31 May 2017
By Faiza Shaheen, Director of CLASS
Director of the CLASS Think Tank Faiza Shaheen comments on the Conservative Party Manifesto pledges for workers’ rights.
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‘Hidden’ food banks
Hundreds of “hidden” food banks have revealed record levels of food poverty in the UK. Research from the Independent Food Aid Network (Ifan) indicates that the true level of food poverty…Read more…
Morning Star to publish General Election Special edition
Britain’s only socialist daily newspaper is producing a special bumper election edition to be handed out free at supermarkets June 1st (Thursday). 175,000 copies of the Morning Star – featuring…Read more…
Captain SKA – Liar Liar GE2017
Stanlow pensions row
Essar Stanlow staff at the refinery plant in Ellesmere Port are being balloted for industrial action in a row over pensions. Unite started balloting over 350 of its members in the collective…Read more…
Sticking together
Members of Unite have stuck together on the first day (May 30) of 11 days of scheduled strikes, in a dispute over pay, at the Stafford factory of Bostik the adhesive and sealant manufacturer. …Read more…
Automation nation
People are more worried about robots taking their jobs than they are about competition from migrants, a new poll reveals. The survey, conducted by jobs site Indeed of more than 1,500 UK…Read more…
Centenary of Lenin’s April Theses:
100th Anniversary Year of the Great October Revolution On the 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Lenin delivering April Theses at meeting of the Bolshevik Party held in the…Read more…
Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever!
Theresa May’s Manifesto Pledge that Means the Greatest NHS Property Sell-off Ever Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign opposing the visit of Theresa May to the North East in May On Monday, May…Read more…
Blog: When public services win, our whole country wins
In the weeks ahead, let us make these the issues that define the general election – because they are the issues that will define the future of our country for a generation.
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Recruitment ‘cliff edge’
June 8 will be remembered by England’s next generation of nurses and health professionals as the day their professions’ fates were decided. If the Conservatives win, bursaries for nursing,…Read more…
Successful Meeting to Organise “Save our NHS” on the Isle of Wight.
Isle of Wight Save Our NHS group gains momentum Christine Lightbody (Report for onthewight} The Group say if planned STP is allowed to continue unchallenged, we could be witness to complete…Read more…
‘No friends of the North’
The Conservative party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite warned on Monday (May 29). Billboards carrying that message will appear…Read more…
Britain still needs a pay rise – real wages are falling again
Are you feeling the pinch? That’s because real wages are falling – again. In 2016, average real weekly pay (that’s pay once inflation has been taken into account) for UK workers was around £24 less than it was back in 2008. This adds up to over £1,200 a year. The UK is one of few…
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Marks & Spencer close their staff pension scheme and lose £131 million
M&S pension surplus falls £131.3m due to DB future accrual closureWritten by Talya Misiri24/05/17Marks and Spencer has revealed that its pension surplus fell by £131.3m in the year to April 2017 due to the closure of its defined benefit scheme to future accrual.
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Argos loses High Court bid as warehouse strikes continue
A High Court judgement thwarting a further attempt by the retail giant Argos to stop a two week strike was hailed as a ‘significant’ victory by Britain’s largest union, Unite today (Friday 26 May),…Read more…
Unite warns voters ‘Tories are no friends of the North’
The Conservative Party is ‘no friend of the North’ but instead the party of the ‘leafy shires and the lucky few’, Unite the country’s largest union is warning. Billboards carrying that message will…Read more…
Only Labour Backs UK Manufacturing.
The most important thing you can do
Recent posts on this niche blog might lead readers to conclude that I was currently mostly concerned with what was going on within UNISON.
Not at all.
Much as I love my trade union and its members I do not make the mistake of exaggerating the signific…Read more…
Less than 2 weeks to Go! Forest Gate & Ilford North
Picture collage from yesterday in Forest Gate and Ilford North with our West Ham Parliamentary candidate, Lyn Brown.
The weather was mostly sunny and very warm. The sunshine and spring flowers made door knocking a pleasure. You can (usually) be guaran…Read more…