The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Who are TATA?
The Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, centered in Mumbai, India. It was founded in 1868 and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is one of…Read more…
Dark day for steel
Today (Tuesday October 20) Tata steel confirmed its plan to cut 1,200 jobs in Scunthorpe and Scotland. Unite warned that this ‘dark day’ would damage steel companies and hit supply chains…Read more…
Trade Union Bill in Public Committee
20 October 2015
By Jo Stevens, Labour MP for Cardiff Central
Last Tuesday marked the beginning of the committee stage of the Trade Union Bill, which I have been selected to sit on. After the…Read more…
A nation on the brink?
I’m in a deep sleep after a restless night with the baby waking constantly when the alarm goes off. Its 05.45, its dark outside and the rest the house is silent as they all sleep peacefully. …Read more…
Progress made on new safety fund by G7
In May I wrote a blog about a new fund that the world’s main industrialised countries (The G7) were setting up to help prevent workplace deaths and injuries. The catalyst for this was the large…Read more…
Defining moment
The crisis in the UK steel industry is a defining moment for the Conservative government. Having talked up the ‘March of the makers’ and the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ the past few…Read more…
Last plea to Tories
The government is sticking to its guns over cuts to tax credits. To persuade the public (and their own MPs) of a plan that the electorate didn’t vote for, they’ve released figures that claim these…Read more…
Carillion apologises for blacklisting – then chases blacklisted worker for legal costs
Troubled construction giant Carillion has been branded a hypocrite after they claimed thousands of pounds of legal costs from a blacklisted worker only days after issuing an unreserved apology in the…Read more…
Episode 7: ‘I would like to go to the union meeting’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week….Read more…
Blood money! Blacklisted worker stunned by legal bill
Dave Smith says if Carillon – which apologised to blacklist victims – wants its money, it’ll have to come after itRead more…
Solidarity with Alfreton teachers back on strike today
NUT members angry at forced changes to school timetablesRead more…
UNISON warns of Somerset health care privatisation as deal collapses
Union says patients and communities will suffer if services are taken out of the NHSRead more…
Unions fear one in six steelworkers will lose their jobs
Unions renew calls for government to act to save the UK industryRead more…
Ministers must admit how many on tax credits will lose out, says Dave Prentis
The government must come clean on the numbers of working people who will be worse off as a result its cuts to tax credits next year, says UNISON. UNISON is critical of misleading claims made by…Read more…
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STUC General Secretary at SNP conference
On the morning of Saturday 17th October, Grahame Smith our General Secretary got to his feet, delivered a speech to SNP conference and received a standing ovation. It was described as an ‘historic’…Read more…
Thousands ofSteelworkers Struck For Higher Pay in Central China as the Crisis has Long Affected the Country.
In the face of the global capitalist crisis, the Chinese have already seen the facts materialising as the economy slowed and brought the prospect of further worldwide recession. Police faced off with…Read more…
Thousands ofSteelworkers Struck For Higher Pay in Central China as the Crisis has Long Affected the Country.
In the face of the global capitalist crisis, the Chinese have already seen the facts materialising as the economy slowed and brought the prospect of further worldwide recession. Police faced off with…Read more…