The Financial Times has a story today (behind the paywall) suggesting that the government’s new visa system for EU migrants will have to be enforced not by the Home Office or the Borders Agency but by employers, landlords and universities, because of cuts to the civil service. That would,…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: West Midlands Region candidate recommendations
If you are a UNISON member in our West Midlands region please vote for Carol, Eleanor, Steve and Mary. You can also vote for all the National seats below and for your own Service Group representatives.
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Triggered: Article 50, Brexit & the impact on local communities -Newham Fabians
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…
Triggered: Article 50, Brexit and the impact on local communitiesWhen: 6.30pm – 8.30pm on Thursday 20th April 2017
Where: Main Lecture Theatre, Loughborough University London, Here East, 3 Lesney Avenue, The Bro…Read more…
John's Labour blog 2017-04-16 20:16:00
Respond to this post by replying above this lineNew post on Red BrickAmbition to Buildby stevehilditchBelow is my contribution to the Spring Edition of Fabian Review, Ambition to Build. Labour has a strong set of policies which command a…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: East Midlands Region candidate recommendations
If you are a UNISON member in our East Midlands region please vote for Chris and Nicole. You can also vote for all the National seats below and for your own Service Group representatives.
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United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Len McCluskey
United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Tony Burke
United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Free Trade
United Steelworkers Convention 2017 – Power Of Unity
Teachers to Strike over Cuts:
Teachers’ union threatens strike over school budget cuts By Hannah RichardsonBBC News education reporter in Cardiff Strike action over funding cuts in England’s schools has been backed by…Read more…
The Co-op and the Co-operative Party: 100 years of pioneering the future
Dear Friend,Starting from next week, eligible members of the Co-operative Group (‘the Co-op’) will begin receiving their ballots for this year’s AGM, by post or email.
Once again, Co-op members will vote on continuing the partnership between the Co-op and the Co-operative Party – can you help us…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: South West Region candidate recommendations
If you are a UNISON member in our South West region please vote for Debi and Mike. You can also vote for all the National seats below and for your own Service Group representatives.
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On the knocker in Plaistow South 25 March
On Saturday 25 March I helped out again, the Plaistow South Labour Party branch on a campaign day with local Councillors and activists. The weather was kind to us this time being unseasonably warm and sunny.
There are no elections planned in London fo…Read more…
Four years after Rana Plaza, union action prevents a repeat
On 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed, killing over 1100 mostly women workers. Bangladeshi and global unions persuaded multinational enterprises to join the Bangladesh Fire and…Read more…
15 minute care makeover – if you have elderly relatives or worry about what will happen to you when you get old then watch and weep (then get angry and do something about this)
Please watch, weep, get angry and then do something. Demand change. Join a trade union and the Labour Party. This UNISON video has been watched on Facebook by 3.4 million people.
Watch this clip from Claire Sweeney’s new exploitative ’15 minute …Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: South East Region candidate recommendations
If you are a UNISON member in our South East region please vote for Steve and you can also vote for all the National seats below and for your own Service Group representatives.
NATIONAL (vote for all)
Black MembersKebba MANNE…Read more…
Government consultation on fines for trade unions
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‘Short changed’ over pay
Thousands of trainee bus drivers in London have been ‘short changed’ by the majority of bus companies not paying the agreed London living wage, Unite has said. The union said it had evidence…Read more…
War on late payments
Jeremy Corbyn said on Tuesday (April 11) that a Labour government would “declare war” on the late payment of invoices, describing the issue as a £26bn “national scandal”. The Labour leader…Read more…