Funeral oration for Rizwan Sheikh, UNISON Black LGBT activist, who died on 12 November
The article Remembering Rizwan Sheikh first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Vote For Dave
Picture collage of Dave Prentis talking to and being supported by school teacher assistants; NHS nurses & paramedics; local government, community, utilities and police staff. There is now less than 2 weeks left to cast your postal vote for the next…Read more…
“UK’s housing crisis will only be made worse by this bill”
This letter was publised in The Guardian today.
The housing and planning bill currently before parliament will make the housing crisis worse. It sets out to reduce the number of genuinely affordable homes, and encourage even more property specu…Read more…
Leeds Protest against Tory August Spending Review – 25/11/2015 – 5pm – Victoria Gardens.
The Tory government will be announcing yet more austerity in their Spending Review. As they prepare to inflict yet more misery, we’re gathering to say no. That we don’t consent to cuts and we will…Read more…
Working for the economy: The economic case for trade unions
Colleagues,
Apologies for the absence of a recent post, but workload has kept me away from writing, and I have also had so many thoughts on what I’d like to write next, that it has stopped me from getting down to the business of writing itself
UNITE GPM&IT National Industrial Sector Committee meeting November 2015
The Graphical, Paper, Media & IT NISC met on 12-13 November, and this is a report of some points of potential interest. It doesn’t include the (important) reports on what’s going on in various employers and sub-sectors, as the NISC regards these as…Read more…
It’s time for real action to #SaveOurSteel
I was proud to speak in November 2015 in the Steel City, Sheffield, at a big rally in solidarity with the thousands of steelworkers fighting for their jobs, their livelihoods and their communities. Hundreds of workers and supporters came together to send a clear message to the government that we…Read more…
Boleyn Ward By-Election: Thursday canvass
Picture from canvass last night in Boleyn ward, Newham. It was another successful door knock with the Labour candidate, Veronica Oakeshott (middle). It was a little cold and dark, so not much discussion about politics but very solid results for Labour….Read more…
The Six Week Wait – Already Causing Hardship
People getting the government’s new Universal Credit often have to wait six weeks for their first money and this is causing them problems with their bills, according to a new report. Some have had to turn to food banks. Waiting for Credit is a new report written by a group of 16…Read more…
Justice Committee calls on government to scrap criminal courts charge, in new report
The House of Commons Justice Committee has today released a report which calls for the repeal of the criminal courts charge, introduced in April 2015, just prior to the general election. The report considers the effects of the introduction of the charg…Read more…
Music in step with the times:
Public sector workers in the firing line (again)
George Osborne has certainly got his work cut out with the Spending Review next week. On the one hand, the Chancellor has pledged to find a further £20bn of departmental cuts in order to meet his spending targets. On the other, he has a fresh commitment to find £4bn for cyber-security and military…Read more…
A blueprint for growth
Addressing a packed hall of students at York University (November 19) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey spoke about the positive economic policies needed to kick-start British industry and create…Read more…
Justice now call
Unite has welcomed the `unreserved apology’ from the Metropolitan Police to the seven women duped into relationships with undercover police officers specially assigned to infiltrate politically…Read more…
Episode 25: Taking the first step
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week. …Read more…
TRADE UNION BILL: Government clings to concept of intimidation despite lack of evidence
20 November 2015
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work Project Researcher, Institute of Employment Rights
IER readers will recall that in July 2015 the government released three consultation documents…Read more…
We were all once refugees!
The St Andrew’s Day Anti-Racism March and Rally this year has the theme ‘No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here.’ The rally will take place on Sat 28th Nov, Assemble 10:30am Glasgow Green. Below is a…Read more…
‘Economics of Arthur Daley’
Media reports that further cuts to local government public health budgets are on the cards as a way of slashing overall health spending should be strongly resisted, Unite said today (November 20)….Read more…
Parishes proposal: the electors must decide
This is written on behalf of Parks & East Walcot Community Forum, of which I am the Secretary. Yesterday Parks & East Walcot Community Forum discussed the Community Governance Review being launched by Swindon Borough Council – the proposal to devolve some of its services to new parish…Read more…
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time
The workload elephant has always been with us, but it just seems to keep growing, and it’s increasingly out of control. It’s time to stop. ATL’s It’s about time campaign is about helping the…Read more…