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Post-referendum, but not post-political!
Here is my piece in the Morning Star on the things I am looking forward to in this year’s Edinburgh Festivals. This year the Star will have four of us providing reviews of various events, and my…Read more…
Tower Hamlets Council motion regarding One Housing Group
This motion was passed by Tower Hamlets Council at its last meeting. Inside Housing reports that One Housing is in urgent talks to try and stop it being suspended as a perferred housing provider.
Urgent Motion regarding One Housing Group
Proposer: Cll…Read more…
Austerity is Taking us in the Wrong Direction in Climate Change Fight:
posted by ruby utting July 09, 2015 Why should climate campaigners be involved in the battle against austerity? We are as likely as anyone else to be moved by the plight of disabled people whose…Read more…
Cuban vaccine against cancer:
Malaysian firm to market Cuban vaccine against cancer Since 2008, Malaysian biotech firm Bioven has been undertaking the clinical development of the Cuban vaccine in Europe and parts of Asia and…Read more…
Striking French ferry workers block port route with huge fire:
My Ferry Link workers burn tyres across key motorway to port, causing gridlock. One of the My Ferry Link workers participating in Thursday’s strike in Calais pledges more action if their terms are…Read more…
No to the Government’s Trade Union Bill!:
Volume 45 Number 22, August 1, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE All Must Take a Stand in Defence of the Right to Organise and the Rights of All! Workers’ Weekly Internet Edition: Article…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 4 “West Wickham Common to Hamsey Green” (& a tragic West Ham connection)
Last Saturday I resumed my plan to walk around London along the loop walks after a gap since May. Saturday was better than Sunday since railway and bus links, there and back, are much better. I used the Transport for London (tfl) guide since I couldn’t…Read more…
Nationalisation:
Nationalisation is returning to the political agenda these days. To talk about whether a nationalisation is “good or bad” is neither here nor there. So it it is ridiculous for anyone to…Read more…
The implications of UNISON’s support for Jeremy Corbyn for the General Secretary election
Socialist comrades have expressed as much shock as pleasure at the news that UNISON gave our supporting nomination in the Labour leadership contest to Jeremy Corbyn. (Even though some reported this without comment…)
I really should have believed the …Read more…
A windfall for Fat Cats – Labour must oppose Corporation Tax Cuts in Finance Bill 2015/16
In the immediate aftermath of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s failure to oppose the Welfare Bill, its MPs with the sole exception of Dennis Skinner abstained on an amendment to decline a second…Read more…
Showing LOBO salesmen the door
Another council insider, David Green, adds more on the website Room 151 to the sorry tale of the LOBO debacle after watching the recent Parliamentary Select Committee investigation.
He recalls as a former local authority treasury management officer, …Read more…
Not all Angels, but Not Just Victims Either.
MATCHGIRLS,1888 strike lit way for new trade unionism.
CABLE Street, in the East End of London, entered the pages of history on October 4,1936, when police attempting to force a way through for…Read more…
No support for abolishing the Child Poverty Act
The government can’t be accused of pussy-footing about. In this Parliament we’ve already had the most radical Budget for 20 years, an attack on trade unions that out-Tebbits Norman Tebbit and cuts to tax credits that will force thousands of low-paid workers and their children into…Read more…
Act to Renew Democracy:
Corporations, Rich individuals, finance capitalists and employers’ organisations should be banned from making political contributions to political parties. We need to reform the electoral…Read more…
Truckers, public safety and the government’s duty of care
3 August 2015
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, Liverpool University
Truck drivers are highly skilled professionals. A moment’s inattention when driving a 26 ton vehicle can have…Read more…
How the #LabourLeadership contenders reacted to #CecilTheLion
Some Friday Fun – hat tip General Boles on Twitter. Apologies for formatting. Read more…
Gita’s story
Gita Paul was born in Lithuania and came to the UK in 2005 as a 20-year-old looking for work.
The article Gita’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Getting Hyndburn online
Hyndburn Local Government Branch’s Digital Inclusion project is taking learning out into the community.
The article Getting Hyndburn online first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘Sick and tired’
Over 1,200 construction workers involved in the decommissioning and renewal project at Sellafield in Cumbria have begun a work to rule and overtime ban in a campaign to improve health and safety and…Read more…