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I should leave the country more often!
For the first time in 12 years I miss a meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) and what happens?
Our Gen…Read more…
UNISON supports Jeremy Corbyn in UK Labour leadership election
Wed 29 July 2015
UNISON has decided to nominate Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership contest and Yvette Cooper as its second choice at the union’s National Labour Link committee today (Wednesday).UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:“Jeremy Corbyn’s message has resonated with public sector workers who have suffered years of pay freezes, redundancies with too manyRead more…
No to shift rota changes
Unite members under the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement today (July 29) rejected proposals over changes to shift rotas and terms and conditions following a consultative ballot,…Read more…
Rural workers will suffer
A renewed call for better pay and conditions, as well as better health and safety standards for farmworkers was made this month by Unite executive council member Ivan Monckton, who represents…Read more…
Put pensions plans on hold call
Changes to the Nestlé pension scheme that could mean that 7,600 workers losing thousands of pounds in retirement income should be put ‘on hold’ until a proper valuation of the scheme in December….Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
To advise further on the above, a questionnaire was sent out to all un-restructured members for completion. It was raised with me that some members…Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
Our Ref: BR2/150021st July 2015 Dear Colleague RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS For some considerable time your Senior Union Representatives have been seeking a commitment from South West Trains to…Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
To advise further on the above, a questionnaire was sent out to all un-restructured members for completion. It was raised with me that some members received this questionnaire by post and some by e-mail.
I have today spoken with RM…Read more…
When life beyond work ceases to exist
The number of people on zero-hours contracts, in which workers are not guaranteed any hours of work, is notoriously difficult to calculate. While the scale of the zero-hours epidemic is not…Read more…
Turkish crack down on “terror” leads to raids on teachers’ union
Statement released by Turkish union teachers’ union Eğitim-Sen after police raids: “We have acted in solidarity with the refugees from Syria, particularly the children, visiting refugee camps and…Read more…
‘Bleeding’ us dry
‘Vampire’ Sajid Javid comes from the working class so why is he bleeding us of all our rights? Sajid Javid is the son of a bus driver who sits at the Cabinet table, the proud embodiment of the…Read more…
“LOBOs and the confessions of an ex-auditor”
Check out this article in the local government finance online site “Room 151”. Former auditor, Stephen Sheen, looks critically at the decision making process that resulted in Councils taking out LOBOs (Lender Option; Borrower Option) in the first place…Read more…
Fossils are go! as Labour hopefuls miss Osborne’s energy omnishambles
Business Green argues today that the government is pushing through without an effective response from Labour’s leadership hopefuls a new energy policy with renewables shoved to the margins. But across the Pond, Hillary Clinton’s pledge to install half a billion solar panels and generate enough…Read more…
All the fun of the Fest
Catch all the highlights from Saturday’s (July 26) Southampton Left Fest below
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TUC: Employers in denial about pregnancy discrimination:
New report shows many employers are in denial about pregnancy discrimination, says TUC Commenting on today’s (Friday) report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which shows that one in nine…Read more…
Just the tip of the iceberg?
‘Blacklisting’ in the construction industry must be investigated by the public inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales, Unite said today (Tuesday, July 28). Unite said that there…Read more…
“Want work” levels and women’s labour market participation
Women Want Work is a new TUC briefing that argues that the official unemployment figures under-state the jobs shortage; in particular they minimise the number of women who aren’t in employment but ideally would like a paid job. This is because of the way unemployment is defined for the…Read more…
Left fest forward!
Saturday in Southampton (July 26) was a day of music, comedy, free food and, yes, politics. Hundreds of people from Hampshire and beyond poured into a packed church hall to enjoy the port…Read more…
US communication workers resist Verizon assault
39,000 workers on the East Coast set to strike on 1 August as contract expires without agreement.Read more…
Do schools really fail to prepare pupils for the world of work?
Anne Heavey is an Education Policy Adviser at ATL. Every week we see headlines decrying the crisis of skills teaching in our schools, the gist: our schools fail to prepare our children for the world…Read more…