One issue that has received very little attention in this election is energy policy. While there are some devolved aspects, the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Community Service Group 2015 AGM and Seminar: Sadiq Khan MP speaker
This is the flyer for the AGM and seminar for Greater London UNISON members who belong to the Community Service Group (Housing Associations & Voluntary sector). It will take place at the UNISON National headquarters in Euston on Satu…Read more…
Cuba Culture:
Havana dances in April April’s days of dance in Havana are intense. The series, premieres, festivals follow each other, one after another, not only in theaters, but on the streets, in parks and…Read more…
Cuba Unions – May Day –
May Day speech by Ulises Guilarte de Nacimiento, secretary general of the Cuban Workers Federation The Cuban working class, with our entire people, have convincing reasons to joyfully celebrate…Read more…
The Economy and Society Are Central to Our Being – K.C. Adams –
No matter how people acquire their living, they depend on the socialized economy for their existence. The days of a pioneer and rural lifestyle eking out a life for an extended family have long…Read more…
“Cutting the boroughs that can’t afford to be cut” Care for it? Vote for it
Chair of UNISON Housing Associations Branch and Service Group Executive member, Tony Power, tells it as it is. Read more…
Final weekend of campaigning in Stratford, West Ham & Ilford North
It’s been a hectic few days and about to get even more busy. Friday we were out door knocking for Charlene and Lyn, in Stratford Ward with comrades from East Ham. It was fascinating to see the original archway for the “Queen Mary’s hospital f…Read more…
The Trades Councils’ Pro-Active Approach:
It is a great joy to see the Isle of Wight TUC (IOWTUC) website begin blogging. The site can be found on https://iowtuc.wordpress.com/ The Trades Councils want to be pro-active. The activity to write…Read more…
Workers and communities march on May Day in Dublin
Video & photos of workers and communities who gathered in Dublin to march in solidarity on May day 2015.Read more…
Right for the wrong reasons
The Right of the Labour Party has had it in for Ed Miliband since the day he was elected. Because their criticism of him encompasses some things a lot of people agree with, like his failure to connect with the public, it can seem like a ‘pragmatic’ vie…Read more…
Workers’ Weekly Interview with Charlotte Monro:
Speaking Out in Defence of the NHS and Fighting to Safeguard Its Future Charlotte Monro WW: What was the climate behind your dismissal from Whipps Cross Hospital? At the time of my dismissal, Whipps…Read more…
Vote for a change of Government – and do all you can to persuade others to do likewise
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/general-election-2015-watch-out-a-vote-for-labour-will-bring-the-fires-of-hell-to-britain-10217396.html
In the next few days, as we approach the fifth consecutive election in which the Conservative Party (the…Read more…
NHA Party: Safeguarding the Future of the NHS.
Safeguarding the Future of the NHS Workers’ Weekly Interview with Dr Helen Salisbury, National Health Action Party candidate, Oxford West and Abingdon WW: Can you tell us why you decided to…Read more…
Profit motive is ‘ripping through the NHS’, Andy Burnham warns.
As income from paying patients grows, Labour says the service will crumble under the Tories. Independent Charlie Cooper Health Correspondent The UK’s first privately run NHS hospital more than…Read more…
Public bus workers strike to defend public transport
Bus drivers SIPTU & NBRU placed pickets in over 30 locations across the country on Friday, 1st May, as they engaged in strike action aimed at protecting services and decent jobs from the threat…Read more…
There’s a long road to true LGBT equality…
Pride in London has issued a call for politicians to support a pledge, a commitment to the steps needed “to make London the best LGBT+ city in the world”. The TUC warmly welcomes this, the first time that Pride in London has done anything like this.
The post There’s a long road to true LGBT…Read more…
May Scotland in UNISON now online
Election special, Health conference reports, Glasgow strikers and reports from UNISON at the STUC on TTIP, local government, pay, union rights, poverty, environment, child care, BME workers, ethical care charter, flexible working, pay and much more. Take your copy into your workplace and share it or see it online at at http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/siu/index.html and on issuu at http://Read more…
Reasons to be MayDay – part 2
….The main event of the holiday period is the March and Rallytoday (3 May). From 11.00 people will gather in George Square and then march to the O2 Academy in Bridge Street. The March is being lead…Read more…
Ilford North is a “very, very, very marginal seat. It’s on a knife edge”
Ilford North needs all the help it can get on polling day (and the run up). Volunteer here http://www.wesstreeting.org/polling_day_2015
Tomorrow (Sunday 3 May) at 2pm West Ham Labour are joining comrades from East Ham to campaign for Wes.
West Hamme…Read more…
Can your family afford another 5 years of Tory government?
No, so vote LabourRead more…