National Shop Stewards Network bulletin says: The suspension of two of the Wilmington waste recycling workers, who are members of Unison after they returned to work following a successful…Read more…
Unite accuses Melrose of asking shareholders to take a ‘leap in the dark’
23 March 2018 Britain’s largest union, Unite accused Melrose of asking GKN shareholders to take ‘a leap in the dark into a sea of uncertainty’ after it lifted a self-imposed deadline for approval of…Read more…
Isle of Wight Save Our Schools joins national banner drop campaign
Cat shares this latest news from Save Our Schools Isle of Wight. Ed A Save Our Schools ‘banner drop’ took place at St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School in Carisbrooke on Thursday 22nd March. It was…Read more…
University pay talks begin
Although no offer has been tabled, UNISON described the discussions as “constructive” and all parties have said they intend to make progress across all elements of the claim at the next meeting.
The…Read more…
Clavering Walk
Off message, I had my first day on Sunday off from politics and the union for a long time. I downloaded this 8.5 mile circular route from the free website Essexwalks.com and we drove to Clavering near Bishop Stortford in around 45 minutes from Eas…Read more…
Amazon is a 21st-Century digital chain gang
Amazon’s high-tech sheen hides corruption and abusive labour practicesRead more…
Standing up for jobs
Unite’s campaign to keep production of British passports in Britain was ramped up today as Labour MP Liz Twist presented an urgent question in the House of Commons this afternoon (March 26) on the…Read more…
Reject the bid plea
As GKN investors face a vote on Thursday (March 29) on whether to accept a predatory takeover bid from ‘turnaround specialist’ Melrose, Unite has again urged shareholders to reject the bid and…Read more…
‘Just not interested’
Unite has ridiculed the “limp excuses” offered by a Tory MP for failing to engage with a task force set up in his constituency to safeguard local manufacturing jobs. The South Suffolk task…Read more…
Where shareholders’ interests reign supreme
This week will be a defining one for British business. On Thursday we will find out if the centuries old engineering giant GKN will be the latest victim of our inadequate shareholder laws. …Read more…
Workplace pensions: coverage rises but system still not fixed
Automatic enrolment has quite rightly be hailed as a success but urgent action needs to be taken to bring more low earners into the pensions system and ensure those who are auto-enrolled are building…Read more…
#Labourdoorstop Weekend – Mayoral Candidate Rokhsana Fiaz & Lyn Brown MP lead West Ham Campaign teams (& an evening off with Nina Simone)
Photo collage of a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Our MP Lyn Brown & Newham Labour Mayoral candidate, Rokhsana Fiaz, were out with local activists across West Ham talking to residents about any concerns and issues. We held stalls and sent door k…Read more…
Crisis in the Pension Regime
Fight for Security in Retirement! – K.C. Adams – Private enterprise is incompatible with the functioning of the basic sectors of the modern socialized economy The crisis of pensions…Read more…
Elliott’s support for Melrose shows why GKN must not be taken over
Yesterday afternoon, Elliott Advisers announced that it plans to support the Melrose bid for GKN. This was duly reported, without much scrutiny, as support for Melrose from GKN’s second largest shareholder.
Actually it’s more complicated than that. In…Read more…
Brexit ?!:
What Is the Way Out of the Brexit Crisis? On February 28, the European Commission published a 119-page draft Withdrawal Agreement, setting out in legal language the conclusions of the negotiations…Read more…
Investigating the Scale of Military Production in Britain
People should resolutely oppose a military direction for Britain. Militarisation of the British economy undermines peace in the world and needs to be brought to an end as part of the aim of an…Read more…
Looking Back on the Lucas Workers’ Plan against Militarisation of the Economy:
The Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards in 1977 This January marked the 42nd anniversary of the Lucas Workers’ Plan, still famous in many quarters. In opposition to militarisation of the economy, a…Read more…
Paul Finch – Canadian Pension Funds Investments In UK infrastructure – privatisation or nationalisation?
Picture of Paul Finch, Treasurer of British Columbia Public Service Union with London UNISON Local Government Pension Scheme reps (Paul centre in black suit) & our Regional UNISON manager, Helen Reynolds last week.
Paul gave a well recei…Read more…
‘Into a sea of uncertainty’
In the latest twist in the attempt to take over the world class GKN, Unite has accused turnaround firm Melrose of asking GKN shareholders to take ‘a leap in the dark into a sea of uncertainty’….Read more…
Delphi Diesel taskforce quizzed
Serious questions are being asked about what steps a taskforce has taken to safeguard manufacturing and employment at Suffolk-based Delphi Diesel Systems where more than 500 jobs are under threat…Read more…