3 March 2015
By Len McCluskey
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The case for Collective Bargaining
Great Youtube video produced by the Institute of Employment Rights’ featuring Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC. I don’t think even trade unionists really understand that the most important thing we do is collective bargaining with employer…Read more…
PCS National Gallery Strikers to Speak at Leeds Trades Union Council Delegate Committee Meeting 7PM – 25 March 2015
The PCS National Gallery Strikers will speak at the Leeds Trades Union Council Delegate Committee tomorrow.
The brave workers have taken 17 days of strike action so far to fight privatisation of…Read more…
After today – Prioritise Motion 106 to National Delegate Conference
The decisions of today’s Special Local Government Conference create a lot of further work. Our Service Group Executive (SGE) and our National Joint Council (NJC) Committee (which is accountable to our Service Group Conference) will both have to act on …Read more…
New housing book now available
What Future for Council Housing? Council Housing and the housing crisis A book by Martin Wicks There is much debate about the acute housing crisis in Britain though it is mostly the voices of housing professionals and academics that are heard, not to m…Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Your Choice Barnet care workers now out for 3 days!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: YCB care workers now out for 3 days!
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UNISON Special Conference – reasons to be cheerful
Today, delegates at UNISON’s Special Local Government Conference took a small but necessary step in the direction of a member-led union which fights for our members.
The headline decision, taken when the Conference voted by 60 per cent to 40 per cent to support Composite C, was to submit a claim…Read more…
Turkish hotel workers send solidarity to Vio.Me in Greece
Hotel workers at Dora Hotel Istanbul have sent solidarity greetings to workers at Vio.Me who took their factory into workers’ control after it was abandoned by the owners.Read more…
Stats watchdog confirms that 4.1% does NOT “typically represent” pay rises
The UK Statistics Authority has now responded to TUC analysis on earnings estimates for those in continuous employment. We argued that newly calculated figures showing annual earnings growth of 2.3% for those in continuous employment (in their March Ec…Read more…
IMPORTANT: TUPE outsourcing update
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Statistics, lies and Access to Work
Mark Harper, MP, minister for disabled people announced (23 March) a commitment by government to helping disabled people in work or into work who need adjustments or support to enable them to carry out their jobs. The Access to Work (AtW) scheme has be…Read more…
Longannet – three reasons why it’s closing early
The early closure of Longannet power station in Fife is a shocking blow to the workforce and the Fife economy. The causes are a toxic cocktail of company indifference, absurd regulations and an…Read more…
RMT MEMBERS VOTE TO REJECT NETWORK RAIL PAY OFFER
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RMT MEMBERS VOTE TO REJECT NETWORK RAIL PAY OFFER
RAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that Network Rail members in Operations, Maintenance, Customer Services and associat…Read more…
The struggle for power
A community and 270 people’s livelihoods have been put on 12 months’ notice as Scottish Power announced yesterday (Monday 23 March) that it will be forced to bring Longannet’s closure forward to March 2016. Unite had previously called for both Scottish and UK government interventions to resolve a dispute between the company and the […]
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UK inflation at zero and rate has been falling faster than in eurozone
Inflation fell to zero in February 2014; down from 0.3 per cent in January. Once more the figure came in lower than expectations, on this occasion for 0.1 per cent (including the Bank of England in their latest Inflation Report). CPI records only began in 1989, but ONS projections show figures…Read more…
Union threatens nuclear submarine strike
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‘People’s inquiry’ launched as National Gallery workers begin five-day walkout
A ‘people’s inquiry’ into the reasons for and implications of the planned privatisation at the National Gallery will today be launched in Parliament by the PCS. The launch event at 6.30pm in committee room 6 of the House of Commons comes on the day the union’s members at the gallery begin another five-day walkout. Running from Tuesday […]Read more…
PCS welcomes MPs’ call for review into benefit sanctions
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“Bad for passengers, workers and taxpayers” – rail unions on FGW franchise
Unions describe £7m deal as a “farce”Read more…
Benefit sanctions are unfair and hurt innocent vulnerable people
Days before the start of the election campaign, a Committee of MPs with a government majority has just published a report worrying that benefit sanctions “do not always” avoid causing severe hardship or hurting vulnerable people. This is an important point. As I’ve pointed out in previous posts,…Read more…