UNISON vows to keep pressure on Nottingham Trent University after, in a year, it spent £2.9m on agency staffRead more…
Poor still paying price
The wealth of top earners has risen sharply while the wealth of the poorest has slumped dramatically, according to a new report. The wealth of top earners rose by two-thirds at the same time the wealth of the lowest paid dropped by nearly the same amount. Debts owed by the highest earners have […]
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Gers report shows Devo-Max is a gamble too far
The annual publication Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (Gers) has brought the debate over the merits of Full Fiscal Autonomy (FFA) or Devo-Max into sharp focus.
The report shows that in…Read more…
Consciousness
Thoughts on; The Doctrine of Being Hegel’s limitations within the ideal do not help it to escape into the material world. It only forms the essence of his finite universe and absolute. The…Read more…
The Protectors of Mottistone Privilege
Mat Thomas The starting point of this argument is privilege. It is a question of class. The Seely clan are active representatives and form the minority, active in ‘thwarting’, all on the pretence of…Read more…
Human History is about its actions in time
(Thoughts on parts of Marx’s German Ideology) Workers Opposition IOW, ideological studies. Human history is about time and how it materially affects human beings. It has been a cause and effect for…Read more…
2 not 4 per cent continuous pay growth – the ONS response
We are grateful to the ONS for their response to yesterday’s piece on pay growth for those in continuous employment. Our concern is that the 4.1 per cent figure has been widely used as guide to central, average or underlying experience in the economy. For example, in the Autumn Statement the…Read more…
Barnet workers ballot for strike action over outsourcing
UNISON members unhappy at news that as many as 80% of council workers may soon be working for privatise companiesRead more…
University sacks blacklist cop
Blacklist Support Group welcomes move by Anglia Ruskin UniversityRead more…
999 strike extended to 9 days
FBU members receive standing ovation at TUC Women’s ConferenceRead more…
Fyny y gweithwyr! Welsh government promotes fair employment practices
GMB, UCATT and Unite welcome new initiative in the PrincipalityRead more…
Minister accuses FBU members of bullying
Penny Mourdant says union’s behaviour is a “barrier to change”Read more…
Revealed: the hidden misery of women trapped in financially abusive relationships
TUC and Women’s Aid launches report into the impact of the recession on womenRead more…
First female western fighter dies fighting Islamic State
Ivana Hoffmann, 19, from Duisburg in Germany, died on Saturday fighting for the Turkish Marxist-Leninist Communist Party against Isis in Syria Louise Osborne in Berlin Guardian Monday 9 March 2015…Read more…
Conservatives to Attack Pensioners to Pay for Austerity.
Conservatives are to attack pensioners by cutting free TV licences, prescriptions, bus passes and winter fuel payments. They also plan to reverse the promised increases in state pensions by the…Read more…
Defend Venezuela!
Defend the Bolivarian Revolution and Venezuela’s Right to Be! Condemn the hostile statements made by U.S. President Barack Obama against Venezuela. On March 9, Obama used emergency executive…Read more…
UNISON calls strike ballot at Barnet Council
I can do no better than reproduce the press release of the Barnet branch;UNISON, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, serving more than 1.3 million members, wrote to Barnet Council on11 March 2015 notifying them of our intention to conduct a stri…Read more…
Seize your destiny
Anti-austerity campaigner and war veteran Harry Smith urges students at Manchester University (March 11) to register and use their votes as part of the No Vote, No Voice campaign For me politics is personal because in my lifetime the defining moments in our country’s history have been decided by elections. I have always seen free […]
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Suspected victims of trafficking acquitted and freed after a year in jail in Ireland
Two Vietnamese men released today (11.03.15) after Carlow Circuit Criminal Court judge found serious flaws in Garda investigation of trafficking.Read more…
Another woman mineworker raped in South Africa
A woman miner was raped at an Anglo-American platinum mine in South Africa this week. This recalls the 2012 case of miner Pinky Mosiane, raped and murdered at work, and highlights the problem of violence against women mineworkers.Read more…