There is a broad consensus on the need for ambitious targets on tackling climate change, but there are some differences around the edges when it comes to taking practical action.
The Climate Change…Read more…
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There is a broad consensus on the need for ambitious targets on tackling climate change, but there are some differences around the edges when it comes to taking practical action.
The Climate Change…Read more…
The performance of the UK’s manufacturing sector would be below the lowest level seen during the 2008 recession if not for four key industries which are now also struggling, damning Office for…Read more…
A prison in Birmingham run by outsourcing firm G4S will be taken back under public control, amid accusations of mismanagement that’s seen violence and drug use soar alongside deteriorating prison…Read more…
Staff employed by private contractor call off strike after company agrees to pay them the NHS rate for the job
The article Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff win pay battle first appeared on the…Read more…
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
The article One wage for all ages first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Decision to return HMP Birmingham to public control proof that the for-profit prisons experiment has failedRead more…
Picture collage of recent canvass in Stratford and Newtown ward in West Ham CLP. They have a really good new local Labour Rose newsletter which we gave out.
We canvassed one high rise tower block (with waking watch fire marshals due to cladding) then …Read more…
Former UNISON President and all round good egg. Ballot papers out 15 AprilRead more…
Fresh demands were made by Unite to stop Universal Credit this weekend. Delegates at the TUC north-west region conference heard a number of shocking stories about the misery the roll out of…Read more…
Unions have warned that the slight increase in wages nearly 2m workers will see from today (April 1) are not enough to end poverty pay. Hourly rates for adult workers aged over 24 will rise…Read more…
Thousands of people joined together in Swindon on Saturday (March 30) in a stunning display of solidarity for Honda workers whose jobs are now threatened under a proposed plant closure. The…Read more…
Twenty years on from the bold, landmark decision to establish a National Minimum Wage, it is time for a new landmark – a real Living Wage for all, regardless of age, that everyone in work can afford…Read more…
MPs are being urged to back the campaign to stop the closure of Honda’s Swindon plant by signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) that calls on the government to deliver on its commitment to work with Unite…Read more…
Why on earth would a government trade union watchdog block a union’s sensible action to stand up for women members and stop sexual harassment?Read more…
Benefit uprating should be based on need, not the whim of a government addicted to inflicting austerity on the poorestRead more…
This picture college is from a lovely sunny and warm walk last month in Essex near Bishop Stortford.
Only 8.75 miles in length and 36 minutes from Newham by car.
Check “Go4Walk” website here https://www.go4awalk.com/walks/walk-search/walk.php?wa…Read more…
I received this morning confirmation that the Returning officer has “confirmed” that I am a candidate for the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) elections for the Community (voluntary sector and housing associations) General Seat and that I am bei…Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
For several months now I have been unable to access my blog, and it appeared that Google were uninterested in helping myself and the many others who were posting to the main Help Forum.
So, on checking today I am really pleased to se…Read more…
a little snippet from Globalization: The Human Consequences:
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as fully satisfied, no desires considered ultimate…Read more…