Pay scales for 2014- March 2016 are available here to download (NB the figures do not take into account those local authorities who pay the living wage) 2014-2016 Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 1 – Erith to Bexley
Off message but today Ms Grayee and I started on a long distance walk around London. The “London Outer Orbital Path” (better known as London Loop) is a 240 Km (150 mile) mostly sign posted route around outer London. It is divided into 24 linear section…Read more…
“My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose”
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I still think this is the best version of this classic love poem. Happy Burns Night Comrades!
Check out some other more traditional versions here. Read more…
Ventnor Town Council Open Salisbury Gardens:
A great Community resource for the Community and local small business start-ups. Progressive local Councillors go their own way in making their own decisions these days. At a time of uncertainty and…Read more…
Meet Nigel Farage
Check out the new website Meet Nigel Farage and find out Nigel’s plans to privatise the NHS, cut the NHS and charge for the NHS.
All his plans are sourced.
It is about time that Farage and UKIP got held to account for their Ultra Tory Right wing nons…Read more…
Festival making much of their Connections
This is by way of a compilation of my reviews of Celtic Connections concerts so far published in the Morning Star.
The festival is well on course to be a classic year. In particular the…Read more…
Does Davos do any good?
As the super-rich decant from Davos – some, seriously, by private jet – it’s time to reflect on another year of the elite World Economic Forum. Does it do any good? Davos is mostly…Read more…
European bankers not pleased at French boost for Robin Hood Tax
On Monday, Finance Ministers from EU member states will meet for the first time since French President Francois Hollande instructed his Finance minister to stop obstructing the Austro-German push for a broad-based financial transactions tax (FTT) , and…Read more…
Killer in the Classroom
MESOTHELIOMA DAY, 2014. Vince Hagedorn, (left, in white shirt), releasing doves at St.John’s Gate, in London. Vince’s partner, Carole, had died of mesothelioma not long before.
IT does…Read more…
Government of Itself: Public sector trade unionism and the limits of democracy
Colleagues,
I’ve had little time to sit and write since returning to Ruskin after the Christmas break given the pace of work, although I have been desperate to write something in order to reflect upon and interpret much thought related to recent …Read more…
West Ham at Wes’ Birthday Canvass
Today is the birthday of Labour candidate for Ilford North, Wes Streeting.
So instead of giving him a well deserved day off, his campaign team designated it as “Wes Birthday Canvass Day” and arranged 3 separate #labourdoorstep sessions.
West Ham went…Read more…
Hinchingbrooke hospital scandal:
Lesson one from the Hinchingbrooke hospital scandal. Beware the mutual Advocates of a market-led, partly privatised NHS for England have been saying for years that “what matters is what works”,…Read more…
Charlotte Monro Trial:
Bosses at Britain’s biggest health trust “beefed up” allegations to justify sacking union official, tribunal told 21 WednesdayJan 2015 Posted by Ross Lydall in Health Barts Health, Charlotte Monro,…Read more…
Speech: CWU Youth Conference
Hello, good morning and thank you to the Youth Committee for the opportunity to talk to you today on the occasion of the Youth Conference. I very much enjoy the opportunity to get out and about and…Read more…
Donetsk pushes out Kiev troops
Morning Star UKRAINE’S anti-fascist resistance vowed today to push Kiev’s troops out of the Donetsk region entirely. Self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic prime minister Alexander Zakharchenko…Read more…
Ministers in ‘severe’ breach of workers’ rights standards
by Peter Lazenby THE government is riding roughshod over workers’ rights in breach of an international treaty Britain signed more than 50 years ago. The European Committee on Social Rights found the…Read more…
CUBA: Workers to discuss economic plans
The Cuban Workers’ Federation (CTC) has convoked a nation-wide discussion, in assemblies in each and every workplace, of the recently approved 2014 Economic Plan and State Budget. Author: Yosel M….Read more…
Why exec pay oversight can be weak
Because I’m a geeky person, I often search Investegate for AGM results. I just found this RNS announcement from Diploma PLC from Wednesday –
All of the resolutions put to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting were passed by poll votes and the resu…Read more…
Why I’m Boycotting Beer In Cans
By Marty Warren is United Steelworkers Director for Ontario and Atlantic Canada, representing 74,000 working people. With all the publicity focused on the Beer Store in recent weeks, there is another…Read more…
Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you
Workers who are not members of a trade unions please note. Read more…