Just stumbled on this. Try Googling “generally supports the objectives that underlie the Code” and “consistent approach”. Someone somewhere drafted this text…
Shorting Carillion and funding the Tories at the same time
Councils need government grant to fund large scale council house building programme
This is an article published on the Labour Briefing website Raising the ‘borrowing cap’ is not a solution to the council housing shortage There has been much talk of late about councils being able to “ borrow to build” new council housing. …Read more…
“Tenants pay for housing fiascos, from post-Grenfell bills to ‘self-financing’ “
This was a letter published in the Guardian. The suggestion that lifting the borrowing cap will enable councils to build council housing on a grand scale ignores the funding crisis faced by local authority Housing Revenue Accounts. Council HRAs still h…Read more…
Newham For An Open Selection
It is game on for the rerun of the Newham Labour Mayoral trigger. Check out below :-
http://www.newhamforopenselection.org/
https://twitter.com/newhamselection
https://www.facebook.com/NewhamTriggerBallot/
More stuff to follow
Canada Post office exemplifies the Principle of Universality:
Workers Fight to Get Canada Post to Recognize Their Rights Negotiations at the Post Office and the Destruction of the Principle of Universality – Louis Lang – Negotiations are taking…Read more…
The holocaust is a constant reminder of the dangers of allowing hate, discrimination and division to develop and go unchallenged
On this day, we remember the precious lives lost and the deep grief felt by those who survived, honouring their memories by challenging hate and commit ourselves to ensure that “never again” is not…Read more…
Holocaust Survivor Mala Tribich MBE
I attended the Newham Holocaust Memorial Day 2018. Concentration camp survivor Mala Tribich, who lost her mother, father and sister gave a compelling account of Nazi murder, inhumanity and cruelty.
This is what happens if you do not stand up for…Read more…
Blog: Today I saw our union at its best
Teresa and Geoff are making a massive difference, even when times are tough. Thank you to them for the warm welcome today and for everything they, like all our activists, do for our union.
The…Read more…
Babes below the breadline
More than half of all children in the UK’s poorest areas are living in poverty because of government cuts, according to a new report. Figures analysed by the End Child Poverty charity show…Read more…
Not on the menu
When Financial Times journalist Madison Marriage blew the lid off the President’s Club men-only charity gala where hostesses were repeatedly sexually harassed by wealthy and powerful men, Britons…Read more…
Cash boost for NHS plea
Nearly 2,000 campaigners including health staff, patients, trade union activists and others joined the Labour party last night (January 25) at a rally demanding a significant cash boost for the…Read more…
Holiday pay win
Hackney school cleaners today (January 26) hailed victory in a dispute over the failure to pay proper holiday rates. The settlement of the dispute at the six schools in the borough came after…Read more…
Lessons from the collapse of Carillion
There is a lot to unpick from Carillion’s demise and the lessons to be drawn. Here are some initial observations. The House of Commons Library Briefing, The collapse of Carillion, tells us that “In the eight years from 2009 to 2016, Carillion pai…Read more…
‘Not a luxury’
A survey of over 3,500 Unite members working in the construction sector has found that many are forced to endure entirely inadequate toilets and washing facilities. The survey found that on…Read more…
Nearly there
The dispute at Cummins Generator Technologies in Stamford has moved closer to a resolution after workers have accepted ‘in principle’ a revised offer, Unite said today (January 26). Unite,…Read more…
Carillion: ‘National scandal’
Carillion dished out at least £500m to shareholders over the seven years prior to its collapse, even as its pension fund deficit grew to nearly £600m. The analysis of Carillion’s books,…Read more…
Tanker driver dispute
Unite will next week launch a legal counterattack on ‘an outrageous attack on workers’ rights’. Over thirty members of Unite employed by Suttons Tankers, as drivers and fitters, had been on…Read more…
Carillion – a growing pension scandal?
The questions keep coming after the collapse of Carillion. Now, what is happening to employees’ pensions?
The article Carillion – a growing pension scandal? first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The government must turn back the tide on NHS nursing shortages, says UNISON
The House of Commons Health Committee publishes a report on the nursing workforce
The article The government must turn back the tide on NHS nursing shortages, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…