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Human Rights at Work: possibilities and problems for Labour Law
1 July 2015
By Roger Jeary, IER Blogger
On the hottest day in London this year, the Institute welcomed delegates to the GMB London Office to hear from leading legal and academic experts on the…Read more…
Tell MEPs not to make a bad compromise on ISDS in TTIP
A last-minute European Parliament compromise deal poses a real risk MEPs settle for a damaging ISDS-lite plan.Read more…
Could CDC hatch from NEST?
Legislation paving the way for new-style collective pensions was one of several achievements in Steve Webb’s tenure as the Coalition government’s Pensions Minister. Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions are a mainstay of the Dutch pensions system and have been used in other…Read more…
Living Wage demand
A 12-hour strike by Croydon drivers and escorts, who transport clients such as disabled children, will be staged tomorrow (July 3) against the tight-fisted Impact Group which refuses to pay the…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Press Release: UNISON confirms 24 hour strike on 8 July
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How dare you? Ryanair launches union-busting petition
Prospect condemns budget airline’s bid to ban air traffic control strikesRead more…
BREAKING: FBU begins legal challenge over pensions
Every brigade in the UK to launch a test caseRead more…
O’Grady: “The Nasty Party is back”
TUC says scrapping of child poverty targets is a further nail in the coffin of one-nation conservatismRead more…
Striking windscreen workers see through £3k pay con
Unite members in Birmingham take action over pay inequalityRead more…
Birmingham lecturers walk out in jobs row
UCU members take action at South and City College BirminghamRead more…
Small Heath teachers on strike over plans to turn their school into an academy
NASUWT members fear for their job security and working conditionsRead more…
#TTIP news: 10 reasons why the latest #ISDS compromise is a bad deal
Yesterday the Socialists & Democrats Group in the European Parliament voted 56-34 to endorse a compromise amendment to the Parliament’s draft resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, the EU-US trade deal), covering the controversial issue of Investor-State…Read more…
Diplomatic relations between Cuba and U.S.
Statement by the Revolutionary Government With the reestablishment of diplomatic ties with the United States, the lifting of the blockade, among other issues, will be essential to the ultimate…Read more…
Fighting for the future of the BBC
Morning Star Free-market vultures are circling round the BBC – but their media offerings don’t compare to it, writes MICHELLE STANISTREET “PAYBACK time,” screamed the Sun on the announcement of John…Read more…
London Mesothelioma Action Day July 3 2015 “Banned But Not Gone: All Asbestos causes cancer”
London Hazards Asbestos Group will be holding a Mesothelioma Action Day on 3 July 2015 (this Friday)
The theme is “Banned But Not Gone: all asbestos causes cancer”
It will take place at Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5LG.
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Stop the power grab at Unite Rules Conference
Unite’s leadership is engaged in an anti-democratic power grab and delegates need to be ready to put a stop to it.
Unite’s Rules Conference starts on Monday and delegates have been sent a 160 page book of motions to change our rule book. The sh…Read more…
Regional CCS clusters needed – UK is approaching a carbon policy black hole
I went to the launch of the Teesside Collective report today in London, on the case for an industrial CCS pipeline in the North East. So did a new DECC Minister (see below). The four ‘anchor’ companies leading the project are steel producer SSI, fertiliser producer GrowHow, plastics firm Lotte…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Press Release: “3 wheels on my wagon and I’m still rolling along
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Poorest hit hardest by tax
The poorest pay a greater percentage of their income in tax than the richest people in the UK according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. And by far the biggest drain on the…Read more…