Across the country, MPs are coming under increasing pressure to show whose side they’re on, and stand with those who serve our communities, teach our children and care for our loved ones. Together,…Read more…
Big boost
A campaign for trade union representation at an aerospace company near Macclesfield, Cheshire has resulted in a 3 per cent pay deal and an increase in holiday pay for hundreds of workers at the…Read more…
Ethical cleaning
London’s first ethical cleaning company, which launched this week, is aiming to provide a better deal for workers in a sector known for low pay and exploitative working conditions. Clean for…Read more…
‘Searing indictment’
The NHS in Cornwall needs a cash injection of £100m to restore health services in the county, following a damning report on the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. The call comes from Unite…Read more…
‘Massive blow’
Unite said the announcement that Cummins Generator Technologies is to close one of its sites in Stamford threatening about 300 jobs is ‘a massive blow to the Lincolnshire economy’. It is…Read more…
Operation Basalt 75 years later
This is the text of a speech I gave at Stocks Hotel, Sark, 3 October 2017, the 75th anniversary of the British commando raid on the island. It has been three quarters of a century…Read more…
Winter is coming
People living in 4m households face a lifetime of decreased opportunity from living in a cold, damp environment as they struggle to pay their energy bills. Trapped and at the mercy of the ‘big…Read more…
The underground history of UK dance music
I’ve watching another history of dance music in the UK and the same frustrations are rising up. Every single one tells the same story – interesting stuff was happening in the US – in particular DJ Frankie Knuckles in the Warehouse Club in Chicago in 1979 where House Music was born, and then…Read more…
Community Land Trusts: “An answer to the Housing Crisis?” Newham Co-operative Party Thursday 12 October at 8pm
I will be sending the invite and agenda out tomorrow morning to all members but Newham Co-operative Party will be holding a meeting next Thursday 12 October at 8pm at the West Ham CLP HQ at 306 High Street, Stratford, London, E15 1AJ
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Restoring our voice
IT giant Fujitsu may face more industrial action as members of Unite prepare to hold a ballot for further industrial action in their long-running dispute. Unite members in Fujitsu…Read more…
‘Brutal pay policy’
Unite members at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are gearing up to take industrial action over a ‘completely unacceptable’ 1.5 per cent pay offer that has been imposed by management. …Read more…
‘Long way short’
Theresa May’s promise to build “a new generation of council houses” during her speech to the Tory conference yesterday (October 4) typically sounded better than it is. May’s pledge of an extra…Read more…
Has the public sector pay cap kept up with rising prices?
The answer is No. A really informative chart that shows why so many public sector workers and their families are living in poverty and need a real pay rise.
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Get into gear
More than a third of car-buyers are open to purchasing an electric vehicle a new survey has revealed, as the automotive industry prepares to switch to battery operated motors. With the…Read more…
Navy faces ‘choppy waters’
The movement of Royal Navy vessels in and out of five UK ports could be severely disrupted, as tug boat crew ballot for strike action in a national pay dispute. Portsmouth, the home…Read more…
‘Not left high and dry’
Unite announced today (October 4) that it was launching legal action on behalf of over 1,800 Monarch airline workers who lost their jobs after the firm went in to administration earlier in the week….Read more…
‘Parallel universe’
Prime minister Theresa May closed the Tory Party Conference with a speech today (October 4) that symbolised the continued failings of a party at the end of its tether. May struggled to…Read more…
Postal Strike Vote:
Record ‘yes’ vote and threshold-smashing turnout PostalOctober 3 2017 A national postal strike moved a step closer today after CWU members working in Royal Mail Group delivered a huge message to the…Read more…
Another PR exercise?
Following mounting pressure on prime minister Theresa May after repeated delays to the publication of a racial disparity report, it was announced this week (October 3) that the study will be out on…Read more…
‘No other option’
Unite is balloting its members for fresh strike action in a longstanding dispute with Mears in Manchester. Unite members employed in housing maintenance roles at Mears and at Manchester…Read more…