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Here’s how the Grauniad is reporting Ed Balls’ refusal to commit to end the pay freeze or the spending cuts in local government.
http://gu.com/p/44j5xLabour’s pledge to match Tory spending plans in the first year of a Labour Government makes such a Go…Read more…
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement [has] opened up a “huge choice in British politics,” according to the TUC’s Frances O’Grady, “between radical cuts and pay freezes versus investment for the…Read more…
Within recent memory part of the substantive debate around trade unions and equality was centred on the question of the extent to which white workers were seen to benefit from racism and working…Read more…
I posted last week that this is the Labour movement election season with my election address for the UNISON Greater London Regional Finance Convenor position. Yesterday evening I send out nomination requests for the UNISON NEC elections (see below). I …Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Children, Education, Libraries and Safeguarding Committee 28 October 2014 Libraries Strategy report made the following recomendation within this report…Read more…
WAY TO GO! DUE soon to have more time for his grandchildren, Steven Jefferys can bow out with pride in his department’s work.
ALMOST two years ago we were supporting staff at the London…Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Barnet UNISON Service Improvement Plan
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Today was my first day back at work for an organisation facing the prospect of further redundancies following the loss of a thousand jobs since the last General Election.
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Having enjoyed a festive break, your blogger is back for 2015 and looking forward to… Reclaim the Union National Meeting
Saturday 17th January, 2pm to 5pm
The Mechanics Centre
103 Princess St
Manchester M1 6DD There will be a pooled f…Read more…
Despite the impact of the ISIS insurgency, workers across Iraq staged several industrial actions from the end of October, through November and into the first part of December, and returned to the…Read more…
At the end of this year, the countries of the world will meet in Paris under the auspices of the United Nations in a make or break effort to curb global warming by reaching a binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The preparatory COP 2…Read more…
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Despite talk of economic recovery, more people than ever are looking for extra hours to make ends meet, and the trend towards underemployment shows little sign of slowing. To make matters worse, the…Read more…
If you are a London UNISON activist then download our training programme and application form for 2015 courses. I will be applying to go on the refresher steward course this year (under the Employment Rights Act unions are obligated to make sure that t…Read more…
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Barnet Council response to UNISON 13 Questions
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Solent LEP ‘pit-stop’ offers support to Isle of Wight businesses By A County Press reporter Sunday, January 4, 2015 Steve Butler, of the Isle of Wight TUC, which wants businesses to take…Read more…
Love it. Hat tip the USA coffee movement. Maybe we should form something similar across the pond to counter the uber right wing Tories or their Kipper cousins. Read more…
A New Direction for the Economy Social Inequality and the Necessity to Restrict Monopoly Right As 2014 comes to a close, one of the greatest concerns facing people is the growing social inequality…Read more…