Funny, isn’t it, how politics is so influential in our day to day lives. Everything from the amount we can expect as a minimum wage to whether we go to war, the decisions made in Parliament…Read more…
UNISON’s response to the Scottish Government’s Sustainability and Seven Day Services Interim Taskforce Report
Friday 6 March 2015
UNISON welcomes interim report from the Scottish Government’s Taskforce for Sustainability and Seven Day Services. This taskforce is considering how we provide round the clock care for patients who need it the most, with a genuinely seven day service for acutely ill patients.
The taskforce met for the first time in April 2014 and this interim report (released today) providesRead more…
Corporate Homicide Bill
Steve Tombs
David Whyte
6 March 2015
By Professor Steve Tombs, Open University and Professor David Whyte, Liverpool University
Steve Tombs and David Whyte analyse Richard Baker MSP’s new draft…Read more…
Taken for granted
Unite’s members working for Parcelforce overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer that management went ahead with, prompting the union today (March 6) to warn the courier company that it risks inciting industrial action. The bosses of Parcelforce, a subsidiary of the Royal Mail, implemented a paltry 2.8 per cent pay rise backdated to July 2014, […]
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“I am not a slave” Labour of Love campaign launched
Au pairs and domestic workers launch new Labour of Love campaign in DublinRead more…
Where the Martyrs worshipped
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs – six farm workers imprisoned and transported to Australia for their attempt to prevent falls in their wages by forming a “friendly society” in 1834 – is the story of trade unionism’s birth in this country. The six men who ignited a movement are remembered in books and […]
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South Africa: union proud of Cape fire fighters
South African local authority union IMATU praises the fire fighters who battled tirelessly to put out fires in Cape Town.Read more…
Nuclear build delays?
The construction of Britain’s first nuclear power plant in a generation may see delays as it faces continued legal challenges from European critics, including the Austrian government and a co-operative of energy suppliers in Germany. The construction of the Hinkley Point C plant – which will be a boon for the local and wider […]
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Southampton calling
Unite, along with the Mirror, Hope not hate, and Operation Black Vote have embarked on a bus tour across the UK to encourage some of the 7m people who are eligible to vote but are not registered to sign up and get on the register for the election on May 7. Below is short […]
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On the Public Consultation into Housing related Support Services on the Isle of Wight
Housing has become a major debate issue in the run-up to the General Election. What is being discussed is, “What kind of house-building programme do we need”? Housing is acknowledged as a key source…Read more…
Eastern Euphrates entirely liberated by Kurdish Defence Units
Kurdish partisans have pushed back ISIS fighters on the Western front of Kobane.Read more…
Should there be a NEST for your nest-egg?
It says much for the resilience of the sort of consensual approach facilitated by the Pensions Commission of a decade ago that even before the government’s rash and irresponsible pensions freedom reforms have been implemented, opinion is coalescing around the best ways to ameliorate their likely…Read more…
e NEWS 6 March 2015
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“Inspectors rated supported living service as ‘inadequate’
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Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service 2015 – Network Rail
Our Ref BR6/0001Circular No IR/64/156th March 2015 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL OFFICES Dear Colleagues RATES OF PAY AND…Read more…
Trade union solicitors launch Thompson Foundation to remember their founder
Foundation will support aspiring trade union lawyers and hold an annual lecture on issues concerning trade unionsRead more…
Outrage as two union members sacked after raising grievances at work
UCU ballots for strike action at Salford UniversityRead more…
“If you want to win my vote, you must talk to me”
Unite-backed bus heads West to encourage people to register to voteRead more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: front line Jobcentre workers aren’t responsible for benefit sanctions
Could this be the month when the general public start to worry about benefit sanctions? The Methodist church reported that approximately one hundred thousand children were sanctioned in 2013/14. This followed earlier work revealing that more than 100 p…Read more…
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward: March 2015
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward
WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
Ward meeting 5 March 2015
Thursday 5 February I attended Rebecca Cheetham Nursery School Governors meeting, then part of the West Ham ward meeting and finally my ward AGM at Forest G…Read more…