IT might be Christmassy, if it had some decorations. But if it looks cold in this picture, now its worse -the lights are off, and the building’s up for sale.
NO, this isn’t the Pottins family…Read more…
Bargaining Power To The People
By Leo Gerard USW International President During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave workers a New Deal, raising wages and employment. Earlier this month, in the sparsely…Read more…
Merry Christmas to one and all
Merry Christmas folks. Photo Wansted flats 2012. Read more…
A Christmas walk “In the Valley of the Elwy”
“Lovely the woods, waters, meadows, combes, vales,All the air things wear that build this world of Wales…” Gerard Manley Hopkins
Off message but today I went for a truly beautiful walk in the “Switzerland of North Wales” the Elwy Valley.
Walk …Read more…
Crown Holdings Shareholders Warned Of Stock Price Losses Due To Toronto Strike
Workers forced on strike in Toronto by giant U.S.-based can-maker Crown Holdings, Inc. (CCK) are warning the company’s shareholders that Crown’s failure to settle the now 15-month labour…Read more…
Death toll among Qatar’s 2022 World Cup workers revealed
From the Guardian By Owen Gibson & Pete Pattisson Despite Qatar’s promises to improve conditions, Nepalese migrants have died at a rate of one every two days in 2014 “If fatalities among…Read more…
General Election 2015 “Why should I vote for you?”
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn General Election 2015 “Why should I vote for you?”
read moreRead more…
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INTERSERVE WATERLOO
Circular No IR/343/14 To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Our Ref: BR2/19/123rd December 2014 Dear Colleagues BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL…Read more…
Don’t let UKIP panto take the spotlight off low pay and exploitation
In the last few weeks we all seem to have been given tickets to an extended UKIP panto complete with a string of offensive racist/sexist/homophobic/fill in the blank one-liners and a gay donkey. While the papers are having a field day with this silly season, it shouldn’t distract us from the…Read more…
Is this the end of Local Government?
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn
Read more…
Merry Red Crimbo
This is my favourite Christmas video. I have stopped sending cards and instead have donated money to further world revolution (aka Children in Need).
Merry Crimbo to all my Labour Party and trade union comrades and here is hoping for a change of …Read more…
UNISON | Special local government conference 2015 24 March!
http://www.unison.org.uk/about/events-and-conferences/national-conferences/special-local-government-conference-2015/
The challenge now is how to use the Special Conference on Tuesday 24 March. We need not only to consider the agenda for the Conference itself but also how we use this occasion to…Read more…
Tenants’ Win, and Russel Vindicated
I’VE never been a fan of Russel Brand. Just not my cup of tea. I’ve never watched his programme, didn’t like his treatment of Andrew Sachs or talk about “booky-wook”, and I went as far as to…Read more…
Support Locked Out Workers At Sherwin Alumina, Texas
The holiday season is upon us, and unfortunately, some of our brothers and sisters are going without paychecks because of attacks from huge corporate companies. This includes United Steelworkers and…Read more…
RSTES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014 – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS At a further meeting with the company it made a final offer as follows:-&…Read more…
Rates of Pay & Conditions Service 2014 -South West Trains
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS At a further meeting…Read more…
An early Xmas present for the Tories
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE …Read more…
October 2014 Pay Talks Update
To advise that your negotiators met with the company on the 18th December 2014 to discuss the October 2014 pay review.
The company made a revised offer as below:
Option 1
Year 1 – an…Read more…
October 2014 Pay Talks Update
To advise that your negotiators met with the company on the 18th December 2014 to discuss the October 2014 pay review.
The company made a revised offer as below:
Option 1
Year 1 – an increase of 2.1% with a minimum increase of £450.00
Year 2 – An increase based on RPI (for August 2015…Read more…
Winter Fuel Grant 2014 From There For You
There For You have launched their Winter Fuel Grant application for winter 2014/2015. There is one application per household and the maximum grant is £40. There is a limited amount of funds available for the grant and once exhausted no … Continue reading →Read more…