Bradford council bosses are being ‘obdurate and foot dragging’ in talks to resolve the dispute over swingeing cuts to the city’s 14 libraries and museums, Unite said today (November 14). Unite…Read more…
‘Left with no choice’
Bakkavor workers preparing popular meals for leading supermarkets have voted for strike action in a dispute over low pay at a time when the food manufacturer is raking in tens of millions in profit….Read more…
Under the acacia tree
On a Yemeni farm
it was the spring planting season.
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Dock drivers dispute
Volkswagen Group faces serious delays as Sheerness dock drivers ballot for strike action in pay dispute.
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Worst wait times on record
Patients in England are facing the worst wait times since records began, with one in six patients having waited longer than four hours in A&E to be seen in October. The latest figures…Read more…
New NHS waiting times show Tories are not fit to run NHS
Responding to the latest NHS England data published today (Thursday) showing A&E waiting times are the worst ever, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Patients left in agony on trolleys…Read more…
Public service workers ready to learn to ease redundancy fears
A third of public service workers are worried they’ll lose their jobs due to technological innovation or government cuts, according to a UNISON survey published today (Thursday). But one in ten feel…Read more…
Pay gap proposals will force bosses to act
Commenting on Labour plans published today (Wednesday) to eliminate the gender pay gap by 2030, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Public shaming hasn’t proved enough to curtail unequal…Read more…
Marginals and ultra-marginals
(Hat tip BBC news. My take is we have to win in the marginals or the Tories will will and we will not have Jeremy Corbyn as our Prime Minister)
“A striking aspect of the 2017 general election was that the result in lots of constituencies was…Read more…
Young people’s hopes for Labour
Unite’s national body for young workers met yesterday to talk about what they would like to see from a Labour government.
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Steepest rise ever
A major spike in food bank use has prompted the nation’s leading supplier of emergency food parcels to call on politicians of all parties to ensure they pledge to protect people from hunger —…Read more…
University staff in Edinburgh to stay directly employed
Campus operations staff at Queen Margaret University chalk up win in campaign against outsourcing threat
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‘Precisely what is needed’
Unite has welcomed Labour’s rescue plan for the NHS, which will plough £26bn in real terms to resuscitate a health service on its knees after a decade of cuts under successive Tory governments….Read more…
Transforming social care in Scotland
If there is one issue that ought to be at the top of any policy agenda in Scotland, it is social care. One in 24 people in Scotland receive funded care support, and they deserve better.
Over half a…Read more…
Labour and Capital – A Left Platform
Hat tip post Tom P (I picked image : Capital and labour, by Henry Stacy Marks)
“It’s election time. I’ll have a look through party manifestos when they’re out to pull together policy commitments that are relevant to this blog. In the me…Read more…
Labour rescue plan gives NHS hope, says UNISON
The health service would be revitalised by this major cash boost to our most cherished national institution
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Revolt in Green Party against support for Liberal Democrats?
There are clear signs of a revolt amongst members of the Green Party against their party leadership’s support for the … MoreRead more…
‘Clear message’
Bromley library workers, who are in the sixth month of strike action against their controversial employer social enterprise leisure services’ giant Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), have unanimously…Read more…
‘Two-tier’ health service slammed
Unite will shine a spotlight on the accelerating privatisation of GP services and its detrimental impact on patients at a demo in Tower Hamlets in London on Thursday (November 21). Unite has…Read more…
‘Why not us?’
Unite is gearing up to mark Living Wage Week with demos outside two London hotels on Wednesday (November 13) as the union seeks to highlight low pay in the hospitality sector. The demos,…Read more…