NETANYAHU scare tactic misfired. So will he try again?
THE international agreement under which the Iranian government renounces the production of nuclear weapons and allows international…Read more…
How banks are ripping off Councils and what to do about it
This post was published on LabourList today. Tomorrow (20 July 2015) at 4pm the Select Community on Communities Local Government will hear evidence from the Channel 4 Despatches programme and their expert witnesses.
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At the summit: fans keen to support FIFA reform
The fans got stuck in to our panel at the football Supporters’ Summit today, where the Football Supporters’ Federation had invited the TUC’s Playfair Qatar to talk about FIFA reform…Read more…
At the summit
There wasn’t time to answer all the questions from the floor. The fans got stuck in to our panel at the football Supporters’ Summit, where the Football Supporters’ Federation had…Read more…
The first shot in the war on trade unionism
I go on leave for a week to enjoy the sunshine in Sussex and the Government introduces draconian restrictions on the rights of workers to organise and take action as trade unionists (in the Trade Union Bill).This isn’t quite the existential threat to trade unionism itself which many of us continue…Read more…
Workers’ Capital in the Twenty-First Century
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Scotland after socialism?
Beneath the EU’s affront to democracy in Greece there is still the debate about whether Syriza reflects a shift to the left or whether it is just a singular reaction to a single issue…Read more…
Coca-Cola backs global union call for an independent review of FIFA
The global trade union movement’s campaign for workers’ rights to be a key element of mega-sporting events is often obscured by the cesspit that is FIFA. Migrant construction workers…Read more…
BBC funding settlement is a disaster but far from a done deal
Did the 29 celebrities who wrote to complain about the BBC’s funding settlement this week initiate their letter to the PM or did they not? Who cares?! We very much doubt that Daniel Craig or Stephen Fry were forced by the evil BBC to sign or die! But the spat this threw up in the…
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NI NHS staff: pay us properly
Understaffing and underfunding are the main barriers to a seven-day NHS in Northern Ireland, Unite said today (Friday July 17) – and not staff costs for working unsocial hours. The…Read more…
Not so sweet
Ministers should introduce a sugar tax and ban the advertising of sugary drinks and food, as the obesity crisis amongst children grows, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Friday July…Read more…
FC Barcelona election will decide fate of Qatar Airways sponsorship deal
Tomorrow’s FC Barcelona presidential elections are likely to seal the fate of any further sponsorship deal by Qatar Airways.Read more…
Barnet ‘Kids4Libraries’ march Saturday 12 September
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Just can’t take it anymore
Unite is at the forefront of Ireland’s Right2Water campaign, which has mobilised hundreds of thousands of people in the Republic against yet another austerity tax: water charges. Although…Read more…
Defend our UNISON rep – Letter to Editor
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The worst Anti-Union Laws ever & still they want more!
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Government takes a swipe at Safety Representatives
The Trade Union Bill is a particular worrying Bill with implications for anyone at work. There have been lots of really good blogs on this site about it so I am not going to repeat these. I just want…Read more…
Planning to let the Greek horse bolt before shutting the stable door
There have been many reactions to the deal forced on the Greek government and its people at the weekend by Eurozone Finance Ministers, mostly outrage or despair. Even the IMF, which bears a lot of the responsibility for imposing an austerity-fuelled re…Read more…
Burma: unions, global brands & NGOs back minimum wage for all
Things are changing in Burma, once a by-word for breaches of ILO core conventions, a no-go country for trade unionists (except for the ones in the military junta’s jails) and home to the…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis: My 3 Pledges to you
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