere of ONE ROGUE REPORTER Creator and star Rich Peppiatt – a “recovering tabloid hack” – presents his film and anwsers…Read more…
Important Holiday Pay Claims Update – 3 months ruling
On 4 November 2014 the Employment Appeal Tribunal decided three test cases on holiday pay claims.
The judge confirmed that regular additional payments such as overtime should be included in the calculation of holiday pay. The ruling only applies to holiday pay guaranteed under the Working Time Directive which covers the first 20 days of annual leave each year.
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Why I Back The Bill
My name is Andrew Anderson and I am a Health Trainer working at an NHS Foundation trust; I have now been working in the NHS for 4 years and I’m backing the bill!
I am supporting the NHS: Condition…Read more…
Congratulations to our Care UK members
Our Care UK members in Doncaster must be congratulated on the success of their sustained strike actionRead more…
Why I am supporting Neil Findlay for Scottish Labour Leader
Scottish Labour needs an authentic voice to win back support and that’s why I am supporting Neil Findlay as the next Leader of Scottish Labour.
The days when voters could be won with spin and little…Read more…
Our Future Free From Racism
We have learnt a lot over the past year about Scotland and the people who make this country great. In looking to our future, we have explored our shared past, discussed our common values, and…Read more…
Workplace injuries cost billions and ruin lives, but this government is determined to rollback vital health and safety laws
The ground-breaking Health and Safety at Work Act is 40 years old and there has been a lot of progress over the years which should be celebrated. Britain is one of the safest countries in the world…Read more…
Winchester Needs a Pay Rise
I was looking forwards to making an occasion of the TUC’s Britain Needs a Pay Rise march and rally in October until we had to back out when my son caught a tummy bug. I had experienced TUC marches…Read more…
The FT throws a grenade at Osborne (and Balls)
Yesterday’s lead article on the front page of the Financial Times was positively incendiary (“Osborne faces doubling austerity cuts to £48 billion a year to hit targets“). David Cameron wrote last month that most of the cuts in the austerity programme had been achieved, with…Read more…
Under pressure – UNISON survey shows Scotland’s occupational therapists struggling to maintain service
Tue 11 Nov 2014
A report out today (Tuesday 11 Nov 2014) by UNISON shows that Scotland’s occupational therapists are struggling to maintain the level of service their patients need in light of budget cuts and staffing shortages.
Those surveyed in the report – Under Pressure: Scotland’s occupational therapists speak out – said they had huge concerns about the impact cuts are having on theRead more…
Pensions dispute: Bullying tactics violate workers’ human rights
11 November 2014
By Professor Alan Bogg, University of Oxford and
Professor K D Ewing, King’s College London.
How should workers respond to bullying and intimidation tactics used by employers…Read more…
‘Cuts cost lives’ says UNISON – campaigners lobby Glasgow City Council over savage cuts to mental health charity
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Staff, service users, community groups and members of the public will gather in George Square tomorrow (Wednesday 12 November) to lobby Glasgow City Council over its plans to cut a charity’s funding by 40%.
The scale of these savage cuts are likely to force Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) – which receives nearly all of its funding from the council – to close,Read more…