Most UK employment rights are guaranteed and therefore protected by EU law, which means the Government cannot remove or reduce those rights whilst we are part of the EU. Holiday pay and…Read more…
The surplus and the parishes
Some while ago I suggested to Swindon’s Cabinet that they should be pressing the government to abandon their target for a £10 billion surplus by 2020. As I pointed out to them if the target was break-even then the £6 billion of cuts to local government would not be necessary. They…Read more…
From Palestine to London: meet Bethlehem’s Lajee Community Centre
I had the good fortune to accompany the General Council’s delegation to Palestine and Israel at the beginning of the year. You can read the delegation’s report here. In little over three…Read more…
Hero Seacole honoured at last
Following a 12 year campaign, a statue of Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole – the first memorial statue of a named black woman in the UK – was unveiled yesterday (June 30) on the grounds of St. Thomas…Read more…
UK workers reject a Brexit cuts budget says post-referendum poll
The TUC has published findings from a poll taken immediately after the EU referendum ballot closed, and its action plan for protecting jobs and industry. The poll – of 2,716 adults who voted in the…Read more…
Study shows the public wants the government to pay for the training of student nurses, says UNISON
The government should continue to pay for the training of student nurses and midwives, and not force NHS trainees to fund their degrees with loans, according to a new survey published today (Friday)…Read more…
A Manifesto For Today’s World Of Work
01 July 2016
By Carolyn Jones, Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
THE world of work has changed and with it the nature and role of the workforce. For Britain’s 31 million workers, many of the…Read more…
Isle of Wight Labour Party members support Corbyn:
Isle of Wight Labour Party members ‘overwhelmingly support Corbyn’ Members of the Labour Party on the Isle of Wight voted on a motion to show their support for Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy…Read more…
What the government must do right now to stop working people paying the price for the Leave vote
Still scarred by the effects of the 2008 financial crash, working people and their communities must not be asked to pay the price – again – of economic uncertainty following the vote to leave the EU. The TUC does not agree with the Chancellor that the fundamentals of the UK economy are sound. Only…Read more…
Joint trade union statement on the Labour Party
The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. Last week’s vote to leave the European Union presents the entire labour movement with unprecedented challenges. Above all, we need to be fighting to preserve our members’ jobs, already under threat in…Read more…
Wings clipped?
So the Eagle has not yet landed.
There is still – one week after the referendum which provides the ostensible justification for the rebellion of the arrogant and entitled – no declared candidate to stand against Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Pa…Read more…
‘Endless’ job cuts
The relentless Lloyds jobs cull continued yesterday (June 29) as the bank announced it would slash another 640 jobs, mostly in IT, group operations and wealth management. IT sites affected…Read more…
The cluck stops here
Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30). The union said that it was ‘a worrying time’ for…Read more…
Social work bill ‘does nothing to address the real problems’
UNISON joins professional associations and academic bodies to condemn plans to give ministers control over social work regulation in England
The article Social work bill ‘does nothing to…Read more…
Joint trade union statement on the Labour Party
The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. Last week’s vote to leave the European Union presents the entire labour movement with unprecedented…Read more…
For our kids’ sake
Child poverty skyrocketed again last year, as the latest figures published today reveal an increase of 200,000 more children living in households that are struggling to make ends meet. The…Read more…
‘Pull together’ plea to Party
Last night (June 29) union leaders issued this joint trade union statement on the Labour Party: The current crisis within the Parliamentary Labour Party is deeply regrettable and unnecessary. …Read more…
Downing Street Cat demands Corbyn resignation?
Yesterday Progress-supporting local Councillors began scraping the bottom of their own barrel by cobbling together a list of elected representatives prepared to call for the ‘decent’ Jeremy Corbyn to stand down ‘for the good of the Party.’This list wil…Read more…
NUT strike:
On July 5, members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will walk out in what will be the union’s first national day of action since 2014. Members voted overwhelmingly in favour of action in…Read more…
Forest Gate By Election 2016: 15 days to go
Picture collage from the recent canvassing sessions in the Forest Gate North ward By election in Newham, East London. The candidate is Anam Islam, a top Labour trade unionist, anti-racist campaigner and committed socialist.
The campaig…Read more…