Tonight, residents at Banister House, Hackney are launching the first solar power farm in north London, not in a field but on the sunblest flat rooftops of 14 council blocks on the estate. Backed by Repowering London, Hackney Council and campaigners fr…Read more…
Lebanese teachers join public sector strike
Teachers in Lebanon joined a strike across the public sector yesterday, fighting for decent pay.Read more…
Government fails end of term health and safety report.
The Government has published a “report book” on its reform of health and safety legislation over the past five years. It proudly boasts that it has reduced the number of regulations by 50%, and…Read more…
Give me a break! Annual leave in a nutshell
Now the clocks have gone forward, and we’re officially in British Summer Time, you might be starting to think about booking a well-earned holiday. Read on to help ensure your plans for a getaway fly….Read more…
“Benefits Cheats”? But they’re within the rules.
JIM MURPHY, MP, Labour’s leader in Scotland, first made his name twenty years ago as leader of the National Union of Students, reversing the union’s opposition to the abolition of grants and…Read more…
G1? – Tip of the iceberg
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Making self-employed lives liveable
Last week the RSA published a new report looking at the living standards of the self-employed. Why did we undertake this study? Simple: Because the self-employed community is booming but government, business and wider society have yet to catch up. In recent years, we’ve seen plenty of initiatives…Read more…
Still waiting
When chancellor George Osborne gave his speech to outline the government’s budget earlier this month, he hailed the UK’s supposedly growing economy, calling it the “Comeback Country”. He claimed living standards were rising and that the coalition government had created a labour market that “made work pay”. That Osborne’s speech was far from […]
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Publicly-owned railways would be 10% cheaper, says new research
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“Save Barnet Libraries goes all Bollywood”
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Save Barnet Libraries campaign gets a Bollywood makeover
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Queen (salary £38m) faces industrial action from staff (salary £14k)
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BBC managers walk out on strike over leave
BECTU members angry at imposed changes to schedulesRead more…
WIN! Aircraft engineer wins BA unfair dismissal case
Prospects hails “great result”Read more…
Milk strike off after “amicable conclusion”
Strike action by 100 milk delivery drivers, who recently transferred from Leeds-based Arla Foods to haulage company Moran Logistics, has been averted. The strike action due to commence at midnight has been called off. The members deliver milk to Tesco, Aldi, Morrison and ASDA supermarkets from Nottingham to the North East on the east of the […]Read more…
NUJ calls rally to defend local news as Trinity Mirror closes two more offices
Union says it will not sit back and allow company to slowly bleed newspapers to deathRead more…
What’s the choice in this election?
Campaign success: Lift media gag on civil servants
Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to sign the FDA’s petition to lift restrictions on civil servants’ contact with the media. We really appreciate your support in helping to…Read more…
Poverty is the real difference between school attainment levels
The Scottish Government’s parentzone website has published data on the performance of school leavers. The Daily Record highlighted how these figures show a shocking class divide between the…Read more…
Newham Local Government Branch AGM 2015 – The threat to your pensions- “if it sounds too good to be true then…”
On Friday I was invited to speak at the annual general meeting of the Newham UNISON branch at the Town Hall in East Ham.
This was in my trade union capacity as the Chair of the London UNISON pension network. This is my wr…Read more…