Unite which represents thousands of car workers including those in supply chains and engine manufacturers, has warned that the government’s ‘Road to Zero’ strategy which proposes that all new cars…Read more…
Homes and Communities Agency strike
Members of Unite employed at the Homes and Communities Agency will begin a three day strike tomorrow (July 10) in a dispute over pay. The staff at the agency, which comprises Homes England and…Read more…
Win against NHS privatisation
The NHS’ 70th birthday on Thursday (July 5) wasn’t the only thing the health service had to celebrate last week. Only one day later on Friday (July 6), an NHS trust scrapped plans to outsource…Read more…
National Grid-lock
Unite has sent a message of solidarity to 1,200 United Steelworkers (USW) members who have been locked out of their jobs in Massachusetts by an US-based division of the UK’s National Grid. …Read more…
Blog: A Labour government is within our grasp
A Labour government – it’s been too long. We have a real chance to change that, and elect a Labour government with a conscience, a heart, Socialism at its core – and UNISON at its heart.
The article…Read more…
Politico commentary
This (from this) is pretty good on the commentariat:
“[J]ournalists weren’t consciously deciding the equilibrium. The journalists were writing ‘serious’ articles, i.e. articles about Alice and Bob rather than Carol. The equilibrium consisted of the jou…Read more…
Funding for War or the NHS?
British Government Cannot Reconcile Its Anti-Social and Pro-War Direction with the Needs of the People This week saw another chain of events that show how Theresa May’s government cannot…Read more…
July 1 Election in Mexico:
Overwhelming Expression of People’s Desire for Change – Claude Brunelle – Victory celebration in Mexico City’s main square, El Zócalo, on election night, July 1, 2018. In what…Read more…
Marxists, evangelicals, business executives, working class activists — meet Mexico’s strange new ruling coalition
“A good overview by a reporter who knows Mexico’ – Ben Davis, United Steelworkers. By Dudley Althaus, Washington Post, July 6th In winning Mexico’s presidency by a landslide, Andrés…Read more…
Hospital trust drops plans to outsource NHS staff to private company
Friday 6 July 2018 For immediate release Hospital trust drops plans to outsource NHS staff to private company A hospital trust has reversed its decision to outsource NHS staff to a subsidiary…Read more…
We need a radical Transport Bill, not another market dabble
The Transport Bill is an opportunity to take a radical look at integrated transport in Scotland. Sadly, the Bill as introduced falls somewhat short of this aim.
The Scottish Government has…Read more…
Shake it up: IER agenda for health and safety reform
06 July 2018
By Phil James, Middlesex University
Too many workers and their families continue to suffer from the failure of their employing organisations to provide safe and healthy working…Read more…
Social workers are overworked but the data is hiding it
“Children and family social work has always been a challenging and busy field, however after 20 years I feel I can say that I have never seen things this bad.”
The article Social workers are…Read more…
Two neoliberal infernos: Grenfell, and Piper Alpha 30 years on
06 July 2018
By David White, University of Liverpool
Thirty years ago today the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded and was engulfed in flames killing 167 people. Only 61 survived in in what remains…Read more…
Review: The Killing Habit, by Mark Billingham
It’s not a total mystery why I rate Mark Billingham as the best crime writer in Britain today. He’s created a wonderful lead character, Tom Thorne, with a great supporting cast who you…Read more…
London Region at UNISON National Labour Link Forum 2018
Lovely picture of the London delegation at work and at play while at the national forum earlier this month in Newcastle for the UNISON Labour Link political fund that supports the Labour Party.
I was really pleased how many London speakers spoke at th…Read more…
‘Like working for a big family’
Royal Sussex County Hospital – and cake Staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton were presented with a giant NHS 70th birthday cake from Unite today (July 5). Staff…Read more…
‘Market not always right’
Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell joined renowned economist Ann Pettifor at Unite’s policy conference on Thursday (July 5) to call for a radical rethink of the Tories’ failed economic…Read more…
Pathological service cuts?
Whenever ministers think a public service needs an overhaul, they bring in ‘the experts’. Ironically in many cases ‘the experts’ have limited expertise. And the very last thing ‘the…Read more…
Bring our NHS back to health plea
Policy conference delegates reaffirmed Unite’s commitment to saving the NHS from funding cuts and privatisation on the service’s 70th birthday.
First time speaker Moira Dawson, a nurse from the East…Read more…