Analysis: This general election will see more opinion poll activity than has ever been available not just from the 10 firms carrying out national polls but we have also had separate polls for…Read more…
Retail sales are strong because of intensified deflation, not subsiding deflation
Another ‘good deflation’ story in the FT today: ‘fears of damaging deflationary spiral subside’. Strong retail sales growth is regarded at odds with ‘pessimists’ predictions’ of ‘falling prices and weak demand tainting the world economy’. But an alternative interpretation of the same figures is…Read more…
The ‘un-statued’ women
Female figures from history are virtually invisible. Think of the statues in London alone — where are the women? Not in Trafalgar Square, nor in Parliament Square. In fact, of the 640 listed statues in Britain, only 15 per cent are of women. In London it’s a measly 7 per cent. One such “un-statued” […]
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Speech: Mentoring Course for Women in the CWU
It’s fitting that we are holding this course today – the day after we celebrated International Women’s Day. The theme this year for International Women’s day is Make it Happen. We are told by the…Read more…
Keep Buckhurst Field a public open space
I’m not sure what evidence Elizabeth Mackley has that the proposal by the New College Corporation in relation to Buckhurst Field has been “well received”. Certainly the College management has cultivated support from local football clubs by promises of its use at prices they can afford….Read more…
A rising tide may lift all boats, but DWP disability release fails to show decreasing disadvantage
Late last month, the DWP put out a glowing headline: 400 more disabled people in work every day. It is not entirely unwelcome news. It does mean that there has been net growth of more than 141,000 disabled people in some form of employment over the past year. It also means that the DWP is…Read more…
NUT “doesn’t accept” findings of controversial free school report
Union says project is all about handing over public assets to unaccountable academy groupsRead more…
Half of women’s new jobs are low-paid and part-time
TUC says women will not see benefit of recovery until they are paid moreRead more…
Blacklist protestors target Bristol
Union’s crocodile tears tour comes to a city where 25 workers are blacklistedRead more…
Win! Woolwich strike off after inflation-busting pay rise
GMB members to vote on whether to accept new pay offerRead more…
We need a new Equal Pay Act
It has been 45 years since Barbara Castle’s Equal Pay Act – and we still don’t have equal pay. So what would an updated act need to cover? Emily Thornberry explains. by Emily Thornberry…Read more…
The amount of cash benefits to rich has gone UP since recession
You don’t have to be a raving leftie to think this is completely wrong and bonkers.
Inequality Briefing have found that the “Between 2007 and 2013, cash benefits paid to the richest fifth of the population increased by 42%. For the poorest fifth, be…Read more…
Anti-austerity campaign
There is a story in today’s Sunday Herald that highlights UNISON Scotland’s ongoing campaign against austerity and the impact it is having on Scotland. It describes some of the methods we are using to promote that campaign in the coming months.However, the newspaper has spun this into an initiative aimed at attacking Labour. It is nothing of the sort. In fact the campaign starts by highlightingRead more…
What happened to “Senjko”
SENJ
THIS is Senj, on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, situated south of Rijeka and north of Split. An old town with a history going back to Roman times when this was the province of Dalmatia, and…Read more…
A well-earned tribute, and a timely book
MICK ABBOTT, in white Justice for Pickets tee shirt, with Ricky Tomlinson at Westminster
WIGAN building worker Mick Abbott, a dedicated fighter against the blacklist, and for justice for the jailed…Read more…
Rising inequality caused by weaker unions
A new study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tracked three decades of income (1980 to 2010) and found that as unionisation declined, the wealth of the richest 10% in advanced countries…Read more…
Speech:Glasgow and District Branch AGM
Thank you for this opportunity to address your AGM. I want to makes some observations on the political situation, the unions work on organising, and our work on proportionality. This year is…Read more…
Organising the Unorganisable? Voices from the bottom up: Researchers and Activists Forum on Precarious Work 23-24 April
Colleagues,
Maurizio Atzeni has organised a fascinating, international line-up of speakers around the theme of workers’ organisation and precarious work at Loughborough University 23-24 April.
The event reflects key themes of his last book (http…Read more…
International Women’s Day: A time for action, not just celebration
International Women’s Day is not just a warm up act for Mother’s Day: a day for celebrating our mothers, daughters, and sisters. It has clear radical and union roots.Read more…
Women – we got the power
In water cooler moments up and down the land everyone agrees that the fast approaching general election will be ‘the closest ever’. All political parties are now scrambling to maximise their vote on May 7. But on what will the result hinge? Might it be the expected meltdown of the Lib Dems, the […]
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