Liverpool looked glorious as we departed Labour’s conference yesterday afternoon (Wednesday September 28). The summer’s hullabaloo was setting as a new, rosy red optimistic spirit descended upon the…Read more…
100 days after the #Brexit vote & we’re still in the dark on workers’ rights
It’s been 100 days since Britain voted to leave the EU, and still we’re no clearer about what Brexit means. In particular, despite Remain and Leave voters agreeing that workers’ rights should be maintained, the Prime Minister has failed to commit to that. The TUC is calling today…Read more…
NHS needs £280m or the government will be breaking minimum wage laws
29 September 2016 Embargo: 00.01hrs Friday 30 September 2016 The government will need to inject £280m into the NHS by the end of the decade, or ministers will find themselves in breach of their own…Read more…
“Education not segregation” – West Ham Labour campaign day
No New Grammars day of action – 11am this Saturday, Forest Gate station
Hello – it’s nice to be back after our enforced break over the summer. At at the request of our old new leader of the Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, we’ll be kic…Read more…
‘No-go area’ for women
The higher up the income ladder you are in the UK, the less likely it is that you’re a woman. This was the conclusion of a new report by the London School of Economics out this week (September 26)…Read more…
Ripoff bosses
Just three companies have been prosecuted for paying below the minimum wage in the past two and a half years, despite the government naming and shaming 700. Since February 2014 HM Revenue and…Read more…
UNISON welcomes campaign day on selective schools
Union warns that Theresa May’s plans ‘risk most of our children being left behind in schools with fewer of the best teachers and potentially fewer resources’
The article UNISON welcomes campaign day…Read more…
Transparency call
Serious questions need to be asked about the reasons for the closure of General Electric Power Conversion plant in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire with the loss of about 240 jobs, Unite said yesterday…Read more…
Norway Oil Workers On Strike
350 oil workers all members of the Industri Energi union, are on strike after wage talks broke down with the Norwegian Oil Industry Association. “We are on strike because the Norwegian Oil Industry…Read more…
Who provides your occupational health?
A recent TUC survey showed that 92% of workplaces with union health and safety representatives have some form of occupational health provision. This is well above the national average, where it is…Read more…
Early Reflections on Labour Conference 2016
The portents were not good a few weeks ago – the conference was expected to expose a giant chasm and split the party; Ian McNichol was for the chop; they were struggling to find a new security…Read more…
‘United we can shape the future’
As the Labour Party Conference ended today (September 28), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn outlined the party’s plan to offer shared prosperity to all in a forward-looking programme which he dubbed…Read more…
IMF warn of global deflation
The precarious condition of the global economy is back in the spotlight. Last week the OECD issued their interim economic outlook, headed: “global growth warning: weak trade, financial distortions’. This week it is the turn of the IMF, who are leading on the threat of global deflation and the…Read more…
Perils of social media. Chapter Forty Seven
Can I just point out that someone is reading this blog and then reporting what I post to UNISON, thereby getting me into further trouble?
Honestly, I thought I could rely upon the regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris anarcho-Trotskyist) not to …Read more…
Labour must now concentrate on winning back support, says UNISON
Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the Labour party conference in Liverpool today (Wednesday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today Jeremy talked about Labour getting ready…Read more…
Getting ready for – and winning – the next election
We must ignore the doom mongers, the next election is not lost – but the year ahead has to be about how Labour wins back the support of voters across the country.
The article Getting ready for…Read more…
Learning about the refugee crisis
UNISON Cymru/Wales women’s group spent time learning about the refugee crisis at their policy weekend recently
The article Learning about the refugee crisis first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Let’s have a proper reform of the council tax – not another sticking plaster
We understand that the Council Tax is a difficult issue for politicians, but this latest sticking plaster isn’t the solution.
I was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government…Read more…
AMiE: Now is the time to speak up
By Mark Wright, AMiE director The long-overdue review of national professional qualifications (NPQs) for school leaders, which is being undertaken by the Department for Education, is to be welcomed….Read more…
Durham teaching assistants back ballot for strike action over pay
New pay proposal from the county council overwhelmingly rejected: UNISON wil lmove to a vote on strike action, with ballot papers being despatched to classroom support workers early next week
The…Read more…