Campaigning is vital to UNISON’s cause
The article Communicating our cause first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Victory At ExxonMobil In Aussie After Two Year Picket
Oil and gas workers in Longford, Victoria, Australia, have dismantled their picket line after a mammouth 742 days, following an agreement ending a long-running dispute with ExxonMobil and its…Read more…
When we also murdered Jews…
Last week I was in York for a UNISON Labour Party conference. In the centre of York there is castle called Clifford’s Tower.
In March 1190 the entire Jewish population of York estimated to be 150 men, women and children had fled to the Tower for prote…Read more…
‘Insulting’ pay offer
Unite has today (July 16) confirmed that it will move to ballot its members at Diageo for strike action following the overwhelming rejection of a derisory pay offer of 2.5 per cent made to the…Read more…
‘Latest victims of bandit capitalism’
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is facing pressure from MPs to handover £12m in promised redundancy payments to staff who worked at its former Avonmouth site. The calls came as Unite called…Read more…
Blog: Durham shows that our movement remains vital
Like Tolpuddle, Burston and other fantastic labour movement events, Durham is about both our movement’s past and our future. As the Durham Miners’ motto says “the past we inherit, the future we…Read more…
Rail reform – ruling out public ownership a missed opportunity for radical change
We don’t think the man tasked with sorting out Britain’s failed railways should take public ownership off the table.Read more…
The TUC Summer Patrol – inspiring a new generation of trade unionists
A new initiative by TUC Yorkshire and the Humber is helping to connect younger workers with the trade union movement.Read more…
Health visitors’ pay fight
Health visitors employed by Lincolnshire county council are striking for 48 hours from today (July 15) over not getting paid the rate for the job and the erosion of their professional…Read more…
Social Worker of the Year Awards
Nominations close at midnight on Friday 19 July
The article Social Worker of the Year Awards first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Extreme poverty rising
More than half of families visited by child support workers are destitute, a new survey of social workers and health visitors has revealed. The survey of 1,200 frontline support professionals…Read more…
Unity call at 135th Durham Miners’ Gala
Unite members from across all regions and sectors joined this year’s 135th Durham Miners’ Gala, where it is estimated that 200,000 people attended on Saturday (July 13). At one of…Read more…
Collective Bargaining and Fair Work at the Heart of Wales’ Future,
15 July 2019
By Lydia Hayes, University of Cardiff
On Tuesday 16th (tomorrow) the Institute of Employment Rights and Wales TUC will hold a public meeting in Cardiff on trade union rights and fair…Read more…
‘Your days are numbered,’ Dave Prentis tells Tories in Durham speech
‘There is an alternative‘ says general secretary as he lambasts austerity and calls for properly funded public services
The article ‘Your days are numbered,’ Dave Prentis tells Tories in Durham…Read more…
‘Brexit won’t divide us’
While the Durham Miners’ Gala is always a highlight of my year, every time I come here my mind goes back to the evil of Margaret Thatcher and how she set out to destroy the miners. That memory isn’t…Read more…
With a proper strategy, industrial change can deliver better jobs for all
Managing a fair transition to a greener, regional UK economy won’t be easy, so we’ve looked at how other countries have done it well.Read more…
Bastille Day: “La Marseillaise…
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Labour must listen to its members and focus its policy on council housing
By Martin Wicks This article was published in Inside Housing Labour’s housing policy does not put enough on emphasis on … MoreRead more…
Fair Tax Week
This week is Fair Tax Week. Imagine what a better world we would live in if the rich individuals and corporations paid their fair share in taxation.
One of my favourite quotations is this “I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization”. Justice Ol…Read more…
‘Deepening anger’
Summer travel chaos at Heathrow Airport is looming large Unite warned today (July 12) after workers across the airport’s five terminals announced a series of strikes in a dispute over pay. …Read more…