UCU members fear 150 job could goRead more…
Justice Committee Inquiry finds government reforms have reduced safety and performance of prisons
The Justice Committee recently concluded their first major inquiry on prisons planning and policies in this last parliament, focusing on measures the Ministry of Justice has used to reduce the ‘operational costs’ of the system. The inquiry report reveals the huge strain that the system is under, as…Read more…
‘Beyond barmy’
Nigel Farage had long sought to throw off the spectre of what he himself described as the “drivel and nonsense” of UKIP’s 2010 manifesto. Sadly for the him the 2015 version…Read more…
Inspiration movement
Protest action has taken place in 20 cities across the UK in support of low paid workers in Fast Food restaurants demanding an end to poverty pay and union rights. The Fast Food Forward…Read more…
“Standing for the common good”
At the Arcola theatre, Hackney, Natalie Bennett launched a Green party manifesto based on the wholesale rejection of austerity – “that no one in the world’s sixth richest economy should not be able to put food on their own table or have a roof over their head.” Bennett challenged the notion of an…Read more…
REC/KPMG ‘report on jobs’ shows anticipated pay growth in 2015 of just 1%
As befits the seeming ‘good-economic-news-only’ environment in the run up to the election, last Friday’s REC (The Recruitment & Employment Confederation) report on jobs was issued under the banner: “Stronger growth of staff placements in February” But in the last section of the…Read more…
Fast food workers strike again
On 15 May last year, fast food workers around the world walked off the job to demand better pay and conditions. This year they’re back for more.Read more…
Fight for 5
On the day (April 15) that McDonalds workers in America are protesting against poverty pay and appalling working terms, Unite members stood in solidarity at over 20 demonstrations throughout the UK….Read more…
Will extension of Right to Buy really lead to building of new homes?
The Conservatives have announced in their election manifesto that that they will extend Right to Buy (RTB) to all housing association tenants in England. We will extend the Right to Buy to tenants in Housing Associations to enable people to buy a house of their own… We will fund the…Read more…
Scots overwhelmingly support meat inspectors staying independent, says UNISON
Wed 15 April 2015
UNISON Scotland are highlighting an independent survey showing that Scots want slaughterhouses to be independently inspected by government meat safety inspectors.
This polling is released when there is continued pressure from Europe to de-regulate meat inspectors, and when meat inspectors have been brought into a new Scottish Government Agency, Food Standards Scotland.Read more…
CRISIS IN THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY
On the 20-22 April the STUC Congress will be meeting in Ayr. The theme of this year’s Congress is Decent Work and Dignified Lives. In the run up to Congress this blog will host a series of…Read more…
Young workers speaking up for housing
The UK is caught in a deepening housing crisis, which is particularly hitting younger people. House building is stuck at a historically low level meanwhile the waiting list for social housing has…Read more…
They’ve got to be McJoking
US-based McDonalds workers have been offered a 10 per cent pay rise and big increase in paid holidays. But the pay rise only applies to one in 20 workers, at 89 cents its around 50p an hour and the…Read more…
Hundreds of thousands of UNISON healthcare workers in strike threat
Hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers, including nurses, paramedics, porters, cleaners, cooks, therapists and health care assistants will be balloted for industrial action if a move towards a…Read more…
“Voting is the only way to change things” – stars shine in Unite election video
Ricky Tomlinson, Terry Christian and Sue Johnston encourage people to register to voteRead more…
Scottish TUC backs Fast Food Global
Scottish Trades Union Congress expressed support for Fast Food Rights Day of Action, launches call for city councils to make safe staff travel a condition for the granting of licenses.Read more…
“Toff Cameron’s having a laugh” – unions slam right to buy scheme
Tories accused of continuing destructive tradition of Margaret Thatcher over “politically illiterate” policyRead more…
Labour manifesto – the other corp gov stuff
OK, from Labour’s workplace manifesto, here’s the full text of the corporate governance proposals.
Short-termist pressure in the UK can undermine good workplace relations and weakens incentives to make the long-term investments in training, technolog…Read more…
Gary’s opportunity to work again
On his visit to Wales today (April 14) Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey met workers at the E-Cycle Centre in Tonypandy. E-Cycle centres were set up by the Labour Wales government after the…Read more…
Conservatives now make the astounding claim to be the Party of the Working Class!
David Cameron and the Conservatives have declared that they are the Party of Working People! The basis for this claim in their manifesto is their “aim”, or so they say, which is to guarantee a…Read more…