11 November 2014
By Professor Alan Bogg, University of Oxford and
Professor K D Ewing, King’s College London.
How should workers respond to bullying and intimidation tactics used by employers…Read more…
‘Cuts cost lives’ says UNISON – campaigners lobby Glasgow City Council over savage cuts to mental health charity
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Staff, service users, community groups and members of the public will gather in George Square tomorrow (Wednesday 12 November) to lobby Glasgow City Council over its plans to cut a charity’s funding by 40%.
The scale of these savage cuts are likely to force Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH) – which receives nearly all of its funding from the council – to close,Read more…
Our Future Free From Racism
2014 has been an amazing year for everyone living in Scotland – the passion and excitement of the Commonwealth Games gripped everyone and resulted in a record tally of medals for Scots. Glasgow, as…Read more…
Sports panel at Exeter Street Hall
Friday 14 November from 7.30pm.
Meet and quiz the best sports writing talent around. Got a burning question? We’ve got the people in the know.
With a Q&A format, we predict an entertaining…Read more…
Diversifing energy ownership needs a more radical approach
Community energy provides an opportunity to diversify Scotland’s energy ownership from the dominance of big energy companies. The Scottish Government has published a Community Energy Statement that…Read more…
Two workers’ capital snippets
1. A major international trade union statement on pension funds and tax avoidance has been published today. It is available on the TUAC website here. It has also been covered by the FT.
2. There is a very useful briefing for investors on hum…Read more…
Staff at Waterloo Station to strike over victimisation and bullying
www.rmt.org.uk NEWS RELEASE November 10th 2014Immediate Staff at Waterloo Station to strike over victimisation and bullying Following a massive vote for action,…Read more…
Plots against Labour
WITH all the interest shown in various anniversaries this year, one slipped past almost unnoticed last month which might have topical relevance. It was 90 years since the Daily Mail published a…Read more…
Transparency & The Establishment
Colleagues,
Just a brief post as I am teaching at Ruskin this weekend as we have three cohorts of the BA international labour and trade union studies (ILTUS) in. What a fine bunch of trade unionists! Even though I am not feeling great, it is reviving to be here and to hear of their natural,…Read more…
New Scotland in UNISON online
Austerity economics don’t add up, vote yes to keep your union’s voice, 18 October rally report, devolution submission, campaign against NHS PFI, violence against staff doubles, retired member wins claim, Bhopal remembered, celebrate learning and much more in this issue. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/siu/index.htmlRead more…
Speech: CWU Disability Conference, Leeds
I am privileged to be able to address you today. The work of disability activists within the CWU is essential to the future of this union. From your activity, and through your eyes, the problems…Read more…
Imagine if every school in your local area was stamped with a commercial logo
Rick Muir is Associate Director for Public Service Reform at IPPR. The case for ‘for profit’ providers in education rests on weak empirical foundations. The international evidence on the performance…Read more…
Our Future Free from Racism
This has been a momentous year for Scotland. The referendum, the Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup – the eyes of the world have been on us like never before.
I never doubted that as a people we would…Read more…
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO Referring to Decision No GWW 4th November 2014, your Southern Sub-Committee submits the following report:- “We note the…Read more…
Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life (The implications on unfair dismissal)
7 November 2014
By Michael Ford QC, Old Square Chambers
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POSTPONED: Lock v British Gas
6 November 2014
By Camilla Belich.
The Leicester Employment Tribunal is due to consider the CJEU decision on commission payment during holiday this February.
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What did the EU ever do for working people?
The UK’s often turbulent relationship with the European Union seems to be getting stormier by the day. With UKIP support rising to record levels, the Conservatives have been pushed into an…Read more…
2020 – A (not lot of) Library Space Odyssey –“Open the Library doors please HAL:” (Holographic Artificial Librarian)
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Last Tuesday at a full Council Meeting it was voted by a majority of one to go ahead with the Libraries Strategy.
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Profits are progressive
Gabriel Heller Sahlgren is research director at the Centre for Market Reform of Education and affiliated researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden. He’s also a…Read more…
Picturehouse Cinemas: Pay all your staff a living wage
Can you help BECTU put pressure on Picturehouses to pay a fairer wage to their dedicated staff from Exeter to Edinburgh? Sign the petition now!Read more…