Baggage handlers at Luton Airport have voted to reject a new pay offer from their employer Menzies Aviation which workers say fails to recognise their hard work and the rising cost of living. …Read more…
‘Hostile environment’
When the new benefits sanctions regime was first introduced in 2012, prime minister David Cameron’s Conservative government proudly declared it was ending the so-called “something for nothing…Read more…
Bring back in-house call
Last week (May 17) the National Audit Office (NAO) confirmed what Unite has long been saying – that outsourcing public services can have disastrous results. In a scathing report, the NAO…Read more…
Industry pay figures offer little encouragement – except for City fatcats
The latest wage figures were cause for mild optimism, but let’s not get carried awayRead more…
GDPR and health and safety representatives
Some employers are using new data regulations to stop union health and safety representatives getting information they are legally entitled toRead more…
Inflation measures aren't boring: they matter
The way government and other organisations choose to measure inflation is costing us allRead more…
Isle of Wight, ‘Keep Our Studio School’ campaign
Teachers’ union add their support to ‘Keep Our Studio School’ campaign On the deadline to object to the Department for Education about the planned closure of the Isle of Wight Studio School the…Read more…
ACAS: Religion or belief discrimination: ten myths
Myth: I can’t be accused of discriminating against someone with the same religion as me.Fact: If you treat someone unfairly because of their religion it would be discrimination, whether or not you were the same faith.Myth: A phi…Read more…
Jobs ‘car crash’?
The environment secretary Michael Gove’s ambition to phase out the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040 risks being a ‘car crash’ for jobs and skills, unless it is part of an industrial strategy…Read more…
‘Wage robbery’
Unite has accused Caroline Dinenage MP and the Ministry of Defence of ‘washing their hands’ of low paid workers who have had their working week’s stolen by their employer ESS, part of the…Read more…
70th Anniversary of Al Nakba:
“Great March of Return” Culminates in Defiance of Israeli Massacre On May 14, 1948, the Zionist state of Israel was established by unilateral declaration. It was established on the basis…Read more…
I love working for the NHS – so I’m striking against being outsourced
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh hospital staff strike for 48 hours over plans to outsource their jobs to wholly owned private company
The article I love working for the NHS – so I’m striking…Read more…
UNISON urges government to scrap damaging NHS competition rules
Ministers should scrap the damaging competition rules that force the NHS to sell off its services to private firms.
The article UNISON urges government to scrap damaging NHS competition rules first…Read more…
Condemn Israeli Massacre and Support the Palestinians:
Militant Rallies Condemn Israeli Massacre and Support the Palestinian Resistance Thousands of people joined a vociferous and militant rally in Whitehall opposite Downing Street on May 15. The…Read more…
U.S. Once Again Creates Tense Situation on Korean Peninsula:
The Politics of Provocation Protest against the U.S.-south Korea Max Thunder war games, outside the U.S. embassy in Seoul, May 16, 2018. The Panmunjom Declaration of April 27 signed by the leaders of…Read more…
Trade unions gearing up for the fourth industrial revolution:
How trade unions are gearing up for the fourth industrial revolution – 150 years after the first TUC meeting in Manchester Born in Manchester during a period of rapid industrial expansion, the…Read more…
TUC March:
TUC March for the Alternative Sees Tens of Thousands Take to London’s Streets Demanding New Deal for Workers On Saturday May 12, tens of thousands of working people descended on central London,…Read more…
Time to give our industries the protection they deserve
A cross-party group of MPs have supported the TUC’s call for a more robust trade defence regime post-BrexitRead more…
VSC Statement On Venezuela’s Presidential Elections
Venezuela’s Presidential elections on Sunday May 20th saw Nicolas Maduro re-elected. With 92.6 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had 5.8 million votes (nearly 68%), with his closest rival, former…Read more…
Ryanair: ownership and control
Ryanair’s latest results are out today. Aside from the update on negotiations on unions, which I won’t comment on…, the bit that caught my eye is the commentary on Brexit and the potential knock-on impact on Ryanair’s shareholders:
We remain concerne…Read more…