13 February 2015
By Roger Jeary, IER Blogger
The Institute’s conference on 11th February saw a fine array of trade union and political leaders alongside legal experts and academics debate the…Read more…
UNISON intervention ensures 27 jobs retained at Stornoway call-handling centre
Friday 13 February 2015
UNISON, the public-sector trade union, has helped to ensure the retention of 27 jobs at the Consumer Advice Direct (CAD) call-handling centre in Stornoway after members were issued with redundancy notices early in the New Year.
Flora Somerville, UNISON Branch Organiser, met recently with local politicians and senior management from Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) – whichRead more…
We should worry if excessively low inflation persists
CPI Inflation is currently at its at the lowest level since this measure of inflation began (1996). This is wrongly being spun as purely good news. Here’s what the bank of England actually says about undershooting its inflation target (my capitals) “The inflation target of 2% is expressed in terms…Read more…
Household debt to grow nearly three times faster than wages under Osborne’s plans, says TUC
12 February 2015 New analysis published today (Thursday) by the TUC finds that the official growth forecasts based on George Osborne’s economic plans are dependent on household debt growing much…Read more…
Digital Dark Age ?
Google’s Vint Cerf warns of ‘digital Dark Age’ By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Vint Cerf, a “father of the internet”, says he is worried that all the…Read more…
Energy efficiency: Small businesses certainly don’t have money to burn
The UK’s largest small business organisation, the UK Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), is campaigning and lobbying to help small and microbusinesses to become more energy efficient. It’s an organisation with over 200,000 businesses and is concerned to help them to reduce emissions, become low…Read more…
Join us 1 pm Trafalgar Square 15 February – Let Greece breathe
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RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014 – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS 12th February 2015 Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS You will be aware members rejected of both options previously offered…Read more…
RMT Waterloo Branch News (1636) 2015-02-13 10:55:00
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS
12th February 2015
Dear Colleagues,
RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS
You will be aware members rejected of both…Read more…
Global Divestment Day
If we are to save the planet for future generations, it’s time to take action against the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry.
13th-14th February is Global Divestment Day. Thousands of…Read more…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – 8 MARCH 2015
To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Circular no: NP/023/15My ref: EO/611 February 2015 Dear…Read more…
Union women can defeat the Con Dems
#unwc15 UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan writes in the Morning Star on the potential influence of the union’s women members on the outcome of the upcoming General Election: ‘The country can afford the…Read more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: 58 per cent of benefit cuts will hit working families
As we come up to the election, the government’s plans for benefit cuts are going to be a vital issue. The reality of this policy is that most of these cuts have hit families in working poverty, but the politics of this debate mean that the key issue is whether the government can persuade…Read more…
Councillor Dianne Walls OBE
Congratulations to top Labour Forest Gate Councillor and former Newham school head, Dianne Walls, for her award of the Order of British Empire (OBE) last week at Buckingham Place. Well deserved and what a great photograph! hat tip Conor. Read more…
February/March Voice column: What turns a trade union member into an activist?
A sense of social justice, a desire to right a wrong certainly. Talking to union activists at all levels, it always strikes me how much we have in common, both in terms of background and experience….Read more…
Success for illegally paid home care workers!
UNISON’s campaign to end minimum wage non-payment in the home care sector has had a big boost this week.Read more…
What David Cameron should do if he’s serious about getting Britain’s workers a pay rise
Politics is a funny business isn’t it? David Cameron has presided over the longest squeeze on living standards since Victoria was on the Throne. And yet there he was on Tuesday getting up at the British Chambers of Commerce, less than 90 days away from a general election, and saying with an…Read more…
UK household debt: still amongst the highest in the world
With the publication of the McKinsey report, Debt and (not much) deleveraging, debt is back in the news. But while McKinsey (an ultra-prestigious consultancy) appears to seek deleveraging, the UK is poised to head in the opposite direction. As widely r…Read more…
Adding insult to injury – public service workers exempt from Tory call for pay rises
‘It’s time Britain had a pay rise’ the Tory Prime Minister told the British Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday. But Tory Ministers were quick to point out that Cameron’s Damascene conversion to fairness…Read more…