We are grateful to the ONS for their response to yesterday’s piece on pay growth for those in continuous employment. Our concern is that the 4.1 per cent figure has been widely used as guide to central, average or underlying experience in the economy. For example, in the Autumn Statement the…Read more…
Barnet workers ballot for strike action over outsourcing
UNISON members unhappy at news that as many as 80% of council workers may soon be working for privatise companiesRead more…
University sacks blacklist cop
Blacklist Support Group welcomes move by Anglia Ruskin UniversityRead more…
999 strike extended to 9 days
FBU members receive standing ovation at TUC Women’s ConferenceRead more…
Fyny y gweithwyr! Welsh government promotes fair employment practices
GMB, UCATT and Unite welcome new initiative in the PrincipalityRead more…
Minister accuses FBU members of bullying
Penny Mourdant says union’s behaviour is a “barrier to change”Read more…
Revealed: the hidden misery of women trapped in financially abusive relationships
TUC and Women’s Aid launches report into the impact of the recession on womenRead more…
First female western fighter dies fighting Islamic State
Ivana Hoffmann, 19, from Duisburg in Germany, died on Saturday fighting for the Turkish Marxist-Leninist Communist Party against Isis in Syria Louise Osborne in Berlin Guardian Monday 9 March 2015…Read more…
Conservatives to Attack Pensioners to Pay for Austerity.
Conservatives are to attack pensioners by cutting free TV licences, prescriptions, bus passes and winter fuel payments. They also plan to reverse the promised increases in state pensions by the…Read more…
Defend Venezuela!
Defend the Bolivarian Revolution and Venezuela’s Right to Be! Condemn the hostile statements made by U.S. President Barack Obama against Venezuela. On March 9, Obama used emergency executive…Read more…
UNISON calls strike ballot at Barnet Council
I can do no better than reproduce the press release of the Barnet branch;UNISON, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, serving more than 1.3 million members, wrote to Barnet Council on11 March 2015 notifying them of our intention to conduct a stri…Read more…
Seize your destiny
Anti-austerity campaigner and war veteran Harry Smith urges students at Manchester University (March 11) to register and use their votes as part of the No Vote, No Voice campaign For me politics is personal because in my lifetime the defining moments in our country’s history have been decided by elections. I have always seen free […]
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Suspected victims of trafficking acquitted and freed after a year in jail in Ireland
Two Vietnamese men released today (11.03.15) after Carlow Circuit Criminal Court judge found serious flaws in Garda investigation of trafficking.Read more…
Another woman mineworker raped in South Africa
A woman miner was raped at an Anglo-American platinum mine in South Africa this week. This recalls the 2012 case of miner Pinky Mosiane, raped and murdered at work, and highlights the problem of violence against women mineworkers.Read more…
UNISON to issue a strike ballot to Barnet Commissioning Council workforce
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Apprentices locked out
It’s the government’s own National Apprenticeship Week – a week celebrating the positive impact training schemes can have for those seeking a way into skilled, well-paying work. While many apprenticeships are little more than exploitative work arrangements, there are some on offer that truly change lives. Building Lives, a construction apprenticeship sponsored by the Construction […]
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Panto dames don’t fool us
You may have thought the pantomime season was over. Oh no it isn’t. Panto dames Scam and Ossie have been hard at work. It’s election budget flash the cash time. Like magic, money which has been scarce will suddenly start appearing. The next budget on 18 March will be the last show of […]
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Joined up public services – how do we unscramble marketisation?
Progressive, people centred reforms of public services by an incoming Labour Government will require more than good intentions writes Eunice Goes on the LSE blog. Decades of funding cuts,…Read more…
Brewing up for change
On the #NoVoteNoVoice bus we’re asking those to vote who usually don’t get asked. We paid a visit to Ty-Phoo tea in Moreton, Chester, to register the people behind 120 million cups of tea per week. Speaking to this well organised workforce it’s clear that there is a lot of interest in the upcoming general […]
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What impact does outsourcing have on public services?
It has been a mantra of successive governments that the public do not care who provides their public services, only what works in practice. But surveys and opinion polls are pretty consistent in demonstrating public unease and scepticism about the role…Read more…