Last week, William Hague, the Leader of the House of Commons, announced that the weekend of 8-10 May, 2015, has been officially designated to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe…Read more…
Stand up to racism
Saturday, March 21 marked UN Anti-Racism Day, which inspired marches and rallies all over the world.
A strong Unite contingent (pictured) joined the thousands at the rally in London, where protestors assembled in front of the BBC and marched to …Read more…
Irish Academics send letter of solidarity to occupying LSE students
Irish academics support LSE students fight against corporatisation of education.Read more…
Cheryl’s plea to young voters
X-factor judge and former girls aloud singer, Cheryl Fernadez-Versini has joined the Unite backed campaign No Vote No Voice (NVNV) to urge young people to use their vote. Cheryl has come out in support of the campaign after ending speculation that she was considering turning her back on her Labour roots over the […]
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Art students in Ireland vow to fight for decent education!
Art students protest at what they claim as the irresponsible and neoliberal governance of their college.Read more…
How do you solve a problem like measurement of zero-hours contracts?
We know a fair deal about the detrimental growth of zero-hours contracts in the UK labour market. We know that workers on them cannot depend on how much money they will bring home or what childcare they will need from week to week. We know that typical…Read more…
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island George Osborne’s Budget speech reminded me of the old saying, an empty vessel makes the most noise. He was talking about a fantasy island of his own imagining far removed from the real country in which all the victims of his austerity programme live. True, as journalist Paul…Read more…
“I’m not an anarchist” – McCluskey asks whether unions can continue to operate inside the law
Unite leader asks: “When the law is misguided, when it oppresses the people and removes their freedoms, can we respect it?”Read more…
“If they think by arresting me we’ll go away, they’re wrong” – Blacklisted author thanks supporters after cell ordeal
Author remains defiant after being taken to Paddington Green police stationRead more…
FBU welcomes justice for hero firefighter who lost his life battling blaze
Union will work with employers to improve firefighter safetyRead more…
History & Policy Group – Whatever Happened To Collective Bargaining?
UK Must Become Modern Manufacturing Economy Says TUC
The employers body Confederation of British Industry has set out its proposals for the first hundred days of the new Government – and it doesn’t make comfortable reading for the Tories. The…Read more…
School support staff at Nuneaton Academy ballot for strike action over job losses
GMB members angry at plans to make up to 16 of them redundantRead more…
The Manifesto for Change – Call for Trade Unionist’s to Vote Labour
Great video from Trade Unions for Labour (TULO) on the Labour Party “Manifesto for Change”. A quietly spoken, Paul Kenny, from the GMB asks trade unionists to “When it comes to Vote, Vote Labour, no other Party, No other movement is going to deliver th…Read more…
Jugendtheater für den Frieden – Youth theatre for peace:
http://www.visionbakery.com/deutschland-england-italien Jugendtheater für den Frieden – Youth theatre for peaceRead more…
Warham and Wighton from Wells-Next-The-Sea Walk
This is off message and a little late but last month I went for a weekend in Cromer, Norfolk and went on this fantastic 8.5mile walk on the Saturday starting in Wells. The Norfolk coast and countryside is simply stunning.
The blue, big Eastern skies a…Read more…
CHARLOTTE MONRO TRIBUNAL ENDS – A FIGHT WELL FOUGHT
Charlotte Monro CHARLOTTE MONRO TRIBUNAL ENDS – A FIGHT WELL FOUGHT Report from Charlotte’s Employment Tribunal 20 March 2015 from Reinstate Charlotte Monro Campaign Charlotte Monro’s tribunal…Read more…
Budget 2015:
The Need for a Pro-Social Direction for the Economy Is an Election Issue Chancellor George Osborne presented the government’s final budget before the general election on Wednesday, March 18. This was…Read more…
Audacity and the Power of Union Education
Colleagues,
I’ve just finished an exhausting, but hugely rewarding weekend’s teaching on the MA in international labour and trade union studies (ILTUS) at Ruskin.
A huge thanks to all who contributed. On Friday this was:
Sue Ledwith (creator of the …Read more…
Composite A – lets have a “unified and positive climate” and pretend our leaders didn’t totally screw up our pay dispute?
UNISON’s Special Local Government Conference is now just two days away. It’s only the second time in UNISON’s history that a Special Conference has arisen from a branch requisition.This occurred because the gross mismanagement of the 2014 NJC pay dispute led us into the most catastrophic…Read more…