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The Killings in Paris:
Statement of RCPB(ML) on the Killings in Paris and Elsewhere The Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) condemns in the strongest terms the murderous attacks carried out in Paris…Read more…
Workplace bullying of LGBT people remains unacceptably high – but we can challenge it
Are LGB and T people more likely to be bullied? The evidence is clear but seems to contradict studies of changing social attitudes. The figures for bullying on grounds of sexuality or gender identity are grim and they always have been. For decades the …Read more…
Nurse Mary Rodwell – Suffragette – Klled 17th November 1915 (Hospital Ship Anglia)
Suffragette and WW1
Nursing Heroine
Miss Mary Rodwell (Brockdish, Norfolk) was a member Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (Q.A.I.M.N.S.R.). She was killed on the night of 17th November 1915 when the Hospital Ship Anglia was retu…Read more…
Junior Doctors 1975
Innigrants health – USA 1915
We know what would solve global inequality: so why isn’t anyone doing it?
I wrote yesterday about the outcome of the Turkish G20 summit, which got close to addressing the gathering economic storms of global recession, but fell short of the action needed. But one area where the G20 did indeed get things right was identifying inequality as one of the main things holding…Read more…
Opposing the Violence that has occurred in Paris:
The Trades Council categorically condemns the odious crimes committed in Paris, France on the afternoon of November 13. With an expression of solidarity and our deep sympathy with the ordinary…Read more…
G20 almost rises to the challenge of the next global recession
The G20 summit in Antalya, on Turkey’s southern, Mediterranean coast, ended today with a communique that almost rises to the challenge facing the global economy. The main headlines are about terrorism and the refugee crisis, hardly surprising given the events in Paris and Antalya’s…Read more…
No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here
The St Andrew’s Day Anti-Racism March and Rally this year has the theme ‘No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here.’ The rally will take place on Sat 28th Nov, Assemble 10:30am Glasgow Green. Below is a Guest…Read more…
The broken child poverty pledge
I have a post at politics.co.uk, (written on behalf of the End Child Poverty coalition) looking at the Welfare Reform and Work Bill – if passed, it will mean the government no longer has to report to Parliament on progress helping children out of poverty. This will mean that there will be no…Read more…
Episode 21: ‘Bullied and victimised at work’
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…
Unions are looking up in the slave state of Qatar
GMB International Officer Bert Schouwenburg has just returned from a visit to Qatar with Building Workers International. This is what he found. I was last in Qatar with the ITUC nearly two years ago…Read more…
The 50-year pay gap
The UK is now on track to close the pay gap with men. A girl born this week will see equal pay between men and women in her lifetime. Good news indeed – although she’ll have to wait till the time she…Read more…
Unity is strength
In the wake of the horrific attacks that took place in Paris on Friday (November 13) Unite last night expressed its deepest sympathy, sending heartfelt condolences to the friends, families and loved…Read more…
Greenprint for a low carbon industrial strategy
The “perfect storm” hitting the steel industry has cost up to 10,000 jobs in the North East alone, directly or as consequence of steel plant closures. The Chancellor’s Spending Review on 25 November is likely to make matters worse, with expected staffing and research budgets cut by 25% to 40% at…Read more…
‘Our hearts go out to Paris’
“We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers,” says message to French unions
The article ‘Our hearts go out to Paris’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
The commission of omission
At the end of October the chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, revealed the eight names on the new infrastructure commission led by former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis. The…Read more…
Stop the War statement condemns the terrorist atrocity in Paris on 13/11/15:
GET OUR NEWSLETTER | Donate | Join | Volunteer | Contact Home Events News Get Involved Multimedia Resources About Shop Stop the War statement condemns the…Read more…
Save Barnet Libraries Christmas Concert
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