Sean Coughlan Education correspondent BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32116168 Teachers are more likely to be in unions than transport staff or mine workers Why is education the most…Read more…
Walk of Witness – Easter Friday
Shortly after I blogged on my “Vote Labour” poster in my window there was outside the annual Easter “Walk of Witness” by local Churches, who gathered at the Joseph Fry Memorial drinking fountain in Wansted flats.
Vote Labour 2015 Window Poster
My 2015 General Election “Vote Labour” window poster has just gone up. Now, I have my doubts that window posters actually change people’s voting intentions. If there are many of them in an area they can portray presence and local support but I th…Read more…
We’re Not Loving It – Protest At McDonalds, London
Unite London hotel and hospitality workers are protesting against Fast Food giant McDonalds on the morning of April 15th – the international day of action in solidarity with fast food workers…Read more…
USi China Exclusive: Wu Guijun: my new labour centre
This week, USi talked to Wu Guijun, a former worker who was criminally detained for over a year before trial due to his leading role in a furniture factory in Shenzhen. He was then acquitted and released, and set up his own labour organisation to support labour activism. He shared with USi his view on the current labour movement in China, his new centre’s upcoming projects, and his observation on the official trade union.Read more…
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 1 – A Public Housing System Is a Requisite of a Modern Society An important issue in the coming general election is the right to housing, to which all…Read more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: Taxing disability benefits would hit hundreds of thousands of low-paid disabled workers
There’s something (horrible) for everyone in the list of possible benefit cuts leaked to the BBC last week. In this column I want to concentrate on the proposal that people would have to pay income tax on their disability benefits if their incomes including these benefits were over the minimum…Read more…
What Is Productivity?
CLASS Briefing: Productivity There has been increasing media coverage about the UK’s growing ‘productivity gap’ in the last few weeks, but why is it important? The shaky and unsustainable return to…Read more…
Who does this country work for?
Nothing was more indicative of the Tories’ base of support than a letter published in the Telegraph yesterday, signed by 103 big business leaders, calling on the public to vote Conservative in May. Among the letter’s signatories were Bob Dudley, the American boss of BP, Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of Prudential who received […]
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Supporting our reps
Pictured are some Unite Community members today (April 2) supporting Unite Smurfit Kappa members on their picket line. David Condliffe, Unite Community Co-ordinator for the East Midlands, said he was proud Community could be there in solidarity for our industrial members. “Community members from Leicester and Derby were supporting Smurfit Kappa comrades today. […]
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Workplace justice access hope
Unite has warmly welcomed an election pledge from Labour to scrap controversial employment tribunal fees brought in by the Tory-led government almost two years ago. The upfront fees – which have been heavily criticised by some bosses as well as trade unions – are believed to have denied millions their rightful access to justice. […]
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Attack on rural communities
Rural communities across Northern Ireland are under grave risk to their safety after Unite has discovered plans to severely cut road maintenance services. Unite representatives were informed that Transport NI management have proposed reducing the inspection of rural roads for potholes from three times a year to only once a year. Management has also […]
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Workers, You need your modern Communist Party!
This year the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) is 36 years old. Party members have worked since 1979 to continue, since the Party was formed, to establish itself,…Read more…
Two thirds of teachers have been victims of online abuse
NASUWT calls on incoming government to adopt zero tolerance policyRead more…
Stop this calamitous course
This general election has been dubbed the most important in a generation and – it is for many reasons – not least the protection of our NHS. But another crucial reason that makes this election important and it’s our membership of the European Union. Back in 1975 Margaret Thatcher campaigned to […]
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Could you live on a zero-hours contract?
Labour announced yesterday (April 1) that it would clamp down on exploitative zero-hours contracts, by guaranteeing people who work regular hours the right to a regular contract. The video below features the decisive moment in last week’s ‘Battle for Number 10’ programme, in which presenter Jeremy Paxman presses David Cameron to answer a very […]
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Global union warning to Kuwaiti multinational over Kenyan truckers
All eyes are on the Kuwait-based multinational firm Agility Logistics over its treatment of road transport workers in Kenya, the International Transport Workers’ Federation said today at a press conference in Mombasa.Read more…
Gay artist fined £60 for writing LOVE on pavement IN CHALK!
Belfast artist Christoff Gillen has been fined £60 by the council for “defacing” the city by writing the word “love” on the pavement in chalk. He did this to highlight discrimination against LGBTQ people in Northern Ireland.Read more…
Kids’ taxi drivers on strike over 50% pay cut plans
Unite members take action at Hackney CouncilRead more…
Unison Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 March 2015
Report from the branch delegate – Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 march 2015Read more…