Striking workers and the local community will come together on Saturday (December 5) to hold a car rally in support of the Rolls-Royce workers at Barnoldswick who have been on strike since last month…Read more…
Jersey Airport job losses rethink call
The redundancy programme involving Swissport workers at Jersey Airport is ‘going under the radar’ and needs a rethink now that Covid-19 vaccines are on the horizon, Unite said today (December 4)….Read more…
‘Tremendous victory’ in Doncaster bins dispute
Planned strikes by refuse workers employed by Suez Recycling and Recovery Ltd, on the outsourced Doncaster council contract, have been suspended after the company acted on the concerns of Unite. The…Read more…
Higher education members reject ‘insulting’ pay freeze
UNISON members vote overwhelmingly to reject the 0% pay offer, which amounts to a pay cut, in higher education
The article Higher education members reject ‘insulting’ pay freeze first…Read more…
Further education unions ‘outraged’ at pay offer
UNISON says college leaders have broken their pay promises and that pay in the FE sector is ‘simply too low’
The article Further education unions ‘outraged’ at pay offer first appeared on the…Read more…
‘One job’ rule without pay pledge could plunge care staff into poverty and put residents at risk
Government must guarantee staff can work additional hours or get compensation for lost wages
The article ‘One job’ rule without pay pledge could plunge care staff into poverty and put residents at…Read more…
LAUNCH OF THE NEWHAM CAMPAIGN FOR A COMMITTEE STRUCTURE – Tuesday 8th December 7pm
“Join us on Zoom for a public online meeting to launch Newham Voting for Change – the campaign for a committee structure in Newham.
In May 2021 Newham will hold a referendum on how the local council is run. We are campaigning for the committee sy…Read more…
Keir Starmer supports “the fullest internal democracy” to avoid domination by “vertical hierarchies”. (Well, he did…)
A little more than thirty years ago a small group on (and outside) the Labour Left, one of whom would go on to become Director of Public Prosecutions, produced a few issues of a magazine which called for a better response to the defeats and setbacks su…Read more…
‘Death by a thousands cuts’
Unite has described Rolls-Royce’s announcement of fresh job losses as ‘choking the company’s future’, while the proposals to transfer or rundown parts of the business is…Read more…
‘It doesn’t matter if you sweep floors or you’re a surgeon, the NHS is one team’
UNISON’s One Team campaign gives NHS support staff the recognition they deserve – and Caroline Corbin is one of them
The article ‘It doesn’t matter if you sweep floors or you’re a surgeon, the…Read more…
West Ham Socialist Bakery & Red Flag Chocolate
Hat tip Country Standard. A fantastic historical clipping from “Labour Leader” newspaper Thursday 9 January 1913. The “Socialist and Labour Movement in West Ham” (now Newham) had set up a co-operative bakery not only to provide quality food and…Read more…
Push for free hospital parking continues
Despite the continuing pandemic, evidence mounts of hospitals starting to charge staff to park once more
The article Push for free hospital parking continues first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Unite Securitas win
Striking Securitas first responders at Airbus Filton have secured a victory in their fight against fire and rehire changes that would have seen their pay plummet, Unite said today (December 2). The…Read more…
Time for Labour to oppose increasing military expenditure
It is good to see that Labour CND are launching a campaign to try to influence our Party leadership in the direction of opposition to Tory plans to increase expenditure on “defence” (which actually means expenditure on ever more advanced means o…Read more…
Heathrow – get your hands off our wages
On December 1, Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) workers took strike action for the first time in more than 40 years to defend their livelihoods. They’re standing up against the imposition of fire…Read more…
Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2021
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union remains at £10.63 an hour
The article Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2021 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Brutal pay cuts’ at Thurrock council
Unite has vowed to fiercely resist Thurrock Council’s plans to brutally cut the pay and conditions of workers who have been providing essential services during the pandemic. The very workers who have…Read more…
No so ‘purr-fect’ vet surgeries?
Employment practices at some of the UK’s vet surgeries are ‘a dog’s dinner’ where bullying and poor morale are widespread, according to a new survey by the British Veterinary Union in Unite (BVU)….Read more…
Ffermwr gyda Ffon mewn Storm Eira/Farmer with a Stick in a Snowstorm by Kyffin Williams (& World Aids Day)
Another print from a calendar published by National Library of Wales featuring the works of Welsh Artist, Kyffin Williams.I have been posting the paintings each month. This is Rhagfyr December 2020 and of course today December 1 is World Aids Da…Read more…
Labour must stand against racist deportations
The Home Office yesterday went to the extent of publishing a blog post seeking to justify its forthcoming Deportation Charter Flight to Jamaica.This is, of course, the same Home Office that has been responsible for the scandalous treatment of the Windr…Read more…