TUC calls for bosses to introduce more flexi- and home-workingRead more…
UNISON in partnership with NHS to boost blood and organ donation
UNISON today (Monday) became the first union to partner with the NHS to promote awareness of blood and organ donation. The aim is to increase the numbers registering to become donors from UNISON’s…Read more…
Rye Remembrance Sunday 2015
This Remembrance Sunday I was in the ancient town and port of Rye in East Sussex. Picture is from the service this morning outside the. 12th Century, St Mary’s Church.
I watched beforehand the procession into the Church led by the Gold Mace bearer, th…Read more…
Autumn Statement 2015:
When is the Autumn Statement? Chancellor George Osborne will announce the Autumn Statement on November 25Read more…
Tata Steel warns suppliers over prices
BBC Tata Steel has warned suppliers that if they don’t slash prices by 30% then they risk losing Tata’s business. The company’s Long Products division, which supplies steel beams,…Read more…
Liam Byrne’s speech: a bit wrong, a bit sketchy, a bit interesting
Via Chris Dillow, I picked up this speech by Liam Byrne. It’s interesting to read someone who obviously disagrees with Jeremy Corbyn try and come to terms with the new centre of gravity in Labour. It’s worth noting, too, he uses the term “neo-liberalis…Read more…
Russian Revolution Birthday
Today is the 98th anniversary of the Russian (also known confusingly as the October or Bolshevik) Revolution. The 7th November is also the birthday of my unlikely Scorpio twin 🙂Read more…
Inhuman treatment of society’s vulnerable echoes Nazi Germany
Nazis told Germans the state could help them more if it wasn’t for the “defectives” they had to look after Fiona Robertson: Inhuman treatment of society’s vulnerable echoes…Read more…
Workers Uniting Opposes Market Economy Status For China
Workers Uniting, the global union between the United Steelworkers (USW) and Unite the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, has announced its strong opposition to any move by the European Union (EU) to…Read more…
The Nature of the State – Mirage of Elections
The Nature of the State
American United CP – 12 June 1920
In every historical epoque the existing government – the State – has been the organ of coercion used by the ruling class to keep the…Read more…
Rail Rank & File – A Short History 1900-1917
Railway workers notes
L. Ever Before the 20th century railwaymen were considered to be the most submissive section of the wage workers.While miners and engineers had strikes the railroad…Read more…
Dave Prentis welcomes Bradford Living Wage charter
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis marked Living Wage week with a visit to Bradford.
The article Dave Prentis welcomes Bradford Living Wage charter first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Social Services: What does a crisis look like?
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Barnet binmen say: ‘Leave our service alone!’
That is exactly what our UNISON members had to say on the picket line on Wednesday 7 October.
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Government plans for higher education ‘a big disappointment’ says UNISON
UNISON has today (Friday) criticised new government proposals for higher education in England for failing to tackle key issues including funding, student access and increased social mobility….Read more…
‘Out of the blue’
Unite will meet with construction workers at the Air Product renewable energy plant, TV2, in the Tees Valley today (November 6) after yesterday’s shock job loss announcement. Unite, which…Read more…
Cuba – land of problem and promise
Fernando Perez – in Glasgow Saturday!The First Havana/Glasgow Film Festival has started with a bang. The first film La Pericula de Ana, was reportedly a very funny launch, and Conducta – on last…Read more…
Plans for higher education in England are disappointing
UNISON has expressed disappointment at the government’s new plans for higher education in England.
The article Plans for higher education in England are disappointing first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Why the Scottish Parliament should demand a Legislative Consent Motion and refuse to comply with aspects of the Trade Union Bill
Calling for the devolution of employment law alone, is not a sufficient response to the Trade Union Bill
The STUC advocates the devolution of workplace protection law to Scotland. This…Read more…
UK exports to China collapse by 40 per cent
UK exports to China appear to have peaked in 2014Q3 at £4.2bn; in 2015Q3 the figure was £2.5bn, a fall of 40 per cent. The chart shows quarterly figures. UK exports to China, £ million The implications for the condition of the Chinese economy are plain. While monthly figures are more volatile,…Read more…