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There is a fantastic quote from the Taxpayers’ Alliance in this BBC story about Facebook that makes explicit the trouble they have as a “taxpayer” body commenting on this issue.
“Taxpayers will be justifiably confused and angry about this tax bill. Bu…Read more…
Stephen Smellie reports on the issues behind the Turkish peace rally murders: The trade union confederations in Turkey, KESK and DISK, along with the Engineers and Architects Association and the Medical Association organised the demonstration and rally in Ankara on Saturday which was attacked by two bomb blasts which have resulted in the death of over 100 people with many hundreds more beingRead more…
Community and Unite say government should have stepped in to save jobsRead more…
The National Health Service’s deficit has ballooned to nearly £1bn in the first three months of the year, figures released on Friday (October 9) revealed – sparking what experts have called the worst…Read more…
Unite accused the government of allowing the ‘light to be snuffed out’ on steelmaking in Teesside, following the announcement today (October 12) that coke ovens and blast furnace at the SSI Redcar…Read more…
low wages are on the increase, the Office of National Statistics reported today. * The number of employees outside London paid below the living wage has risen by 2 percentage points since 2012, Reaching 23 per cent by 2014. The increase in London has been much sharper though, with the latest…Read more…
News just breaking (via the FT) that the government may have just dropped proposals under consultation as part of the trade union bill, requiring unions to give employers and the police two weeks’ notice of any social media plans around strikes and pickets. The idea had been that unions would need…Read more…
Unite expressed its outrage at the brutal attack on the demonstration for peace that occurred yesterday (October 11) in Ankara, Turkey. The blasts have left nearly 100 people dead and hundreds…Read more…
More jobs paying below living wage BBC Nearly one in four jobs outside of London pay less than the living wage – the pay level suggested for an adequate standard of living. Some 23% of jobs…Read more…
Two years ago this week, the Prime Minister’s business taskforce said relaxing the European Commission’s rules on health and safety risk assessments would save £2.7bn. Meanwhile a piece by…Read more…
The rise and decline of union membership and power in my time (since the 1960s), has been the defining characteristic of a long career in the trade union and labour movement. From being ‘the wave of…Read more…
Want a change? Tired of inactivity & non –committal actions, looking for something better than mere words? Then come to the; Grass Roots Left. Who will be holding their Fifth National conference…Read more…
To help their friends in the Conservative Party, Tata, the large Indian conglomerate, owning much of the British Steel industry and Jaguar/Rover, are concealing the fact that they are in deep…Read more…
Blacklist hero Dave Smith writes exclusively for UnionNewsRead more…
Episode 2: ‘We love foreigners ha ha’ follows tomorrow
The post Episode 1: ‘I need a job’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
A Tale of Two Cities – is a powerful graphically illustrated novel about the plight of bullied and exploited hotel workers – and how by organising together change can be brought about. Unite…Read more…
I am slowly catching up on events that I haven’t managed to post upon yet for various reasons.
This “Real Debt” fringe took place at the TUC Congress last month. It was sponsored by Unison.
Clare Williams, the Northern Region convener chaired and spea…Read more…
In his address to the Tory Party Conference on Wednesday (October 7), prime minister David Cameron insisted that in order “to make Britain greater”, social problems had to be tackled including the…Read more…
The neo-liberals believe they are continuing with the Thatcherite policies of the past. The Tories took on the NUM in 1984-8 and created the UDM split.The Trade Union bill, due its third reading in…Read more…
Commenting on the warning today (Monday), from the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, that dignified care social care for the elderly will be at…Read more…