Carry Forward the Struggle against Cameron! No to the Austerity Agenda! Defend the Rights of All! General disbelief followed the result of the General Election that the Conservative Party had won an…Read more…
Don’t Panic?
Our General Secretary has told the North West Regional Council that, had he been at the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) last week he would have advised us differently.
Seemingly he thinks our decision to crack on with transferring…Read more…
First among un-equals
Rising income inequality, in which a handful of people earn millions and the rest struggle just to get by, is often seen as a problem of developing countries – a symptom of a corrupt elite and the…Read more…
Brothers from the past, inspiration for today
If you were to imagine the typical Cotswold town, you might well come up with Burford. The steeply sloped High Street is lined by creamy yellow stone houses and shops. It’s a quiet town –…Read more…
Payday lenders circle afresh
As household debt is set to hit record levels, Wonga targets the market by slashing interest rates to 1,500 per cent a year and lend to those who can re-pay loans. Loans are big business, with…Read more…
June 4th : Rally For Venezuela
Ending global fossil fuel subsidies would cut carbon emissions by a fifth
Using new evidence of the damage to the environment and to human health, the IMF reports that the fossil fuel industries received $4.2 trillion in subsidies in 2011, the latest available figure. The subsidy represents 5.8% of global GDP – more than double the amount from previous reports….Read more…
Tories put your rights in peril
The Tories want to abolish the Human Rights Act and replace it with a watered down Bill of Rights. Their first try was attacked by former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve who said it was…Read more…
How responsible is responsible investment?
Responsible investment is a nice title and a growing industry, but how much difference does it really make to the way our pension funds are invested?
Courtesy of the excellent Nordic Horizons…Read more…
NEW INFLATION RATES
Head Office Circular No. NP/089/15/MC To the Secretary all Branches,Council of Executive members,Regional Councils and Regional…Read more…
Unite will not choose next Labour leader
Labour’s election loss was not one defeat but several. Votes that should have been Labour’s went to the Tories , UKIP , the SNP and the Greens. Not to mention the millions of natural Labour…Read more…
Support our school support staff
We need better training and support from school managers and head teachers to help support staff work alongside challenging pupilsRead more…
Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service 2015 – Network Rail
Circular No IR/127/15 To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Our Ref: BR6/000118th May 2015 Dear…Read more…
Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service 2015 – Network Rail
From RMT Press Office.
General secretary Mick Cash said.
“It is highly damaging that instead of focusing on the talks process Network Rail have opted instead to threaten a dash to…Read more…
Negative CPI inflation and falling core inflation, the Chancellor is right to “remain vigilant to deflationary risks”
In April 2015 CPI inflation was minus -0.1 per cent, after two months of zero per cent inflation. ONS have constructed historic data which suggest the last time CPI inflation fell was in March 1960, 55 years ago. The Chancellor first stressed the beneficial cost of living effects that some…Read more…
12 Days away from another proposed 48 hour strike in Barnet
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On the Knocker for John Biggs in Mile End
After the Regional UNISON agm on Saturday and while cycling home, I stopped off at the Tower Hamlets Labour Party HQ in Bethnal Green to help campaign for Labour Mayor candidate, John Biggs. I was asked if I minded going out with a canv…Read more…
View from the Coalface – The role of trade unionists as pension trustees
This picture is from the panel seminar last week at the “Workplace Pension 2015” conference in Birmingham.
I was with Bill Trythall, who is a fellow AMNT union appointed trustee on the massive USS Pension scheme. The chair was Louise Farrand from “En…Read more…
Barnet UNISON stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Tory Councils
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Not a headline a members would have expected to see but as we forecast in our Barnet Voice newspaper here
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Let them eat cake
Tax cuts for business, public spending cuts…but we want lots of investment on items which will make us money. The Institute of ‘fat cat’ Directors gives their ‘want our cake and eat…Read more…