SIPTU Drivers to engage in four days of strike action at Dublin Bus and Bus ÉireannRead more…
Unions threaten probation strike after move to replace 500 jobs with machines
GMB, Napo and UNISON warn of impending action unless jobs cull is addressedRead more…
Pledge for collective bargaining as Fair Work Convention welcomed
#stuc15 The STUC Congress in Ayr gave its full backing to the Mather Commission “Working Together” report which “sets out a new blueprint for industrial relations in Scotland.”
Welcoming the Scottish Government’s commitment to establish a Fair Work Convention to take forward its recommendations, the STUC pledged to ensure a robust industrial relations framework is established, based onRead more…
Workplace Issues: taking up the issues with the new government
Start: 10/06/2015 09:30
End: 10/06/2015 15:25
Timezone: Europe/London
Start: 10/06/2015 09:30
End: 10/06/2015 15:25
Timezone: Europe/London
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Don’t lose your voice – unions urge members to register to vote today
Deadline for registration is midnight tonightRead more…
Pensions staff begin five-day strike over “obscene and insulting” 9p pay rise
PCS members take action at Computer Sciences CorporationRead more…
West Ham & East Ham Labour Campaigning Weekend
This is another picture collage of West Ham (and East Ham) Labour out campaigning this weekend.
There is a Stratford & New Town ward team in Abbey Lane, E15. While East and West Ham activists were out Sunday morning with Ilford South, Mike Gapes. …Read more…
Union demands the Living Wage for workers at Lloyds Bank
Bank made £1.8bn profit but still refuses to pay staff £7.85 a hourRead more…
Your country needs you…to VOTE (register by end of today Monday 20 April)
You have until the end of today, Monday 20 April to register to vote for the General Election. You can go to your local Council or go to https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
It takes around 5 minutes and you just need your national insurance number (on…Read more…
Union membership density and link to income going to the very wealthy
Check out Mind the Gap for further information on this USA chart which I think will mirror what has happened in the UK and other countries as well.
It is also about something I constantly go on about at work. The more of us in the union – th…Read more…
Vote Labour – don’t be on the side of those lower than vermin
This morning I had to take some recycling round to the communal recycling bin (which is part of my Green local authority’s utterly inadequate approach to environmental policies) and I found that someone had dropped some recycling straight through the letterbox.These were some leaflets boasting…Read more…
Labour will get rid of Katie Hopkins
Hat tip to Cambridgeshire University Labour club for this poster.
Katie Hopkins is the Sun columnist who recently called migrants “cockroaches” and “doesn’t care if migrants die while trying to leave their countries by boat” ” even if she was shown “coffins and bodies floating in water” she would…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2015: My London Region and National Ballot Paper
The UNISON postal ballot election for a new National Executive Committee started on 7 April but continues until 15 May. So there is still plenty of time for UNISON members to vote if they have not done so.
This is a copy of my ballot paper and pr…Read more…
USDAW COST OF LIVING SURVEY
On the 20-22 April the STUC Congress will be meeting in Ayr. The theme of this year’s Congress is Decent Work and Dignified Lives. In the run up to Congress this blog will host a series of…Read more…
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 3.
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 3 – The monopolisation of the housing market by big investors (Parts 1 and 2 appeared in WWIE Volume 45, Numbers 7 and 8) A recent article in the…Read more…
West Ham & Stratford Campaigning (and one reason why this General Election is so important)
Pictures of some of the West Ham Labour Party activists out campaigning with our Parliamentary Candidate, Lyn Brown and Stratford & New Town ward Candidate, Charlene McLean.
Yesterday evening in Stratford, Green Street this morning and this aftern…Read more…
WHY THE DEBATE ON REFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNANCE MATTERS TO TRADE UNIONS
On the 20-22 April the STUC Congress will be meeting in Ayr. The theme of this year’s Congress is Decent Work and Dignified Lives. In the run up to Congress this blog will host a series of…Read more…
Oppose TTIP in principle – it has no redeeming features
#A18DoA #NoTTIP Today is a Global Day of Action against free trade and investment treaties. Over 25 protests are planned in Britain including a major event ‘Democracy vs TTIP’ at Shepherds Bush…Read more…
Maritime and Offshore Jobs Worth Fighting For
On the 20-22 April the STUC Congress will be meeting in Ayr. The theme of this year’s Congress is Decent Work and Dignified Lives. In the run up to Congress this blog will host a series of…Read more…
May Day rally and festival in heart of Kent coal field
Transport union RMT is supporting a major rally and festival in the heart of the Kent coal fields over the coming May Day bank holiday weekend.Read more…