JEREMY CORBYN, MP (Islington Tribune)
…and a message from North of the Border we should note.
First, the good news. There is a Left-wing, anti-austerity candidate standing in the Labour Party’s…Read more…
What is Scottish Labour for?
As Scottish Labour regroups after the General Election, the temptation will be to focus on organisation and structure. Important though these are, the real question the party has to ask itself is -…Read more…
649 new Barnet Council jobs?
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Revulsion over poverty pay
Unite is set to ballot more than 3,000 members across Northern Ireland working in factories owned by poultry giant Moy Park. Management’s refusal to offer any pay increase has caused revulsion…Read more…
No to Royal Mail ‘fire sale’
Unite today (June 4) has warned against another Royal Mail ‘fire sale’ which would short-change taxpayers and deprive the Treasury of a steady stream of income over the long-term. The warning…Read more…
8 honest challenges for trade unions
Yesterday I put together 8 surprising facts about trade union membership. It’s been a really popular post, and it was based on the latest Office of National Statistics trade union report. I…Read more…
“I support my dad”
“I Support My Dad” explores how the 1984-85 miners’ strike affected the lives of children who were involved in the protest in North Staffordshire. Produced by Stoke-on-Trent based film company…Read more…
Investment better than paying off debt
A group of International Monetary Fund economists say some governments should spend more investing in public infrastructure and spend less time obsessing about running up higher levels of public…Read more…
Common cause
Ahead of what’s set to be the largest grassroots protest in a generation, Unite today (June 4) hosted a press conference for the People’s Assembly anti-austerity march to be held on June 20. …Read more…
New ORR figures reveal stealth fare increases amid soaring costs of privatisation
New figures released by the Office for Rail and Road (ORR) last week revealed that since privatisation took effect, ticket prices have skyrocketed, with much of the rise happening in unregulated fares – so-called ‘stealth increases’. Between 1995 and 2015 fares rose across all…Read more…
Scotland v Qatar game – SFA must challenge Qatar on workers rights
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The OECD, the ‘B-minus economy’, the case for infrastructure spending and the UK
Yesterday the OECD set out their view of the global economy. They make a constructive and very strong case for borrowing to finance infrastructure spending. B-minus performance OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría awarded the OECD economic performance a B-minus “The global economy is projected to…Read more…
Lighthouse Financial Advice Surgery 10 June 2015
The branch has organised a free financial advice surgery on 10 June 2015. Private 30 minute slot appointments are available which need to be made direct with Lighthouse Financial Services – details on the flyer. If you can’t attend on … Continue reading →Read more…
‘Markit’ concede increasing concerns on recovery following services PMI
Just ahead of the election the weakness in the GDP figures was greeted with some scepticism (see here). Earlier this week there were disappointing manufacturing figures from Markit, who compile ‘purchasing managers’ index’ measures of activity. Yesterday Markit issued service…Read more…
Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn enters race:
Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn is throwing his hat into the ring to become the next Labour leader. The 66-year-old MP for Islington North, a fervent anti-war campaigner, told the Islington Tribune…Read more…
Founding Ideals Undiminished
Colleagues,
In what will be the first of at least a couple of posts I feel the need to re-but the entirely inaccurate, biased and poorly researched attempts by the BBC recently to allege that Ruskin College is diminishing its founding principles throu…Read more…
Cometh the hour
Jeremy Corbyn has been as consistent as he has been persistent in thirty two years in Parliament as a socialist advocate for working people.
There are a thousand positive things I want to say about his decision to seek nominations in the election for Labour Leader, but for now I shall say just…Read more…
UK union membership ‘broadly unchanged’ – but it pays to be in a union.
The latest trade union membership figures and statistics published by the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) in its statistical bulletin shows union membership for 2014 in the UK…Read more…
Mayoral Nomination Canvassing Survey – Greater London UNISON Labour Link
This is a reminder about the survey that all UNISON members who are in Greater London region (and are part of the Applied political Fund APF – also known as Labour Link) received last week.
UNISON is I think the only union affiliated to the Labour Par…Read more…
Weakening workers’ rights in the EU is playing with fire, warns TUC:
Weakening workers’ rights will not win votes to stay in the EU, says the TUC today (Wednesday). TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will spell out a strong message on the EU referendum as she…Read more…