The shocking extent of a growing retention crisis in the NHS was revealed by new research which found that more than 200,000 nurses have left the health service since 2011. The research,…Read more…
Fair Fringe call
A former Edinburgh Fringe worker has spoken out about suffering a breakdown after being exploited and paid “slave” wages. Shira Kaliski, 25, blew the whistle on working conditions at events…Read more…
Our broken economy has locked millions of workers in poverty – here’s how to fix it
Record numbers of working people have been trapped in poverty by an economy rigged against their interestsRead more…
View from Newham Dockside
I am not sure if this was art, a protest or an advert but strange display seen from canteen in Newham Council Dockside building last week. Anyone know?
They appear to be dressed as air stewards and London City Airport is directly across the docks.
Ju…Read more…
More workers on boards news…
Wisconsin Democrat Senator Tammy Baldwin has issued a report calling for workers to elect a third of the board of directors.
The aggregate evidence from comparison countries provides strong support for the theory that worker empowerment can foster seve…Read more…
Higher ed pay talks open
Joint unions submit pay claim for 2019-20 as negotiations get under way
The article Higher ed pay talks open first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers on the board at…. Walmart?
If there were any doubt the idea of employee representation at board level is gaining momentum in some unusual places, then take a look at this:
Murray believes that, if there had been a meaningful number of people with a stake in Walmart’s longer-term…Read more…
Mrs May’s Brexit deal: bad for workers, bad for industry, bad for trade
Unions can’t support a deal that will threaten workers’ rights, undermine UK industry and lower standards and protectionsRead more…
Doreen Fletcher – A Retrospective
Better late than never but collage is from exhibition in Bow Arts Trust of works by East End painter Doreen Fletcher (who I think lives in Forest Gate, Newham).
What fantastic paintings from someone who so discouraged by lack of recognition that she g…Read more…
BA food drivers strikes at Gatwick averted
Strikes scheduled for this week at Gatwick airport have been called off after Unite , secured an 18 per cent pay package on behalf of drivers employed by Alpha Flight, the sole supplier of inflight…Read more…
‘Industrial relations mess’
Unite is warning that outsourcing giant Mitie should be barred from acquiring contracts from Interserve due to its woeful treatment of its workforce and its very poor industrial relations record….Read more…
‘In meltdown’
Unite is calling for the potential privatisation of cervical screening services to be suspended, following reports that the service is “in meltdown”. Used by thousands of women each year,…Read more…
Blog: The government’s Brexit incompetence means no other crisis is receiving scrutiny
This week, MPs will focus once again on trying to resolve Brexit, and rightly so. But when a government is elected, we expect it to be able to govern – not blame all of society’s problems on someone…Read more…
Review: A Berliner’s Luck – Surviving the Third Reich and World War II, by Fred A. Simon
This short memoir, written by the author when in his eighties, looks back at his experience as a German soldier during the Second World War. I would not recommend it to others. Sometimes in…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day noon Sunday 28 April 2019 – 3 Mills Green, Stratford, Newham, E3
Advance notice of this years Workers Memorial Day event at 3 Mills Green, Stratford, Newham, E3Read more…
Review: Forgotten Legion: Sonderverbünde Bergmann in World War II, 1941-1945 by Eduard Abramian with Antonio J. Muñoz
There is a tendency, I think, among some who write about the Nazi Germans to become – too put it mildly – somewhat too close to their subject. That is the case with this book…Read more…
UNISON London Labour Link Forum 2019
Picture collage from last weeks UNISON Greater London Region Labour Link Forum which took place at the UNISON Centre in Euston London.
I chaired the meeting for London region with our vice chair Yvonne Green, during which we went through our workplan,…Read more…
Farmer Hogget Sings To Babe – If I had words.mp4
Love it. Great film. Farmer Hogget sketch is amongst my all time favourite. Read more…
The relationship between you & your employer is not one of equals…Being in the a union fixes the imbalance!
Hat tip TUC
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‘We will not stand idle’
Members of Unite the union, employed as class one lorry drivers with Eddie Stobart, on the Walkers Snack Foods contract at Birchwood, Warrington are set to ballot for strike action over the company’s…Read more…