The Olympics is over and the Paralympics has yet to start. Brazil’s Senate is using the break to start formal impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, and the illegitimate government…Read more…
IndustriALL – Training for Gender Equality in Southeast Asia
Better maternity protection is a main campaign goal for this year’s World Day for Decent WorkRead more…
Public buses before profit
Banton is a small village in North Lanarkshire. Like many places in Scotland, people there rely on local buses to get to work, to school, to college, to see friends and family, and to get to…Read more…
Career success?
Wealthy white male graduates are still more likely to have gained entry to the professional classes more than three years after leaving university, even when grades and other factors are taken into…Read more…
Thoughts on the Labour Leadership election
The Labour Party leadership ballot papers dropped on the doorstep this week. Hold the front page, I voted for Jeremy Corbyn! Not that I welcomed this ballot paper. This election is entirely…Read more…
‘Boris bus’ builders’ jobs freeze slammed
Unite has slammed manufacturing firm Wrightbus’ recruitment freeze as the latest blow to Ballymena and Northern Ireland’s manufacturing sector. The bus builders are well known for…Read more…
UNISON calls for council oversight of academy school finances
Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon…Read more…
Bus strike talks plea
Unite has expressed ‘bitter disappointment’ over the bus operator First Dorset’s ‘game playing’ on attempts to resolve a long running dispute as it confirmed a series of strikes hitting bus routes in…Read more…
Colombia still needs human rights monitoring despite peace deal
UNISON calls for renewed pressure on right-wing paramilitary groups, as the peace process moves towards a referendum
The article Colombia still needs human rights monitoring despite peace deal first…Read more…
Asset managers and Deliveroo drivers
I’ve been banging on for a few years about incentives and motivation. It’s been interesting to watch as the common sense that performance-related pay is A Good Thing has lost legitimacy. However even despite the growing awareness of problems with relyi…Read more…
“Residents Launch Legal Objection to Bank LOBO Loans at 24 UK Councils”
This report by debt resistance shows that the LOBO loan scandal is a national issue and local authorities must take action to protect residents from being totally ripped off by the Banks.
Local Residents Lodge Legal Objections to LOBO Loans at 2…Read more…
Back the European campaign for Fair Transport!
I work in the transport sector. I am supporting the Fair Transport Europe Campaign. And I want you to join in. Let me explain what the campaign is about. Fair Transport Europe is a joint initiative…Read more…
What should we do about the ACAS Code of Practice on Discipline at work?
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Uproar over lack of beneficiary representation on LGPS pools
This article was published this week on the Professional Pensions website. http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2468676/uproar-over-lack-of-beneficiary-representation-on-lgps-pools
“The local government pension scheme (LG…Read more…
Demonstrate to defend our libraries
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Sports Direct: A ‘rare feat’
An investment group worth £14.5 trillion has taken the unusual step of joining Unite and MPs in calling for an independent review and “fundamental reform” at rogue employer Sports Direct. …Read more…
Songwriting Talents Old and New(ish). Edinburgh Festivals 2
My first compilation piece from Edinburgh is in the Morning Star today. It includes the Angel review in last Thursday’s blog, and also a review of Road – Jim Cartwright’s slice of Lancashire life…Read more…
NHS: staff slam Hunt plans
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s own staff are worried that his deeply unpopular plans for a “seven-day” NHS service bring dangerous “risks”, leaked department of health documents reveal. The…Read more…
No smoking for street sweepers
Aberdeen’s refuse collection staff and street sweepers are being threatened with fines if they smoke within or outside their own depots. Unions say staff have been told that anyone caught…Read more…
‘No justification for cuts’
Campaigners against cuts to Bristol City Council will be holding a ‘snap’ protest from midday on Saturday August 27 at the water fountains, Broad Quay, BS1 4DA in Bristol city centre. The…Read more…