I am pleased to say that I have been asked to stand for Vice President of the National Union of Teachers, and this site will now be used to update members on that campaign.
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The Campaign Against Euro-Federalism (CAEF):
CAEF AGM and Public Meeting The Campaign against Euro-Federalism (CAEF) held its AGM followed by a public meeting on April 11 in Birmingham. AGM Reports on CAEF’s activity, financial situation and…Read more…
Line in the sand
A Unite workplace rep – blacklisted by his employer, Interserve Industrial Services because of his union activities while working at a power station at Runcorn, Cheshire – has won his…Read more…
Hope is back on the agenda
Let us finish the job. “These,” Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “are the scariest words in the English language.” These words are also the Tories’ favourite mantra – a…Read more…
New evidence nails the “no NHS privatisation” lie
The government habitually dismiss accusations of NHS privatisation. However a new analysis of NHS contracts produced by the NHS Support Federation shows how they will have to confront reality. Ministers say that very little NHS money goes to private co…Read more…
The Funding of the NHS Is a Central Election Issue
One of the most important questions raised in the General Election campaign, and one over which the maximum confusion is spread, is over the necessity to fund the NHS. One would think, to hear the…Read more…
Fighting ‘culture of fear’
Last night (April 27) hundreds of thousands of viewers watched Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, The secrets of Sports Direct, which exposed a zero hours contract workforce in constant fear of losing…Read more…
For the workers on the IOW, the outcome of the election will mean that there is a return to the norm – the struggle continues…
On the Isle of Wight, the latest Election analysis has shown that Tory Andrew Turner’s campaign problems have had a significant effect on his vote. Some are predicting he will be pushed out of…Read more…
Sign Petition To Oppose Closure of SOT College Trade Union Studies Unit
The Stoke Trade Union Studies Unit at Stoke College is under direct threat of closure. It’s too valuable a local resource to lose. Please read, sign & pass on the petition on 38Degrees website. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-trade-union-studies-in-stoke Read more…
Tory win could see HSBC leave UK
Not even the sound and fury of a general election campaign could obscure the magnitude of worry in recent days over HSBC’s future in this country. The banking giant has indicated it is giving…Read more…
The slowest ever recovery slows down again
Quarterly GDP growth is estimated at only 0.3% in 2015 Q1, half the rate of 0.6% seen in both Q3 and Q4 of 2014, and only a third of the 0.9% growth seen a year ago in 2014 Q1. The median view of commentators was for 0.5%, and 0.3% coincided with the most pessimistic of those…
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Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead, but fight for the living
"Remember the dead, but fight for the living" is the rallying cry for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today. It commemorates those workers across the world who died as a consequence of their work. There are events planned in Scotland and across the world today.
Over 20,000 people die every year because of their work; most of these because of exposure to dangerous substances. SoRead more…
Workers Memorial Day – Remember the dead, but fight for the living
“Remember the dead, but fight for the living” is the rallying cry for International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) today. It commemorates those workers across the world who died as a consequence of…Read more…
Remembering Rana Plaza
High street chains must recognise their responsibility, or it’s only a matter of time until another avoidable disaster claims the lives of many more innocent workersRead more…
Trade unionism and collective bargaining – before and after the General Election
I’m pleased to see the UNISON website reporting the good news from Lambeth, where we have come to an agreement with the Council that shared parental leave will be paid at a rate equivalent to occupational maternity pay.Whatever happens in the General Election, trade unions will continue to try to…Read more…
“Remember the dead, fight for the living” – UK unions mark International Workers Memorial Day
The theme of this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day is removing exposure to hazardous substancesRead more…
Working UK-style 2015
Some of the stories coming out of billionaire Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct warehouse are barely credible. But the stories remain undocumented because many of the staff – most of them from…Read more…
Incalculable human cost
On Workers Memorial Day we remember the dead and fight for the living. With only days to go for the most important general election in a generation today’s (April 28) Workers Memorial Day has…Read more…
Striking lecturers refuse to take part in redundancy process
UCU members at Dundee University take action over job lossesRead more…
We will remember them
A Unite member who won an International Women’s Day award from Manchester City Council for campaigning for safer workplaces wants her fellow union members to participate in today’s…Read more…