UK printing firm De La Rue, which last month lost a public contract to a French-Dutch company to produce British passports, announced last night (April 2) that it would challenge the government’s…Read more…
Gatwick pay offer
Workers at Gatwick airport are to be balloted on an improved pay offer following eleventh hour negotiations. Members of Unite employed as security guards, engineers, firefighters and admin…Read more…
Clark is out of his depth
Business secretary Greg Clark gave a remarkably deficient interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme last week on GKN and takeover policy. He was inaccurate on many of the points he made. Here’s why….Read more…
Hull recycling workers strike for sick pay
Branch appeals for donations to hardship fund as workers start two weeks on the picket line for sick pay from international company worth hundreds of millions
The article Hull recycling workers…Read more…
Dancing on the graves of decent pensions: Double Bubble for the Few, Misery for the Many
There was a really rubbish and ignorant article here in the Evening Standard recently about a so called “black hole” in London Local Government Pension schemes.
This story is completely nuts. Most Local Government Pension Schemes are in better shape n…Read more…
West Ham Labour Easter
An Easter college snapshot of campaigning mostly in West Ham ward but elsewhere with our Newham Labour Mayoral Candidate, Rokhsana Fiaz.
Despite at times very bad weather, we had 100’s of Party members out knocking doors and running stalls across Newh…Read more…
Housing Civic Academy – Saturday 7th April, 11:30am-5pm
Housing Civic Academy with TELCO, St. Stephen’s Church and London Renters Union!
Are you facing rent increases? Have you had a landlord who’s slow to fix disrepair in your household? Have you ever had your deposit stolen?
Everyone knows someone affec…Read more…
Keep calm and carry on campaigning for socialism
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Auschwitz study tour: day 4
Today (Saturday) the delegation visited
Auschwitz-Birkenau,
the largest death camp created by the NAZI Third
Reich.
It was a very emotional experience for the delegates who visited the various blocks used for housing those held in the camp,
including those used for women and children.
We also stood at the
selection ramp, visited all 4 crematoria, soviet prisoners graves and other openRead more…
GKN takeover – losing the battle, winning the war
Few things have made me as angry recently as the Melrose takeover bid for GKN. This bid was opposed by a very wide group – workers, unions, GKN customers, Labour, some Tories, the Daily Mail, most of the large long-term GKN shareholders – yet it got ov…Read more…
Join the Shareaction Activism team
If you have a pension or insurance policy you may in law have duties and responsibilities for the companies your scheme owns and invests in. If you own it then you can’t just moan about it with doing something about it…
“This is Michael wri…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Labour Regional Committee AGM 2018 (& Supporting free school meals!)
Today I was re-elected unopposed as the Chair of the UNISON political fund in London that supports the Labour Party for a 2 year term.
I was really pleased that long standing Committee member Yvonne Green was elected as the Vice Chair.
Yvonne is also…Read more…
Blog: Once again, our union is taking the fight to the government – and onto the streets
So wherever you live, wherever you work and whatever you do – please join us on May 12th to speak up and step up for the public services you work in and your whole community relies on. Bring your…Read more…
‘Feet to the fire’
Engineering giant GKN’s shareholders have approved a hostile takeover bid from ‘turnaround specialist’ Melrose this afternoon (March 29). Investors approved the takeover by a slim margin –…Read more…
Kind hearts and Easter eggs
Here’s some Easter cheer – pictured are Unite Community members today (March 29) delivered a trolley full of Easter eggs to Warminster food bank which were gratefully received by the…Read more…
Bromley library strike starts tomorrow over ‘paltry’ pay deal
27 March 2018 Staff at all 14 of Bromley’s libraries will start an indefinite strike tomorrow (Wednesday 28 March) over a ‘paltry and insulting’ pay offer, Unite, the country’s largest union, said…Read more…
North of Ireland Pensions: Asda’s rethink on unfair and unnecessary changes to their life and pension arrangements is welcomed by Usdaw
Date: 26 March 2018 Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw is today claiming victory for their members working for Asda in Northern Ireland over a campaign opposing planned changes to the pension and life…Read more…
Magic March
March was a momentous month for UNISON members – not least because of a proposed revamp of NHS pay that could benefit a million health workers.
The article Magic March first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Address this unfairness’ call
Sharon McGeough-Adams worked for nearly four decades at HSBC and hardly had a day off. Despite having to live with Crohn’s disease when she left the bank in 2012, she looked forward to a…Read more…
‘Rubbish management’
Workers employed in Thurrock council’s waste collection service are set to begin strike action on April 12 in a dispute caused by the organisation’s ‘rubbish management’. The 65 workers who…Read more…