Staff at a luxury Scottish hotel owned by Donald Trump are being paid below the legal minimum according to a whistle-blower. Unite said the way employees are treated at Trump’s Turnberry golf…Read more…
More history and less economics?
“We need more historians and fewer economists”.
This was the somewhat tongue in cheek claim made by the historian Rutger Bregman in an interview with Dan Snow on his ‘History Hit’ podcast….Read more…
UNISON NEC elections 2019 – Ballot papers out from tomorrow
My recommendations if you are a member of UNISON in London. You can vote for regional and national candidates and for those in your own “service group” (Health, Local Government, Community, Higher Education and Energy)
Greater London RegionMale seat – …Read more…
“Half of UK’s Largest Housing Associations see gender pay gap grow”
Inside Housing this week had a number of stories and features on the growing gender pay gap in large Housing Associations.
See here (paywall) for links to full reports.
I was asked to comment “John Gray, national executive committee member fo…Read more…
John Mitchell – Former Sogat and GPMU National Officer
by Ann Field 11th April 2019 It is a great privilege to make this tribute to John, it has been drawn up with respect, with sadness and love by several of his old comrades as well as myself. The…Read more…
Hope Not Hate Action Fund
Hi everyone,
My name is Robbie Mullen. I asked HOPE not hate if I could send this email to say thank you to everyone who sent me a message since the end of the trial at the Old Bailey last week.
The last few years have been a bit mad&nb…Read more…
Jobs market discriminates against BME workers, says report
Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are more than twice as likely to be stuck in insecure work as their white counterparts, new research reveals. The TUC, which published the analysis at…Read more…
University employers improve offer at latest pay talks
Offer still falls ‘far short’ of joint union pay claim, says head of education Jon Richards
The article University employers improve offer at latest pay talks first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Drip, drip of uncertainty’
Ford workers across the country could down tools if any of the firm’s UK sites are earmarked for closure or compulsory redundancies. In a joint statement Unite and GMB called on Ford to come…Read more…
‘Low pay battle’
Hundreds of baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by GH London (formally Azzurra) at Heathrow and Luton airports are set to start strike action later in April in two separate disputes over low…Read more…
Claws off my pension!
Former Midland Bank workers, activists and their supporters descended on HSBC’s AGM today (April 12) in Birmingham to demand justice in their fight against a practice that will slash pension pots for…Read more…
Gas boss should have pay rise blocked, says UNISON
Staff and investors should seize opportunity at Centrica AGM
The article Gas boss should have pay rise blocked, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
We need more BME voices in the fight against insecure work
BME people are far more likely to work in the gig economy, so why don’t more campaigns feature their stories?Read more…
Royal Docks Labour Branch meeting: Housing
This evening I was invited by this branch to come and speak to their monthly meeting about LBN Housing issues.
I gave a short overview of what we are doing as a new administration, led by our Executive Mayor< Rokhsana Fiaz, with regard to housing s…Read more…
Saving the planet – and your pension
UNISON research shows that LGPS disinvestment from fossil fuels is still slow
The article Saving the planet – and your pension first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Bully boy tactics’
Troubled outsourcer Mitie is facing the threat of legal action amid accusations of blacklisting after bosses threatened workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant with disciplinary action if…Read more…
‘Halloween Brexit’?
The prime minister has insisted that if MPs can agree a way forward Brexit can still be delivered before the end of May, after EU leaders agreed to a six month extension of the process. Both…Read more…
‘Loyal workers deserve better’
Unite has expressed alarm at ongoing bank job losses, most recently this week (April 9) when Barclays announced it would be axing 460 jobs. Barclays informed staff in Coventry Westwood Park…Read more…
‘Unspeakably immoral’
Hospital workers contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, among the lowest paid people in the country, face the threat of a week’s pay being withheld – a move that’s prompted a backlash of protests from…Read more…
Toxic cabin air probe after overdose death
The family of a British Airways (BA) pilot who died from an overdose of sleeping pills ‘taken to ease the symptoms of inhaling toxic cabin air’ are the first to have their case heard in a wave of…Read more…