Unite are calling for the 8% admin fee on tips to be scrapped.Read more…
Mayday! The helmsman of the green economy is way off course
The Conservative manifesto 2015 said nothing about increasing road taxes. If anything, it implied the opposite: “We will make motoring greener … to protect your environment.” But the Chancellor’s Budgets changes mean that from 2017 a new greener car will cost nearly £1,000 more….Read more…
“Shoulda, woulda, coulda”: yet more evidence suggests income beats choice in retirement
Beverley Knight is a woman well aware of the consequences of poor decision-making. “Now ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda’ means I’m out of time, “Coz ‘Shoulda, woulda, coulda’, can’t change your mind.” Inexplicably, popular music tends to gives more attention to matters of the heart than it…Read more…
Nothing is ever said about the appalling pay and conditions care workers receive
Too often the media portrays care workers that have been abusive or stolen from their clients. In my experience this is a very rare occurance but it makes a good news story I guess. Nothing is ever said about the appalling pay and conditions care worke…Read more…
EU Institutions Impose Dictate after Greek People Decisively Vote No to Austerity:
The courageous stand of the people of Greece in the July 5 referendum on the creditors’ demands for further austerity, in the face of widespread scaremongering and brutal financial…Read more…
German-Led Eurozone Launching Coup Against Greek Government
Huff Post After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama famously declared an end to history. Things, of course, would continue to happen, he said, but the…Read more…
“Will the real George Osborne stand up!”- #BarnetStrikers 8July
Universal credit staff to strike over “oppressive” working conditions
PCS members take action next week in Bolton and GlasgowRead more…
Emergency Questions to Newham Council about LOBO toxic loans & Parliamentary Select Committee for Local Government
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UCATT members vote to strike over sign-or-be-sacked contracts
Aspire plans to worsen workers’ terms and conditionsRead more…
Rail unions announce new Tube strike
Talks held at ACAS this morning in bid to avoid fresh industrial actionRead more…
Of course I’ll defend the rights Europe has delivered. But we want better, not just more of the same!
David Cameron is touring national capitals around Europe garnering support for his pre-referendum EU renegotiation strategy. And because his strategy seems to be bad news for British workers, he sometimes finds we’ve been there first. Today, for example, I’ll be travelling to Luxembourg…Read more…
Emergency Questions to Newham Council about LOBO Scrunity & Possible Solution
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Nasty business in Bromley
Eviction threat to diabetic carer and daughter AS a responsible council worker and trade unionist, Paul Rooney thought it his duty to criticize the policy and workings of Tory-controlled…Read more…
Organise and win – like the Chainmakers
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland (pictured left) on Sunday (July 12) helped Midlands trade unionists celebrate the successful achievements of 800 striking women Chainmakers in 1910 by…Read more…
Missing skills emergencies
The UK is now facing an emergency skills crisis in key sectors including manufacturing, construction, science and engineering, the Confederation of British Industry warned today (July 13). The…Read more…
Building on sand
‘Fixing The Foundations’, the government’s plan to ‘boost productivity, was launched this week by business secretary Sajid Javid. Addressing workers at a UK automotive factory, Javid talked…Read more…
The shambles that wrecks lives
More than 30 Unite Community activists and local residents protested outside an ex Unite shop steward’s house today (Monday July 13) to stop bailiff’s evicting him and his severely disabled daughter….Read more…
UCATT: Fresh demonstrations planned in London after Living Wage blocked
13 July 2015 Construction union UCATT are planning to hold a fresh wave of demonstrations, after employers blocked proposals to ensure that workers employed under the largest construction agreement…Read more…
Apprentices levy: government skills policy paradigm shift
It’s a game changer – that is the general reaction to the news of a levy on large employers to pay for apprentices. It has met with much surprise too. Is this really what we expect from a Conservative government? Something that three successive Labour governments felt was a step too far?…Read more…