Health Workers Almanac circa 1979 – excellent little bible for rank and file hospital stewards
Written by Hospital Worker supporters. that is those close to the SWPRead more…
COHSE – A Charter For Health 1988
Cape Town students defy court order
Students at the University of Cape Town, protesting at a planned 10.3% fee hike, marched on the university residences today and then on Rondebosch police station to demand the release of students…Read more…
Michael Meacher MP – RIP
Sad news that Michael Meacher MP has died
Michael was a COHSE and Unison sponsored MP for many years and was a force for progress in the dark years of the 1980’s, Michael was also a great defender of our NHS.
He was a diligent MP and as I recall repl…Read more…
COHSE Conference 1992
Hector MacKenzie, Mo Mowlan MP, Joan Walley MP (both COHSE sponsored) and some other back bench Labour MPRead more…
Immigration, what’s the story?
Tomorrow (Thursday October 22) Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is holding a special preview screening of their film – Immigration, what’s the story? The film features people discussing their…Read more…
Nurses Pay Campaign 1962 – Empty Purses Mean Less Nurses
COHSE Wales 1970’s – early 1980s
Indian women take on Tetley tea – and male union leaders
Women in tea plantations in Kerala, India are fighting for decent wages. But they’ve had to fight not just the company, the male-dominated unions that are holding them back.Read more…
Tax credit rethink call quashed
The tax credit cuts are continuing to move their way through Parliament; last night (October 20) Labour’s motion calling for the government to rethink their damaging plans was defeated. Today…Read more…
The Future of Adult Learning on the Isle of Wight through Trades Unions
You are invited to an initial network and planning meeting to map out the future of Adult Education on the isle of Wight supported by Trades Unions. Speakers will include Adrian Ryan from Unionlearn,…Read more…
The Future of Adult Learning on the Isle of Wight through Trades Unions
Your are invited to an initial network and planning meeting to map out the future of Adult Education on the isle of Wight supported by Trades Unions. Speakers will include Adrian Ryan from…Read more…
Nuclear deal secures long-term employment
China’s investment in Hinckley Point nuclear power station has today (Wednesday October 21) raised concern about the financing of future infrastructure projects in the UK. Unite welcomed the…Read more…
Tractor workers reject pay offer in high-cost Basildon
20 October 2015 The management at New Holland Tractor Ltd in Basildon, Essex has been urged to get around the negotiating table, after the workforce overwhelmingly rejected an improved pay offer. The…Read more…
Tractor workers reject pay offer in high-cost Basildon
20 October 2015 The management at New Holland Tractor Ltd in Basildon, Essex has been urged to get around the negotiating table, after the workforce overwhelmingly rejected an improved pay offer. The…Read more…
Victims of things beyond our control
Unite member Martin Foster also writes to the Prime Minister on the dire plight of steel workers. He says, I am a senior trade union official at Tata Steel in Scunthorpe, but I write to you…Read more…
A true friend of trade unions
Commenting on the very sad news today (October 21) of the death of Michael Meacher, Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton, Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary said, “It is with great…Read more…
G4S guards told to fight demons
It was the job from Hell – literally.Read more…
UNISON welcomes dignity and respect campaign for cleaners
EHRC campaign is ‘a big step in the right direction for often invisible workforce’ says union general secretary
The article UNISON welcomes dignity and respect campaign for cleaners first appeared…Read more…
Your excuses are wearing thin
Charlotte Upton, Unite member and electrician at Tata steel in Scunthorpe, has written an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to stop sitting on his hands and to step in and save…Read more…