London nurses campaign for affordable housing circa 1997 at Battersea power station, LondonRead more…
London Nurses Demand Affordable Housing
London Nurses campaign aginst cuts 1996
COHSE Nurses strike 1988 Maudsley Hospital
COHSE Nurses Maudsley Hospital 1988
OBR wrong to continue absolving Osborne’s polices for a deficit now 3x larger than planned
TUC has argued that the economy and public finances were derailed over the coalition years because government spending cuts had a larger-than-expected impact on the wider economy (see e.g. blog, paper). Earlier this week the Office for Budget Responsib…Read more…
When steelworkers needed them most, ministers walked away …
MEP Jude Kirton-Darling says the UK government must act to save jobs on TeesideRead more…
‘Steel heart’ strategy plea
As the business secretary Sajid Javid opens today’s steel industry summit (October 16), Unite has demanded the government “pursues an industrial strategy with a ‘steel heart’.” …Read more…
Qatar wants us to check our facts – it’s time they let us
Next month Qatar has a chance to put its disputed record on workers’ rights to the test When Zaha Hadid, architect of Qatar’s under-construction Al Wakrah football stadium, lashed out at the BBC last…Read more…
Episode 5: ‘I don’t need any help’
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…
Open University staff balloted for strike action over job losses
UCU condemns plans to sack 500 staff across seven centresRead more…
Workers’ rights: no longer safe anywhere?
I’ve just come back from the annual meeting of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) general council, held ahead of the CUT Brazilian trade union movement’s congress in Sao…Read more…
Unite urges minsters to keep the Redcar ovens burning
Union AGS Tony Burke attends steel summit in RotherhamRead more…
Unions tell MPs that TU Bill is a major attack on workers’ rights
General secretaries give evidence in ParliamentRead more…
Protest in Walsall as bosses de-recognise GMB
Care home workers hold demonstration outside Rushall Care HomeRead more…
Blog Action Day – defending human rights.
As a trade unionist in a country like Scotland I take communicating with others and expressing myself freely for granted. It is central to living in an open and fair society. However, across the…Read more…
Asbestos. Time to grasp the nettle.
It is said that if you say something often enough and loud enough everyone believes it is true regardless of the facts. This is the case with asbestos. We have been told for decades that the safest…Read more…
Workers’ Capital in the 21st Century: ShareAction Annual Lecture withSharan Burrow
The keynote speaker at this years ShareAction annual lecture in the historic Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London was the General Sectetary of the International Trade Union Confideration, Sharan Burrow. The ITUC is the global version of the Briti…Read more…
Hope in hard times
For all that Corbyn’s leadership of Labour brings unaccustomed hope it remains true – at least for those of us who are union activists in public services in the Labour heartland targeted by the second successive Cabinet of millionaires for truly devastating cuts – that these are hard times.
Just…Read more…
Trade Union Bill – your country might be next
If the UK passes this draconian Trade Union Bill, your country might be next by Keith Ewing , John Hendy QC It did not take long for the UK’s new Conservative government to bring forward a new round…Read more…