It’s been nearly a decade of Tory-driven austerity and working families across Britain have endured assault after assault — to their pay, to their terms and conditions, to their public…Read more…
Heed Unite EV strategy call
Unite has cautiously welcomed an agreement between the UK and Michigan to collaborate on autonomous cars and other developments in road transport, warning that it should not be interpreted as a…Read more…
Local Government Pay – All you need to know.
UNISON (and other unions) submitted our pay claim in January for 2018-19.
WHAT WE ASKED FOR:
The claim was for a flat rate increase of £1500 or 6.5% – whichever was the greater ( based on a 37 hr week and applied after the Scottish Local Government t Living Wage rate has been updated), with a similar percentage increase in allowances.
We are also looking for a commitment to make up forRead more…
More join our fight against violence at work
Community service group committed to using the charter to help end the belief that violence and aggression is ‘part of the job’
The article More join our fight against violence at work first…Read more…
UK firms used 1.8 million zero-hour contacts in 2017 – it's time to ban zero-hour contracts
New data confirm the scale of the zero-hour contracts problem. We believe that everyone should have the right to a contract that guarantees the hours they work. The Government should ban zero-hour…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Saturday 28 April 2018 10.45-11.15am at Clasping Hands Statue, 3 Mills Green, E3 3DU
This is a really important event in the Labour movement calendar and takes place, I think, at the most significant but unknown example of historic working class art in East London. I hope that as many members of the Labour Movement family can attend as…Read more…
Arwald: Jutish King of the Isle of Wight
Last Jutish King of the Isle of Wight celebrated on St Arwald’s Day onthewight https://onthewight.com/last-jutish-king-of-the-isle-of-wight-celebrated-on-st-arwalds-day/ Did you know that Arwald was…Read more…
Rokhsana Fiaz Pledges for Newham
Short and sharp speech by Rokhsana Fiaz outlining her key policies and welcome different approach to local politics at the fifth birthday celebration of Custom House’s PEACH
“Rokhsana Fiaz, the new labour candidate for Newham Mayor…Read more…
West Ham postal votes – Putting people at the heart of all we do
In between speaking in a seminar on the Divestment of Council Pension schemes in fossil fuels I was also speaking to West Ham ward postal voters as well as taking pictures of fly tips, litter and other things using my #LoveNewham appRead more…
CEC and NUJ Brussels at Southport DM2018 conference
During the NUJ DM2018 conference at Southport on Friday 21/04/2018, Cailin Mackenzie of CEC expressed anger at the fundamental human rights under threat. She said the union must work towards ensuring…Read more…
Should having Liberal Democrats running the council mean workers suffer?
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have always been strong supporters of local government. That’s why it is very disappointing that they have teamed up with the Tories in East Dunbartonshire to attack the wages, terms and conditions, and work life balance of council staff.
Doubly disappointing when they refused to even discuss the issues until threatened with a legal challenge. The Scottish Read more…
DAVE WARD on trade union values:
Our four-point plan for a new deal for workers As CWU members gather for their annual conference, general secretary DAVE WARD explains why the TUC rally on May 12 can be a catalyst to reassert trade…Read more…
Protests and Demonstrations against the Bombing of Syria
From Orkney to Newcastle to the Isle of Wight: Actions against the May pro-war government The Stop the War Coalition reports: London protest at Parliament Square, Monday, April 16, 2018 “The…Read more…
War: The Debate over the Royal Prerogative
The Debate over the Royal Prerogative Bristol protest In the early hours of Saturday April 14, Britain joined forces with the missile attack on Syria and its capital Damascus led by the US and backed…Read more…
The Fight to Break the Government’s Pay Cap in the NHS:
The Fight to Break the Government’s Pay Cap in the NHS NHS in Crisis – national demonstration, February 3, 2018 The trade unions and staff associations that have members in the NHS are…Read more…
The Rights of Health Staff Cannot Be Separated from the Right of All to Healthcare.
NHS march on the Isle of Wight If the right to healthcare is to be guaranteed in society, then decision-making has to pass to the people who need these services, which includes the people who staff…Read more…
Protesting French rail workers defend their strikes
‘Privatisation is hell’: Protesting French rail workers defend their strikes Rail workers protesting in Paris on Thursday. Photo: AFP AFP/The Local From French Press…Read more…
Only 13 days until the local elections on 3rd May
Dear John
Only 13 days until the local elections on 3rd May 2018 and the weather is looking lovely!
Grab your sun cream and join us for a canvassing session in the next week to get our Labour candidates and our fantastic mayoral candidate R…Read more…
Court of Appeal pay victory for Nottingham City Council employees
Nottingham City Council was wrong to deny several hundred of its employees the right to incremental pay increases with effect from April 2011, says a judgment handed down at the Court of Appeal. The…Read more…
‘Children are the future’
Unite welcomed a new pledge from the Labour Party announced this week (April 19) that would establish an additional mandated health visit for babies 3-4 months – a time that experts say is critical…Read more…