Union says every one of its members will fight against the Tories’ anti-union legislationRead more…
Lively Public Sector Pension Fringe #Lab15
This report is late but the affordability of public sector pensions schemes keeps coming up. Picture is of me taking part in my latest verbal duel with Michael Johnson (pink shirt on-the-right) on public sector pensions at the CIPFA fringe during the L…Read more…
Prison officers to strike after colleagues sacked for defending themselves against violent patient
POA members at Ashworth Hospital vote to take action in defence of colleaguesRead more…
Children tax credit reprive – Gawd bless yer Britney Spears!
Well done to the House of Lord tonight for blocking attempts by multi-millionaire “Old Etonian” and future Baronet, Gideon “Mockney” Osborne, to take children tax credits from millions of low paid working (strivers) British families.
I saw him being i…Read more…
Today’s tax credit debate – what is the independent assessment going to reveal?
Today the House of Lords debated regulations to cut tax credits, scheduled to be introduced next April. They voted to delay this introduction until an independent assessment of their likely impact has been carried out. In this post I want to look at wh…Read more…
A chance for the government to think again on tax credits
Commenting on the tax credits debate in the House of Lords today (Monday), UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Across the country nearly three million low and middle income working families…Read more…
The Labour Party – catching up with devolution
One of the finest and lasting achievements of the last Labour government was devolution. It is simply impossible to imagine a Scotland without a devolved parliament, able to devise Scottish solutions…Read more…
No justification
Unite has challenged the justification for 3M’s announcement of thirty-four job losses, after it informed the workforce compulsory redundancies are likely at its Bangor (Northern Ireland) site….Read more…
Save NHS from trade deal
David Cameron has so far refused to sign up to a historic pledge to protect the NHS from the EU/US trade deal that could spell the irreversible sale of our NHS. Politicians across England,…Read more…
A ‘good time to lose your job’
As the UK steel industry teeters on the brink of collapse – devastating entire communities after more than 5,000 jobs have been shed in the last month alone – former deputy prime minister Lord…Read more…
No one is fooled, Chancellor
Cuts to tax credits – which will amount to a £4.4bn raid on the country’s poorest working families – are in the spotlight again today (October 26), as peers are set to vote on motions that may stop…Read more…
UNISON launches #ChooseWellChampion campaign in ‘groundbreaking initiative’
Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call
The article UNISON launches #ChooseWellChampion campaign in ‘groundbreaking initiative’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Dave Prentis – Join UNISON marching for Climate, Justice and Jobs
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has spoken out to support the global call for urgent action on climate change this November and December.
He said UNISON members will be joining in marches and rallies across the UK, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and the Climate Coalition Movement, and in Paris, all timed to coincide with international demonstrations.Read more…
Remember Redcar
Next time you hear the Chancellor, George Osborne, talk about the ‘march of the makers’, the Northern powerhouse or that the Conservatives were now the party of the workers – remember Redcar….Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…