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Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
Over the past couple of years, the Labour Party, of which I have been a member for more than four decades, has been brought into disrepute by the blatant abuse of its disciplinary processes to settle political differences.
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Driving real world activity through distributed digital event campaigns
In the run up to the We Demand Better rally on 18 June, the TUC tested new ways to spread the word amongst union activists and potential marchers. As well as a series of local “road show” events, we…Read more…
Baker Hughes accused of fire and rehire
A giant US business, Baker Hughes, is being accused of `laying waste to Scottish jobs’ through fire and rehire by Unite. Baker Hughes, which is one of the world’s biggest oil field services company,…Read more…
Public tells BA to restore staff pay
In the first test of public opinion since British Airways check-in staff announced that they will take strike action to have their pay restored to the pre-pandemic rate, more than seven in ten (73…Read more…
Takeovers versus turnout
At the back end of 2020 I wrote something about the impact of the merger arbitrage trade and some of the stewardship issues related to it. Looking back, one rather fundamental stewardship issue that I hadn’t considered was the impact on voting tur…Read more…
Barclays staff in pay win
Unite the union representing staff at Barclays has today (Thursday 30) won a ‘cost of living’ increase for staff from 1st August. Following calls from the Union and discussions with management to…Read more…
Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes back on
Bus strikes affecting Stagecoach Merseyside’s entire operation are set to go ahead next Monday (July 4) as the workforce takes a stand against low pay. The action will involve 370 members of Unite,…Read more…
Royal Mail managers vote to strike
Royal Mail faces UK-wide strikes this summer over plans to remove 542 frontline delivery managers alongside a redeployment programme to bring in worsening terms and conditions, after managers voted…Read more…
Unions are the solution, not the problem
“With the recent rail strikes and the TUC ‘Demand Better’ demonstration, unions are in the news a lot, and it’s not always positive. But don’t believe the noise. Join us. Stand Together. Because we know it can be better than this.
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Gatwick Taxi drivers facing brutal fire and rehire-style tactics
Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract, which will dramatically cut their pay. Gatwick…Read more…
Bexley bin strikes latest
Bin collections in Bexley, in South London, will halt during summer pay strikes, Unite said today (June 29). More than 100 workers, employed by Bexley council contractor Countrystyle Recycling, will…Read more…
Coca Cola supplies under threat
Supplies of Coca Cola are under threat this summer because bosses are attempting to force through a below inflation pay deal. The workers are furious about an abysmal pay deal alongside management…Read more…
Three attacks on the right to strike
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Blog: Unions are the solution, not the problem
The TUC have already reported a surge in membership interest with online enquiries into trade union membership increasing by 700%
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Care staff begin strike over fire and rehire plans
Staff have been left with no option but to take action
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Health workers in Lancashire strike in dispute over lack of sick pay and unsocial hours payments
OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours
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If Labour doesn’t support workers defending their living standards “…you wonder what the purpose of the party is”
“Labour must support those fighting to defend their living standards when, in effect, they face a pay cut of up … MoreRead more…
Attack on right to strike
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action
The outsourced workers delivered a resounding ‘yes’ to strike action against a pay offer that fails to keep track with the cost of living
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