It has long been known that the Isle of Wight Council would eventually be dismantled by the Government. A recent letter to Government by Isle of Wight council is open to the idea of being brought…Read more…
Trade unions quiz Labour leadership hopefuls live at 11am
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8 ways you can help #BarnetStrikers
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Workers ballot for action after firm sees upturn in business
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UCU members at Bradford College walk out over pay
Union says answer to colleges’ financial difficulties is not to axe staffRead more…
Be cool during heatwave, unions tells bosses
TUC calls on employers to temporarily relax workplace dress codesRead more…
Complaint to the FRC about Caledonia Investments
So far no-one has come back and said I’m talking rubbish about Caledonia Investments’ failure to disclose political donations in its annual report. The company’s AGM is coming up in two weeks, and the first item on the agenda is the approval of the ann…Read more…
Bevan’s Dreamers to Builders: 5 July 1945 Anniversary Tee-shirt by Philosophy Football
Been a gap but another great tee-shirt from Philosophy Football. This time to honour the socialist wordsmith, Aneurin Bevan and the Labour Government of 1945. This is what democratic principled political power can deliver.
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Child Poverty- Still a national disgrace
I have lost track of the number of Tory-leaning folks I have known over the years who have trained as teachers and then undergone a swift political conversion. Not because the staffroom is…Read more…
Qatar’s council cancels kafala changes
Qatar’s failure to push through its long mooted reforms to the insidious kafala system has left the country’s attempt to portray itself as a slow moving but sincere reformer in tatters. In May 2014,…Read more…
What if I’m not a participant?
On the day the independent living fund ends, Unite Community member Robert Punton tells us how it changed his life – and how it’s demise will affect him. He writes: It is often…Read more…
Stopping the Snooper’s Charter
This evening (June 29), Unite and the Labour Campaign for Human Rights will be holding a Parliamentary event (see below) to explain why we’re opposed to the Investigatory Powers Bill. As we do…Read more…
UNISON calls on councillors to stop Education privatisation project
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UNISON calls on councillors to stop privatisation project
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“Red flag-waving losers” leap to defence of Durham Miners’ Gala
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Government needs to give up the backseat driving
Mark Wright is the assistant director of AMiE (leadership and management). Politicians and practitioners ideally work together to take education on a shared journey so it doesn’t bode well that the…Read more…
Child benefit under attack
In the past five years Child Benefit has been frozen, capped and taken away from better off families. Eroding Child Benefit, a new TUC report out today reveals that a couple with two children are already £5.95 a week worse off as a result and by the time of the next election that loss…Read more…
Met tells union: “Our lips are sealed over spy cop”
UCATT renews call for public enquiry into blacklisting after FOR request is refusedRead more…
TUC to organise national demonstration during Conservative Party Conference
The TUC will organise a national demonstration in Manchester this autumn against the government’s austerity agenda and attacks on trade unions. It will take place on Sunday 4 October and will begin…Read more…
Reflections on UNISON National Delegate Conference 2015.
It’s now been over a week since the end of UNISON National Delegate Conference (NDC) in Glasgow and I have just about recovered from the traditional post conference lergy.
This is what happens after being locked up for 4 days in what is really a…Read more…