Major summit for newspapers and agencies
10.30-16.00, lunch provided
Saturday 25th April 2015
Unite’s office, Transport House, 211 Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1AY
The union’s newspapers and…Read more…
‘Funding for lending’ still fails to deliver as bank bosses reward themselves while cutting back lending to firms
As another bank boss was rewarded yesterday with another fat pay packet, (ironically timed) figures at the end of last week showed the ‘funding for lending scheme’ still failing to deliver. Banks continue to cut back on lending to firms (large and small), while soaking up cheap lending from the…Read more…
TUC publishes guide to improve equality for disabled people at work
Frances O’Grady says unions should lead by exampleRead more…
Unions help 185,000 members into learning
Union learning reps praised for their work in engaging new membersRead more…
“Where’s our Leveson Enquiry?” – Blacklist Support Group challenges election candidates
Blacklist Support Group calls for full investigation into human rights conspiracyRead more…
Union attacks university bosses over “secret” expenses claims
UCU report shows university bosses enjoyed an average salary of £260,000 and spent up to £60,000 on premium flights last yearRead more…
New Scottish Government Economic Strategy: Corp Tax and Inequality
There’s much to discuss in the 82 pages of the Scottish Government’s new/updated/refreshed economic strategy published today. I’ll try to return to other stuff over the next few days but confine this…Read more…
Argentinian teachers strike over pay and conditions
Teachers in Argentina are engaged in a two day strike, demanding increased pay and improved funding for schools.Read more…
More from the Future of Private Enterprise
Here’s a further chunk of text from George Goyder’s book setting out a good case for revisiting company law.
The Companies Act of 1862, on which all subsequent Companies legislation is based, gave to shareholders something which does not in equity belo…Read more…
Safety Last – but police spied on union members
DAWLISH, a resort on the South Devon coast, looks like a nice place to retire, and I expect Juliette Austin had looked forward to enjoying her retirement. But Ms. Austin, who as a former PE teacher…Read more…
US Oil Workers – It’s All About Safety
USW oil workers have been forced into an unfair labor practice strike. The workers are fighting to secure fair contracts that will protect the health and safety of workers and communities. The oil…Read more…
Pay deal victory
Workers maintaining tens of thousands of miles of UK motorways secured a much improved pay deal today (March 3). The Unite members, working for Amey in four different depots in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire, accepted the two-year pay deal following the first day of an unprecedented week-long strike action. Amey’s workers, who grit […]
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The value of voting
The NoVoteNoVoice whistle stop bus tour is off to Brighton and Hove tomorrow (March 4) and then onwards to Southampton the following day (March 5), in an unprecedented voter registration drive that’s hoping to reverse the millions of people missing from the electoral roll. The bus tour, organised by a coalition of groups including […]
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Fidel meets the Five
On February 28, the Cuban leader received the Five anti-terrorists and conversed about the many years of injustice they suffered Author: Fidel Castro Ruz | internet@granma.cu march 2, 2015…Read more…
Viral voting: What’s good for politics is surely good for unions too
It’s good to see WebRoots Democracy’s new report into online voting “Viral voting” incorporating an important recommendation for online voting to be introduced for union balloting as well as for parliamentary votes. It’s no surprise that so many people are turned off voting…Read more…
The Gagging Act: What can be done?
3 March 2015
By Keith Ewing, President, Institute of Employment Rights
Many readers will recall the great controversy that was provoked by the clumsily entitled Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party…Read more…
Voting – more vital than ever
As the NoVoteNoVoice tour bus kicked off its whistle stop tour last weekend, it rolled into Rayleigh, Essex, with the cast of hit reality TV show TOWIE (The Only Way is Essex) lending a hand to encourage the nation to register to vote. As the Daily Mirror reported today (March 3), TOWIE’s stars, including […]
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Fifa’s real crime with Qatar 2022 is ignoring the workers’ plight
The Independent’s Chief Football Correspondent, Sam Wallace, keeps the focus on the most important of the 2022 World Cup’s issues. The BBC Newsnight team investigating the 1.5 million…Read more…
Outsourcing fails service users and workers
The outsourcing of public services provision to private providers has a detrimental impact on the workforce and a knock-on effect on the quality of care, says a new TUC report published today. The…Read more…
Evaluate or discriminate? Why job descriptions matter
I was interviewed by “Inside Housing” magazine for an interesting piece published last Friday titled “What’s in a name?”
A small Housing Association in High Wycombe, called “Red Kite” had asked its staff to write its own job descriptions and create th…Read more…