A new survey of 1,013 employers published by the CIPD published today* reports that pay growth is expected to slow during the coming year, and that many employers now believe that public sector restraint is slowing pay growth across the whole economy: •”Basic pay is expected to grow by just…Read more…
Looking into an abyss
As the Tories swung into power last week – despite securing little more than a third of the share of the national vote – they are now unfettered by a coalition government, and have already begun…Read more…
BREAKING: Lecturers vote for strike at London university as 165 jobs go
UCU members say making more cuts is a “misguided strategy”Read more…
UCU victory against university employer
11th May 2015
By Michael MacNeil
In higher education the bosses often consider themselves to sit at the more enlightened and progressive end of the employers’ spectrum. They do, however,…Read more…
Bernie Sanders and Michael Harrington: A second chance?
My first article ever for Salon. That’s my original title, and this is how my version of it opened: Current speculation about a possible Bernie Sanders challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016 is…Read more…
Company responses to high shareholder votes against exec pay
As I’ve blogged previously, the new version of the UK Corporate Governance Code requires companies to make a statement in response to large votes against them. This was introduced due to concerns that companies were treating near misses on exec pay vot…Read more…
Priti awful – union reacts to new employment minister
Priti Patel voted against rights for shareholding employeesRead more…
SCCS Rally for the Climate – 27 May at the Scottish Parliament
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is holding a Rally for the Climate on Wednesday May 27 at the Scottish Parliament as part of its ‘For the Love of’ campaign.
UNISON members are urged to take part, even if you can’t attend on the day, by telling First Minister Nicola Sturgeon what you love that is at risk from climate change, and that the Scottish Government needs to do more to cut emissions.Read more…
Alan Gibbons on the March for the Libraries – North Finchley Library 9.5.2015
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PCS issues rallying call for unions to fight public sector cuts
Mark Serwotka says unions must come together to defend jobs, living standards, our NHS and our welfare stateRead more…
“Pick yourself up, dust yourself down and start all over again!”
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TUC warns strikes will be “close to impossible” under new government
Frances O’Grady says David Cameron will face an unprecedented campaign from Britain’s unions against this attack on the basic rights of people at workRead more…
Unions call for Murphy’s head
ASLEF and Unite say Scottish leader must stand down after disastrous General Election resultsRead more…
Health and safety – Time to return to basics
After five years of unrelenting attacks on health and safety from all sides, many activists were hoping to see a change in direction after the election. Labour had promised to prioritise the…Read more…
Turkish Entanglement
DIFFERENT REPORTING. Mail didn’t have name or photograph. Turkish papers, evidently better briefed, had both, and claimed to know whom arrested Brit had been working for. …Read more…
Why we lost and what are we going to do about it?
) Labour have a mountain to climb (see very subtle picture left) but we should not in my view be totally beating ourselves up over our performance on Thursday.
Everyone has an opinion nowadays and these are my views for better or for worse. …Read more…
After the General Election…
The NUT is party politically independent and always has been. However, like many NUT members, I was involved in the General Election campaigns, fighting hard to avoid the outcome that we got on…Read more…
A quarter of National Express shareholders revolt over labour rights
One of the things some people won’t have noticed in the aftermath of the election is a very significant shareholder revolt at National Express over labour rights at its AGM last week.
A group of shareholders including LAPFF members had filed a resolut…Read more…
Let’s not follow the Leader?
http://labourlist.org/2015/05/who-might-stand-for-the-labour-leadership/
A generally unappealing bunch of career politicians appear set to contest the leadership of the Labour Party, with a relatively swift election which will put a new Party Leader in…Read more…
Some post-election thoughts
Well, that wasn’t pretty. As someone who has participated in elections since the age of 12, that one rates alongside 1979 and 1992 in terms of outcome, and possibly worse in terms of the campaign…Read more…