It is a little outside of the norm to share a non-tech specific piece, but this article is important for all communities includeing tech. Please if you have not read this it is worth reading. The new issue of Jacobin, “Journey to the Dark Side,” is out now. Subscribe for the first time at a […]Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: Eastern Region candidate recommendations
As well as the excellent regional NEC reps above Eastern region members can also vote or all the National seats below and for their own Service Group.
National (vote for all)
Black MembersKebba MANNEH Male SeatElizabeth CAMERON Fem…Read more…
West Ham Labour “Brexit” fundraising dinner with Keir Starmer MP
Picture collage from the fully booked dinner on 30 March where over 120 members turned up to listen to the Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. By coincidence this was also the day after the Prime Minister had formerly “triggered” …Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: Greater London candidates
It would be great to have a care worker and two nurses representing London alongside Irene on the NEC. (need to get typo in Mike’s name sorted)
As well as regional NEC reps London members can also vote for all National seats and for their own Service …Read more…
Far From the Western Front: South Asian Stories of the First World War
After a Labour Party canvass session in Forest Gate last month, Councillor Anam Islam took Councillor John Whitworth and I to this exhibition in the Minhaj-Ul-Quran Cultural centre in Romford Road.
This was a fascinating examination of the untold…Read more…
The Young Communist League of Cuba currently has 300,752 members and over 33,000 grassroots committees.
When former U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro began normalizing relations in 2014, many claimed the move signaled the death of communism on the Caribbean Island. RELATED:…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2017: Yorkshire & Humberside
Regional recommendations for Yorkshire & Humberside region. Read more…
Statement on the closure of NHS Protect
Responding to the news that NHS Protect has been closed, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “Assaults on NHS staff are growing. That’s why it’s so worrying that the body looking after them…Read more…
How Washington D.C. speaks for Roosevelt’s monumental economic vision
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people”, FDR accepting his nomination as presidential candidate, 2 July 1932 credit: Ron Cogswell Preamble Every two years an international Trades Union Confederation delegation from across the world meets with officials…Read more…
‘Reckless and destabilising’
Unite the union says controversial energy firm Ineos is being ‘reckless and ‘destabilising’ over pay talks for workers at its plants in Grangemouth. The company – owned by billionaire…Read more…
A Marxist-Leninist Statement on Strikes Against Syria:
Oppose U.S. Air Strikes Against Syria! No to Escalating the Military Conflict in Syria! Hands Off Syria! Thursday, April 6 — 10:30 pm The U.S. has engaged in criminal activity by launching tomahawk…Read more…
‘Desperate’ NHS funding plea
There’s no doubt that the NHS is under pressure as it faces rising demand and chronic government underfunding. But seemingly every week new figures reveal just how massive the scale of the…Read more…
‘We will not stand by’
One of the greatest problems afflicting construction workers is the problem of undercutting. Greedy bosses look to boost their profits by exploiting workers by paying them below industry…Read more…
Where ‘vultures’ dare?
Unite is seeking urgent assurances from Unilever bosses after its decision to sell off its margarine spreads business has put 200 jobs in Essex at risk. Responding to Unilever’s decision to…Read more…
Gerard Coyne’s Unite leadership campaign is about removing Corbyn and nothing else
John Corr Evolve Politics (on line news)- Let us be clear from the start. Support for Gerard Coyne’s campaign to lead Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union, Unite, has nothing to do with rescuing…Read more…
Change has to come
Hospitality workers are among the hardest working yet lowest paid, so it’s hardly surprising that low wages and unfair tipping practices are two of the biggest issues facing our members. After all,…Read more…
Deliveroo ‘doublespeak’
Unless you move to a foreign country, having to learn another language seems an unusual requirement for a job in a firm that specialises in delivering takeaways. But managers at gig-economy…Read more…
Deliveroo ‘doublespeak’
Unless you move to a foreign country, having to learn another language seems an unusual requirement for a job in a firm that specialises in delivering takeaways. But managers at gig-economy…Read more…
‘Betrayed and let down’
The workers at Norfolk turkey producers Bernard Matthews ‘feel betrayed and let down’, as 69 chicken production and 59 managerial job losses were confirmed. Unite said that the workers were…Read more…
Six years on, Dilnot is still an improvement and still not enough
Yesterday I attended a lecture by the economist Andrew Dilnot, hosted by the Resolution Foundation. The lecture was called “A lasting solution to the social care crisis”; it was effectively a relaunch of the proposals of the Dilnot Review. The Dilnot Review published its proposals in June of 2011,…Read more…