8 September 2015
By Alan Bogg, Ruth Dukes and Tonia Novitz
The Government’s indecently short consultation procedure on the important issues of restricting the right to strike, using agency…Read more…
Britain in the red: Households with problem debt up by more than a quarter since 2012
Today saw the first release of findings by the Centre for Responsible Credit (CfRC) from the joint TUC and Unison commissioned ‘Britain in the Red’ project. The project is looking at available aggregate and household survey data to track the extent of household over-indebtedness: assessing the…Read more…
Snakes up a tree! Palestinian date-pickers face daily peril
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the Jordan ValleyRead more…
CWU launches refugee aid appeal
Trade unionists urged to send supplies to CalaisRead more…
Households in debt rise by 28% as families struggle to survive
TUC and UNISON say UK needs a wages-led recovery, not another debt-fuelled bubbleRead more…
Workers’ Capital Conference 2015
Yesterday was the first day of the 2015 Workers’ Capital Conference, which this year is being held in London and hosted by the International Transport Federation (ITF). This global conference of union pension activists was organised by the Internationa…Read more…
Stansted scanners announce new strike dates
GMB members to take further action after rejecting 1.5% pay offerRead more…
Singing from the same hymn sheet – MU launches school teacher co-ops
Union offers advice for music teachers made redundant in local authority cutsRead more…
Unfair and discriminatory pay set to continue with this government
Another damning indictment of this government came last month when the High Pay Centre released its report on the pay of CEOs in FTSE firms. The figures clearly show that those at the top are…Read more…
Major attack on civil liberties
The Conservative government’s proposed Trade Union Bill has come under continued attack – today (September 7) from three prominent human rights groups, which have denounced the Bill as a “major…Read more…
Workers of the world unite to save your pensions!
Workers pensions across the world are facing similar challenges and we need to learn and act together.
I was at the 2015 Workers Capital Conference today, meeting with union pension negotiators and…Read more…
United Electrical workers first US union to join Israel boycott
At its national convention in Baltimore in August, the United Electrical Workers union (UE) adopted a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to pressure Israel to…Read more…
More bad news on UK manufacturing
Today the EEF (Engineering Employers’ Federation) affirmed the weakness of the UK manufacturing sector, halving their forecast for manufacturing growth in 2015 to 0.7 per cent. The chart below of ONS figures shows manufacturing proceeding since the 1990s in a series of fits and starts. Over the…Read more…
UNISON at the Burston school strike rally
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis celebrates the Burston strike school rally in Norfolk yesterday (Sunday)
The article UNISON at the Burston school strike rally first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
From the 99 % to the 1 %
The Tories are robbing the working poor and giving to the working wealthy, according to new research from the TUC. And the Tories tried to hide it. The richest working households will be over…Read more…
Northern Ireland regional committee nominates Dave Prentis in general secretary election
Nomination period runs from 2 September to 9 October during which time branches and other bodies can make a nomination
The article Northern Ireland regional committee nominates Dave Prentis in…Read more…
Unite proposes €2 billion one-off social housing investment in pre-Budget submission
“After seven years of taking the wrong options, we have an opportunity to start making the right choices”Read more…
‘Stonewalling’ on job loss talks
Car components company, International Automotive Components (IAC), is refusing to discuss 45 potential job losses with Unite. Despite having 35 per cent of the workforce as members the…Read more…
New Book: Coming soon
The Materialism of Time and Space and the New Consciousness. ~ kenneth knapman. (2014-15) All rights reserved, 2015 Contents: 1. Material Spacetime · Time Consciousness · Time and Nature · Spacetime…Read more…