It’s the start of a new year: and a challenging one for UNISON members, the services they provide, and for the union
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Times tables tests – as easy as 1, 2, 3?
By Anne Heavey, Education Policy Adviser at ATL. Happy New Year! Yesterday Nicky Morgan announced that in 2017 every 11 year old child will take an online test to check that they know their times…Read more…
Union paramedic ‘shocked’ at new year honours MBE
Steve Evans, a UNISON member who works at the North West Ambulance Service, has declared himself “shocked” after receiving an MBE in the new year honours. Mr Evans, a paramedic who works…Read more…
Join a union to make your life better
Join a union to make your life better, TUC tells low-paid workers General secretary Frances O’Grady calls on employees to band together to confront low wage growth and zero-hours contracts Frances…Read more…
A life lost can mean another saved
Becoming an organ donor can be a gift – both for the lives you save, and the loved ones you leave behind
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Flooding – dealing with the aftermath
The last few weeks have seen misery for people in many parts of the country as they have battled with the floods and their aftermath, both in their homes and their workplaces. For many people, this…Read more…
Save Our NHS Bursaries
I have just signed the Parliamentary Petition here to keep bursaries for trainee NHS Nurses. The petition has 148,815 supporters (according to the map on the site 250 have signed from my West Ham Consistency.
Parliament will debate this petition on Ja…Read more…
A Seasonal Message: DEMON USA!
Christmas Then… and Now Demonically, in time (for) Christmas, we learn that the rulers of the United States of America had plans at one time to wipe out humanity with nuclear war. As Christians…Read more…
A “New” Labour Year
In between Christmas and New Year I was laid low with the lergie so stayed in and managed to finish off inputting the “marked register” data for the ward onto the Party database “Contact Creator” for the 2015 General Election.
The register is an actua…Read more…
My Favourite Picture of 2015
Off message but been looking through my albums for my favourite photo from 2015. This one is from a walk up and down Place Fell, in the Lake District narrowly wins. Click on photo to bring up more detail.
See my post on the walk here.
Take only…Read more…
Capture the momentum built up during 2015, provide inspiration for the tasks of 2016.
RTUC gives political perspective of the Trades Unions and organises from the standpoint of the Workers’ Opposition on the Isle of Wight. The Workers’ Opposition is both the general resistance and…Read more…
Help make life better for women trade unionists in Libya
Want to start the New Year with some global solidarity? Our friends at LabourStart are running an e-action with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) on behalf of Nermin Al-Sharif,…Read more…
Looking forward, well sort of, to 2016
Happy New Year! Lets hope 2016 will be a better one for everyone, but that may be the triumph of hope over reality.
Despite much hype from the Chancellor, the real economy is still struggling…Read more…
Do you know where your next meal is coming from? ‘Free’ traders say you mustn’t!
Just before Christmas, the US Congress caved in to a ruling from the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and agreed that displaying the country of origin of beef and pork products should no longer be required. Canadian and Mexican meat producers (and the U…Read more…
2016 is the year to end the two-speed economy
Decent wages and security for your family shouldn’t just be the preserve of those at the top of the tree, but should be on offer for everyone.
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Sir Lynton Crosby? Two countries, one strategy – weakening unions to make attacks on workers easier
In the New Year’s Honours List, David Cameron’s Australian attack dog Lynton Crosby is expected to receive a knighthood for his services to the Conservative Party. But his assistance has…Read more…
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr!
Happy Hogmanay!
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Newham United Against Austerity: Keynote speaker John McDonnell MP
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Somalia’s unions will not be cowed by violence
Yesterday, Omar Faruk Osman, the leader of our sister organisation in Somalia – the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) – was the subject of an assassination attempt (thankfully…Read more…
Anton Moctonian RIP
Sad news to hear about the sudden death of Anton Moctonian. He was a former UNISON activist but I knew him as a Trade Union studies tutor.
He was a great tutor not only because he was an experienced trade union steward who knew practice as well as the…Read more…