Belfast artist Christoff Gillen has been fined £60 by the council for “defacing” the city by writing the word “love” on the pavement in chalk. He did this to highlight discrimination against LGBTQ people in Northern Ireland.Read more…
Kids’ taxi drivers on strike over 50% pay cut plans
Unite members take action at Hackney CouncilRead more…
Unison Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 March 2015
Report from the branch delegate – Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 march 2015Read more…
The truth behind THAT Telegraph letter – GMB uncovers list of Tory donors, tax dodgers and blacklisters
Union uncovers list of shameRead more…
Labour promises to scrap ET fees
Unions welcome A Better Plan for Britain’s WorkplacesRead more…
UNISON Housing Associations: Branch Organiser Job Vacancy
UNISON (Housing Associations Branch)
Location: London . Salary: £34,633 inc LW (pay award pending) . Hours: 35 hours per week . About the job: Please note that this is a branch-employed post.
The Branch Organiser is a new role within the Unison Housing Associations branch. The…Read more…
A cautionary tale: pension funds and the infrastructure bandwagon
Infrastructure finance has risen to the top of the international financial policy agenda. Within the new infrastructure finance agenda emerging in such forums, the $85 trillion that institutional investors, and in particular pension funds, are estimate…Read more…
Rana Plaza: $9 million still owed to the victims with 23 days to go to second anniversary – tell companies to #payup
In 23 days time it will be two years since the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Savar district, Bangladesh killing 1138 workers, injuring thousands more and leaving 500 children orphaned. Shamefully…Read more…
Figures for 2014 change nothing: weak productivity is still caused by austerity
As many argued in the wake of the Budget, productivity outcomes remain a significant concern and major blot on the government’s economic record. Today ONS issued the first figures for 2014 as a whole, showing growth at only 0.5 per cent, up only marginally on 0.4 per cent in 2013 (left chart); they…Read more…
The curious case of yesterday’s living standards ‘good news’
Right from the off yesterday, ONS statistics triggered a celebration of rising living standards. Yet you were hard pushed to find exactly the reason for that celebration. In the newly-issued National Accounts, real household disposable income per head …Read more…
Stop the suffering
Imagine being a single parent struggling on benefits. You look long and hard for some sort of stable job – anything that will pay the bills and feed your child. You’re finally hired. It’s on a zero hours contract, but no matter. At least it’s something. Kelly, this young woman’s father, recalls how overjoyed […]
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GMB join in mass rally of public sector workers in Belfast to demonstrate against the cuts
“The message to Stormont and Westminster was clear – ‘hands off our Public Services'”Read more…
Come on out of your crib!
If you want your life to have meaning, if you want to be someone then stand up and be counted. Sitting on the fence, letting others do everything, is not an option some can take. They want to hold…Read more…
Priorities for health and care integration
Given the history of health and care integration, we should be wary of raising expectations over what the new bodies will be able to achieve
All Health Boards and Local Authorities in Scotland are…Read more…
PAY TALKS UPDATE RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – NETWORK RAIL
Our Ref BR6/0001 Circular IR//15 2nd April 2015 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL OFFICES Dear Colleagues, PAY TALKS UPDATE RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2015 – NETWORK RAIL Our negotiating team…Read more…
The claim, the maths and the reality
As the general election campaign heats up, prime minister David Cameron made a startling claim on Monday night (March 30) – under his watch, he says, 1,000 jobs were created every day, an accomplishment he pledges to continue if a Conservative government were to be elected in May. Sounds great, but just how much […]
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Zero hours: Time to put a stop to this exploitation
Very few people in the UK today would not know about zero hours contracts. The Prime Minister himself said that he wouldn’t want to work on one…
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The Treacherous Decision-Makers at GKN must be Opposed.
The Rolls-Royce announcement after accepting Government cash and help from the region, disgraces management at the highest level. Last week the CTi manufacturing technology capability, along with…Read more…
Resolute in purpose
Workers at the Northampton plant of one of the world’s largest packaging firms have begun a 48-hour strike over the dismissal of two Unite shop stewards. Unite members at Smurfit Kappa, who had previously been working to rule, walked out at midnight (April 1) calling for their colleagues to be immediately reinstated. Speaking from […]
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CLASS: Labour’s “Business manifesto” – a work in progress?
Published on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) blog, 1st April 2015 Ed Miliband’s speech to launch Labour’s “Business manifesto” is an important step in strengthening…Read more…