“If you break it, you own it.” So says the sign in every Pottery Barn store in the USA. It is a penalty Labour’s second-referendum lobby would do well to recall. As a number of party members from…Read more…
‘Sorry mess’
A series of freedom of information (FOI) requests made by Unite has exposed the disarray and the failure of two government departments to even examine alternative solutions prior to the collapse of…Read more…
‘Absolutely outrageous’
Unite which is supporting 65 core participants at the inquiry into the Grenfell fire has described as ‘absolutely outrageous’, the revelation that companies involved in supplying and installing the…Read more…
Bernie Sanders – Dangerous Trotskyist?
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. In the hunt for dirt on Bernie Sanders, hostile journalists have come up with very little. He had his honeymoon in the Soviet Union. He…Read more…
Keir Starmer for Leader: Another Future is Possible – East London Members meeting
Yesterday I helped organise a meeting for Labour Party members and affiliates to meet Keir Starmer, at the Old Town Hall in Stratford.
In a packed meeting he was introduced by Newham Councillor, Susan Masters, who explained that she was proud to have …Read more…
‘Rock bottom’ morale
Staff at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) are to be balloted for strike action, Unite said today (January 28). Unite said the ballot for strike action will…Read more…
FE workers in England reject pay offer
Working group to look into best way for members to protest at another low pay offer
The article FE workers in England reject pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Still learning the lessons of PPP
Nearly thirty years after John Major’s government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), it is astonishing that we are still writing about and using this failed model of delivering public…Read more…
Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns proposals will cause uncertainty and instability
The article Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Next steps for Social Partnership in Wales
The Welsh Government is legislating to strengthen social partnership and to create a platform to deliver fair work in Wales.Read more…
Tackling the far right – a view from Wales
Tackling the far right is an issue for all of us who care about freedom, equality and community over division. It’s an issue for all us in the trade union movement.Read more…
Newham Council Holocaust Memorial Day 2020
This morning I attended our annual Council event to honour Holocaust Memorial Day (held on 27 January which is the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz and today is the 75th anniversary) in the Old Town Hall in Stratford.
The…Read more…
Crankshaft workers at ‘end of their tether’
The supply chains of Ford, Peugeot and JLR could be hit in a dispute over low pay at Darcast Crankshafts Ltd in Birmingham said today (January 27). The entire shop floor workforce at the…Read more…
‘Murky’ procurement
Unite slammed the ‘murky’ procurement process for a £2.25bn South East London pathology contract today (Monday 27 January), after Synlab was named as the preferred bidder over incumbent firm Viapath….Read more…
Our members count, UNISON tells universities
Official statistics body to stop collecting data on support staff, making them invisible
The article Our members count, UNISON tells universities first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Evil of anti-Semitism ‘still with us’, says UNISON
Dave Prentis speaks at event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
The article Evil of anti-Semitism ‘still with us’, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Help rebuild trust’
Unite has appealed to the St Mungo’s board of trustees to ‘help rebuild trust’ by persuading senior management to reconsider its position and join last-ditch talks, ahead of the strike ballot…Read more…
Holocaust Memorial Day: standing together
UNISON event honours the victims of genocides, as speakers stress the need to remember – and to fight to stop future genocides
The article Holocaust Memorial Day: standing together first appeared…Read more…
Holocaust Memorial Day: UNISON Renfrewshire remembers Jane Haining
Jane Haining was a Scottish woman from Paisley, who dedicated her life to helping Jewish orphans in Hungary
The article Holocaust Memorial Day: UNISON Renfrewshire remembers Jane Haining first…Read more…
‘If not us, then who?’
“Nothing prepares you for visiting Auschwitz,” Unite young member Aiden Papworth told UniteLive. Part of a Unite delegation which travelled to see the largest Nazi concentration camp in…Read more…