TUC says scrapping of child poverty targets is a further nail in the coffin of one-nation conservatismRead more…
Striking windscreen workers see through £3k pay con
Unite members in Birmingham take action over pay inequalityRead more…
Birmingham lecturers walk out in jobs row
UCU members take action at South and City College BirminghamRead more…
Small Heath teachers on strike over plans to turn their school into an academy
NASUWT members fear for their job security and working conditionsRead more…
#TTIP news: 10 reasons why the latest #ISDS compromise is a bad deal
Yesterday the Socialists & Democrats Group in the European Parliament voted 56-34 to endorse a compromise amendment to the Parliament’s draft resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, the EU-US trade deal), covering the controversial issue of Investor-State…Read more…
Diplomatic relations between Cuba and U.S.
Statement by the Revolutionary Government With the reestablishment of diplomatic ties with the United States, the lifting of the blockade, among other issues, will be essential to the ultimate…Read more…
Fighting for the future of the BBC
Morning Star Free-market vultures are circling round the BBC – but their media offerings don’t compare to it, writes MICHELLE STANISTREET “PAYBACK time,” screamed the Sun on the announcement of John…Read more…
London Mesothelioma Action Day July 3 2015 “Banned But Not Gone: All Asbestos causes cancer”
London Hazards Asbestos Group will be holding a Mesothelioma Action Day on 3 July 2015 (this Friday)
The theme is “Banned But Not Gone: all asbestos causes cancer”
It will take place at Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG.
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Stop the power grab at Unite Rules Conference
Unite’s leadership is engaged in an anti-democratic power grab and delegates need to be ready to put a stop to it.
Unite’s Rules Conference starts on Monday and delegates have been sent a 160 page book of motions to change our rule book. The sh…Read more…
Regional CCS clusters needed – UK is approaching a carbon policy black hole
I went to the launch of the Teesside Collective report today in London, on the case for an industrial CCS pipeline in the North East. So did a new DECC Minister (see below). The four ‘anchor’ companies leading the project are steel producer SSI, fertiliser producer GrowHow, plastics firm Lotte…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Press Release: “3 wheels on my wagon and I’m still rolling along
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Poorest hit hardest by tax
The poorest pay a greater percentage of their income in tax than the richest people in the UK according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. And by far the biggest drain on the…Read more…
Loans threat to health staff
Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (AHPs) form the bedrock of our nation’s healthcare. But their job is often thankless – they work long hours, for very little pay under incredibly…Read more…
One Size Does Not Fit All, Conquering the KS3 Cliff Edge
Anne Heavey is an Education Policy Adviser at ATL. For many children in this country starting secondary school can be a pivotal moment. The TES recently reported the following: “A range of studies…Read more…
Industrial strategy? What’s that?
Is any semblance of an industrial strategy about to go the same way as Lord Heseltine’s report No Stone Unturned (his report on creating a re-balanced economy) and George Osborne’s now disguarded…Read more…
We’re not in this together
Staff at Lloyd’s banking group (LBG) have been rewarded for their loyalty and struggling to bring the bank back into profit with an announcement of 700 job cuts. The news, which comes a week after…Read more…
Solidarity with Greek workers
On Monday evening, I addressed a rally in Trafalgar Square in solidarity with the people of Greece. Here’s what I said. I am proud to be here tonight to bring you best wishes on behalf of the…Read more…
Government: don’t let austerity get in the way of climate targets
Like an ominous poetic prelude to the UK’s hottest day of the year, yesterday the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) released its annual Progress Report on preparing for climate change and cutting the UK’s carbon emissions. If the 35°c heat felt in London today makes the ministers in the Department…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Angry workers at windscreen makers Pilkington in Birmingham are striking in a dispute over pay inequality with co-workers at another site five miles away. More than 130 workers at the King’s Norton…Read more…
Heathrow expansion green light would boost jobs by 70,000
Unite has urged the government to hurry over implementing the recommendations of the Airports Commission for Heathrow expansion or risk losing out to rival airports across the globe. Their report…Read more…