UNISON is calling on the union’s safety reps to get organised – and members to get involved -in this year’s European Health and Safety week. We want safety reps to ask members and…Read more…
Council Tax payers should decide
This is a letter to the Swindon Advertiser. Here’s your starter for ten points. What is the relationship between the government’s spending review due later this year and the news that the Conservative administration wants to expand the parish council ‘model’? Could it be…Read more…
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell solidarity with #BarnetStrikers – #7October
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said :
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Petition launched to save steel jobs in Redcar
Union calls on government to take action to protect 2,000 Teeside jobsRead more…
Report on Hazards 2015 Conference Keele 4-6 September 2015
This branch sent two delegates to the Hazards Conference at Keele University 4-6 September 2015. A report has been produced by the first delegate which contains information on: The plight of hotel workers in low paid jobs. The functions of Safety … Continue reading →Read more…
“Yes to workers’ rights” – thousands prepare to descend on Manchester
TUC organises anti-austerity march to coincide with Tory Party conferenceRead more…
Barnet strikers announce new action over outsourcing
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backs UNISON’s anti-privatisation campaignRead more…
A real alternative
Unite and the Daily Mirror’s joint Real Britain fringe this year asked the question, when did the war on poverty become a war on the poor? The panel, chaired by the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire,…Read more…
London Reception #Lab15
After arriving at the hotel in Brighton and picking up my delegation pack from unison office, I went to my first conference event, the London Labour Party reception.
This is the annual shin dig for London delegates and Party members. London Labour Cha…Read more…
We need a better politics
“The last few weeks have been an absolute spectacle – it is clear that this movement has voted for change, and not by a slight margin but by an overwhelming majority,” said Unite delegate Laura…Read more…
Engaging the energy of all
In Unite’s first contribution to this year’s Labour conference, Unite EC and Labour National Policy Forum member, Maggie Ryan, said at this time of re-building the party it was “absolutely vital” for…Read more…
Free software is to code as labor unions are to workers and neither are revolutionary
Full Disclosure: I work full time for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the views expressed here do not reflect the views of the FSF or my position at the FSF. This is a point that has been…Read more…
Free software is to code as labor unions are to workers and neither are revolutionary
Full Disclosure: I work full time for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the views expressed here do not reflect the views of the FSF or my position at the FSF. This is a point that has been…Read more…
Community spirit will never be defeated
Liverpool is my home city. I was delighted to be back home this weekend for many reasons but primarily so that I can honour one of the most heroic struggles in the history of our movement, the dock…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2015. A view.
I’ve just finished packing for Conference and will soon be on my way to catch the train for Brighton. For the Party this should prove to be a pivotal Conference.
After the shock and devastation that we all felt following the Conservative victory…Read more…
Workers Uniting statement on breakthrough in Colombian peace talks
Workers Uniting, the 2 million member global union formed by UNITE the union and the United Steelworkers (USW), congratulates all parties in the Colombia peace process for the efforts that led to the…Read more…
Stop CETA, TTIP’s dangerous cousin
Trade deal will allow corporations to sue our government in secret. Tell MEPs to reject it.Read more…
Tory’s green flag in tatters
Less than a decade ago, current prime minister David Cameron set off to visit a remote Norwegian glacier to witness first-hand the effects of global warming. On a sled to visit the site, he famously…Read more…
Steely resolve
The Redcar steelworkers were paid today, but only because the taxman fast-tracked money owed to their employers SSI iron and steel makers. And despite the possibility they won’t be paid next month,…Read more…
Varoufakis on Osborne’s austerity
In comparison to Greece, cuts in the UK must undoubtedly look like a picnic. But Yanis Varoufakis overplayed the lack of austerity here (on BBC Question Time last night). Both at an individual level and in terms of the macroeconomy, UK cuts have been h…Read more…