Off message but on Sunday Gill and I went for a 5 mile circular walk around Nazeing Common in Essex. Only 30 minutes drive from East London (not great for public transport), we have done several versions of this walk but this one was taken from the Ord…Read more…
Review: The Trees, by Percival Everett
This book, shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, is very hard to categorise. It begins as a kind of police procedural, though one that is at times laugh-out-loud funny. It has elements of horror. And…Read more…
Why are so many voting for strike action?
In what some have called the ‘winter of discontent’, a wave of strike action is engulfing the UK right now amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis. Speaking to Sky News this week, Unite national lead officer Onay Kasab explained explains why tens of thousands of Unite members are taking a stand. Watch in the […]
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Ambulance workers in pre-Xmas strike
More than 1,600 workers at the West Midlands, North West and North East ambulance service trusts will strike on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, their union Unite announced on Tuesday (December 6). Unite says that the action is a `stark warning’ to the government that it must stem the crisis engulfing the NHS following ministers’ deliberate […]
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NHS workers in Northern Ireland prepare for strike action
UNISON members, alongside those from Nipsa, have not received any pay award this year
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TUC Winter Patrol – engaging and organising young workers across Yorkshire
Over three days and across three cities, seventeen young trade union activists from across the movement came together for the TUC Winter Patrol; engaging young precarious workers in the hospitality industry.
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COP 27 Initial reflections
Reflections on COP 27
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Start talking to avert health strikes later this month
Strike date announced for December 21 – but it’s not too late for ministers to talk
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Plaistow West and Canning Town East canvass 3.12.22
On Saturday after my surgery I joined the new Councillor team at the also new ward of Plaistow West and Canning Town East. We were joined by our Greater London Assembly member, Unmesh Desai. On the whole a fairly positive canvass. Lots …Read more…
Rebalancing the UK
Big-picture reform may not be on everyone’s list of priorities, but governments should be able to tackle big long-term projects while also addressing the immediate issues. Unfortunately, the short-termism of so many politicians has undermined the…Read more…
Bristol council housing officer strike continues
Around 50 Bristol council housing officers and team leaders, responsible for managing the local authority’s 27,000 tenancies, will continue striking over unsustainable workloads on 14, 15 and 16 December. The workers previously took four days of strike action in late October. The workers, members of Unite, are angry that Bristol council is refusing to act […]
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Hounslow community support workers to strike
Workers employed by Hestia, a referral service which provides adult services in Hounslow in London, will take strike action on 12 and 13 December. A number of workers who are Unite members provide support for people ranging from mental health support, addiction, immigration and language barrier support. Hestia management are refusing to negotiate with Unite […]
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Shelter staff in unprecedented two-week strike
Over 600 workers at the housing and homeless charity Shelter begin an unprecedented fortnight of strike action today (December 5) in a bitter dispute over pay. Shelter’s management has imposed a three per cent pay increase, in 2022 which has left many of its own staff being unable to pay their rent leaving them haunted […]
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Colombian trade unionist addresses young members
Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
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Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment
Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms
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Young members’ conference turns to recruitment and organising
A number of motions on Saturday dealt with how the self organised group encourage recruitment, get members active and produce results for young members
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My last West Ham Councillor surgery at Stratford Library?
On Saturday morning I had what I hoped to be my last Councillor surgery in the Newham Council Archives and Local Studies in Stratford Library. The staff at the library have been lovely but we (including my fellow ward Councillors John Whitwor…Read more…
Lambeth’s Living Legend
I am indebted to a recent reader of this blog for kindly reminding me of an event which took place last month at UNISON’s national LGBT+ conference.My old friend, and Lambeth UNISON branch comrade, Jackie Lewis received a well deserved award for lifeti…Read more…
Start pay talks to stop NHS strikes this winter, says UNISON
The government can easily prevent strikes across the NHS this winter.
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Nearly one million UK workers suffering from Work Related stress, depression or anxiety – 11% rise
Check out this article in the IOSH website about the 11% rise in work related stress reported by the Health & Safety Executive in their annual report. Very worrying for employers and unions. The HSE believe that nearly half of these workers b…Read more…