Jon Woods has been elected unopposed to the local government service group executive South East general seat in a by-election and will take office immediately
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Airport workers announce Bank Holiday strike
GMB members at Stansted to take action over payRead more…
Commuters out of pocket as rail tickets rise three times faster than wages
Unions call for re-nationalisation of rail networkRead more…
When two rights make a wrong
It’s taken 35 years for the disaster of the Tory sell off of council homes known as right to buy to fully evolve as the hidden hand behind our current housing crisis. It turns out that now the…Read more…
Londoners’ walk up Place Fell
Off message but last week I was on holiday in the Lake District and went for a superb 8.5 mile walk up and down Place Fell then alongside Ullswater. The weather was unusually kind, warm and sunny (unlike some of the other days – there is a reason why t…Read more…
UNISON Scotland Women’s Conference: Forms now online
Forms are now online for the Women’s Conference/AGM on 10 October in Dundee. Deadline is 14 September. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/women/index.htmlRead more…
UNISON Scotland LGBT AGM: forms now online
Forms are now on the website for the LGBT AGM on 17 October. Deadline is 25 September. See more at http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/lgbt/index.htmlRead more…
Yvette Cooper, Quantitative Easing and the spirit of Keynes.
Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson
16 August 2015
Tony Blair’s assertion that the Labour Party faces “annihilation” if Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader, is little short of astonishing. Just…Read more…
All through the night
Working nights has become a new norm, a recent TUC survey has found. More than 3m people now regularly work through the night, an arrangement that can have a devastating impact on not only…Read more…
Angela Eagle writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
The right to be treated fairly at work is the essential right of every worker in Britain today. It means being paid properly, respected by your employer and having rights to sick pay holidays…Read more…
Tom Watson writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
The next Deputy leader of the Labour Party must work to ensure the party speaks to a wider range of people in work and better demonstrate it genuinely understands their pressures, experiences and…Read more…
Ben Bradshaw writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
In the 115 years since the Trade Union Movement brought the Labour Party to life in collaboration with the Co-Operatives and the Fabian Society, Britain’s economy has changed beyond…Read more…
Stella Creasy writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
At twenty one you’re on top of the scrapheap At sixteen you were top of the class All they taught you at school Was how to be a good worker The system has failed you, don’t fail yourself In…Read more…
Caroline Flint writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
Work helps create a society in which people can be independent, raise a family and be part of a community. It also ensures that through those that work we can provide for schools, hospitals and other…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
The British labour market is in crisis. That may seem an odd thing to say with the Conservatives crowing about record levels of employment, but the crisis is not of quantity, it’s of…Read more…
Andy Burnham writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
In the months since our devastating Election defeat, Labour has been consumed by a round of painful soul-searching. I spent the early stages of my Leadership campaign focusing on the most…Read more…
Liz Kendall writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
Britain can be a country where everyone can get a fair wage for a fair day’s work; a high-skill, high pay country in which we train and invest in our workforce: improving people’s lives and enabling…Read more…
Yvette Cooper writes for Unions21 on Fair Work
I believe deeply in the Trade Union movement. When my mum went to work it was still legal to pay women less – our Trade Unions, working with the Labour Party, changed that. My dad was a trade…Read more…
Corbyn or the Party – Which is the Bigger Threat to Labour?
17 August 2015
By Marc Fovargue-Davies, Sue Konzelmann and Frank Wilkinson
This blog first appeared as an article in Saturday’s Morning star.
Many members of the Parliamentary Labour…Read more…
CLS/CSE Event: Work, Politics and Austerity: 14 Nov 2015
The continuing intensification of neoliberal policies across Europe and beyond will bring major challenges to the workers and popular classes, at home and abroad.
The re-composition of radical left politics in the UK and internationally presents b…Read more…