Brighton and Hove District Trades Union Council
Annual General Meeting and 125th Anniversary
Wednesday 15th April 2015 7:30pm King and Queen Pub
Marlborough Place, Brighton, BN1 1UB
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Probation officers to ballot for action after 0% pay ‘offer’
UNISON describes employers’ situation as a “slap in the face”Read more…
It’s war! Tories ban unions from Big Society
Trade union activity is not included in Pickles’ volunteer planRead more…
USi welcomes new director
GLI’s Dave Spooner takes over the reins to take website to a new level of trade union campaigning and solidarityRead more…
More than Chutzpah Behind the Bulldozers
HOW IT WAS
A historic London pub has been demolished by a developer’s bulldozers, without planning permission, and without warning to people in neighbouring properties or any…Read more…
It’s time to choose Labour #ED4PM
It will soon be time to choose. Who do you want as Prime Minster for the next 5 years. Cameron or Ed. “Unions together” (TULO) are reminding workers of the choices. Do they really want another 5 years of right wing, pro rich and anti worker policies?Read more…
UNISON Greater London Regional Office breached UNISON Rules
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breach-of-union-rules-decision-barton-v-unison
As we face elections to UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) in which – in the London Region – candidates drawn from lay activism face candidates supported from the Regional Office – it is important to…Read more…
“The easyCouncil Loco-motion” campaign video
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The politics of business leaders support
When the Telegraph ran a Tory-supporting letter from a group of business people this caused an interesting split amongst Labour supporters. Some saw the letter as very damaging and further evidence that the party had lost much of the credibility built …Read more…
Union organising In Kenya: Support ITF Campaign
The International Transport Federation are requesting support in a serious disputeconcerning their affiliate the Kenya Long Distance Truck Drivers and Allied Workers’ Union and Agility Logistics. The…Read more…
Statutory recognition, the fragmented workforce and UNISON’s future
One of UNISON’s central priorities at the moment is to organise the increasingly fragmented public service workforce. This entails seeking to organise the employees of a diverse range of private companies, some contracting directly with public sector bodies, and some receiving public money to…Read more…
Shareholders vs customers
Duncan O’Leary from Demos has a very interesting blog here digging into some polling of business leaders views on whether a Conservative / Labour government would be good / bad for various stakeholders in big business (investors, employees and customer…Read more…
Researchers & Activists Forum on Precarious Work (23-24 April Loughborough Univ.)
Colleagues,
A reminder that this event is coming soon and one of significant interest to trade unionists internationally. There is a fantastic line-up of speakers and current/past students of the MA ILTUS at Ruskin speaking about their allied research…Read more…
Launch of Scotland Against TTIP
Full version of article written by STUC Deputy General Secretary Dave Moxham for the Herald in advance of the launch of Scotland Against TTIP, 11th April.
The case made by the supporters of TTIP…Read more…
Half a work manifesto is better than none
On Monday Labour launches its 2015 General Election manifesto but the ‘work manifesto’ A Better Plan for Britain’s Workplaces published on 1st April, provides an early insight into the party’s…Read more…
“The overwhelming case for new public housing”
Check out new report by John Healey and John Perry at Red Brick
Makes perfect sense to me.
“At its core, the crisis is a simple calculation: we need to build 250,000 homes a year yet 2012-13 saw just 108,000 new homes completed, the lowest since the…Read more…
After 50 years – what sort of trade unions do London Borough workers need?
http://www.lgcplus.com/news/devolution/comment-and-analysis/how-londons-councils-took-shape/5083883.article?dm_i=192K,3AOQK,HX1I9V,BSRGV,1
It is fifty years since the London Boroughs which we now have were created – they’ve lasted more than twice as long as the Greater London Council which was…Read more…
Attlee and Cameron may both have enjoyed no interest rate rise but there is one key difference: Attlee’s policies were successful
Yesterday the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged, generating a flurry of commentary on how rates have been unchanged for the whole parliament, and looking back to the Attlee government when rates were last unchanged over a parliament. For Ca…Read more…
Rocking the boat
The 19-month dispute at packaging company, Crown Packaging in Canada is set to rock the boat at the annual meeting of Carnival Cruise Lines in London on Tuesday (April 14). The United…Read more…
‘Resilient and steadfast’
A four day strike at corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa in Northampton will start next Friday (April 17) over the sacking of two senior stewards, both members of Unite. The four-day…Read more…