To mark UN Anti-Racism day tomorrow, Saturday 21stMarch, a call went out from Keefra- the Greek anti-nazi movement, which had success in tackling Golden Dawn- to hold anti-racist demonstrations….Read more…
Gary Lewis and Tommy Sands lead Glasgow’s MayDay festivities.
–> MayDay festivals have been celebrated since pre-Christian times. Earliest celebrations marked the beginning of summer and linked to many pagan festivals including the Gaelic…Read more…
Transport workers’ international investigates labour rights abuses on Thai fishing vessels
An ITF delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand this week, as part of an investigation into labour rights abuses.Read more…
We will fight for workers
Unite’s rule book sounds just the sort of dusty tome to give employment lawyers headaches. Last week our governing body, Unite’s executive, unanimously agreed to make it shorter. It recommended the deletion from our rules of six little words that have governed our union’s actions: “so far as may be lawful”. So far, so […]
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Some good news on mental health (at last)?
Trade unions are finding ways to prevent mental health problems or, if it’s already happened to get employers to enable them to continue in work.
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Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: even small victories should be celebrated
Last year we began our Saving Our Safety Net campaign by focusing on the “Five Week Wait” for benefits. One of the policies that will force thousands of new claimants to spend weeks with no income is the introduction of seven “waiting days”, which were due to be brought in next month for Universal…Read more…
Offshoring via the backdoor
Rolls-Royce, the iconic luxury car manufacturer which now predominantly builds aircraft engines, owes much of its success to the thousands of highly skilled UK workers who’ve made the business the bastion of world-class engineering it is today. In a short-term bid to cut costs amid profit losses, however, Rolls-Royce announced a global restructuring exercise […]
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Nothing comes from nothing
It’s that time of year again—the government announces a minimum wage hike, as it did on Tuesday (March 17), and pats itself on the back for how much it’s improved the lot of the lowest paid and hardest working among us. The statutory minimum will go up to a grand total of £6.70 an […]
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#Budget2015: A review of how the Chancellor manipulated the figures to political ends
At the Autumn Statement in December last year, the extent of the failure to reduce the deficit was laid bare. The Chancellor took a political hammering for the extent of future cuts that he had planned to set matters right (leaving aside the implausibi…Read more…
“We will not be intimidated” – blacklist protestors take to the streets again this evening
BSG members call demo outside Band Street station at 5.30pmRead more…
Trade Unions and the law – as in UNITE so in UNISON?
Len McCluskey is right that unions must be able to fight for workers even if it means breaking bad laws – see his article in the Guardian reporting an important decision of UNITE’s Executive;
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The General Secretary of our sister u…Read more…
Neville Lawrence named as keynote speaker for Move on Up North
Line up completed for BECTU-organised event in SalfordRead more…
Win! Train strike cancelled after worker wins her job back
Diane Johannessen wins her job back after union interventionRead more…
RMT lifts the lid on London Bridge chaos
Union says fragmentisation and privatisation lie at the heart of the problemRead more…
Save the Bees:
One in ten wild bees face extinction in Europe By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent There are 1,965 bee species native to Europe Almost one in 10 of Europe’s native wild bees face…Read more…
Trade unions can still improve conditions for working people – the case of shared parental leave
I blog enough about how bad things are working in the public sector (and local government in particular) and also have enough to say criticising what I perceive as the shortcomings of my own trade union.I think it is worth saying that not everything is…Read more…
When is a motion also a Number Two?
There is, I suppose, a sense in which a “motion” which is “number two” in order of prioritisation may be considered to the same thing twice.An unkind person (unlike your blogger) might make this observation about Motion 44 on the agenda for UNISON’s Special Local Government Conference (titled “NJC…Read more…
Dave – Don’t Duck Debate!
Among the many things I rather admire about Ed Miliband is his pursuit of David Cameron over the latter’s refusal to face a fair, public debate in the General Election campaign.
It’s clear that an incumbent is always likely to resist such a debate (unless the consider themselves an underdog) but…Read more…
Unite Analysis Of Osborne’s Last Budget
By the Unite Political Department To call George Osborne’s performance, hopefully for the last time, at the Commons’ despatch box a budget for the nation is stretching credulity to its limits. With…Read more…