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Dear Colleagues,
Campaign for Trade Union Freedom Launch & Rally
This Saturday, 23 March 2013
1:30 – 4:30pm at Friend’s Meeting House, Euston Road, London
RMT’s support for trade union rights and freedoms is well documented, most recently…Read more…
Head Office Circular No. NP/067/13
To the Secretary all Branches,
Council of Executive members,
Regional Councils and Regional Offices.
Tuesday 19th March 2013
Dear Colleagues,
New Inflation Rates
The Office for National Statistic…Read more…
An unholy matrimony between finance and politics has undermined democracy: it’s time it was reinforced
Listening to economics being discussed in the media is like being read a fairy story. In any…Read more…
Our experts give their reaction to George Osborne’s autumn statement on the economy
George Osborne has spoken. But what he said on tax will disappoint most people who listened. Continue reading…Read more…
The Tories’ ideological cuts will hit us all, not just public servants’ jobs. Join the new coalition of the dispossessed to protest
Earlier this week civil servants learned – through a combination of…Read more…
We must continue to reject the principle that those least culpable should pay the highest price to sustain a broken financial system
With the public sector pensions dispute at a pivotal point, the…Read more…
The coalition has carefully chosen to reassess this bugbear of the Tory right in exchange for changes to the Lisbon treaty
Every crisis also provides an opportunity. In exchange for agreeing to the…Read more…
Unions are voting in favour of strike action on pension reforms, but is the government right to shout ‘Never mind the ballots’?
A grand total of 19 unions have in last few weeks secured yes votes for…Read more…
By taking action against unfair pay cuts, electricians are proving it is possible for workers to unite and fight back
A titanic battle in the electrical contracting sector of the construction…Read more…
The tactic of Southampton’s union members of striking at different times has been heroic, but it has failed to gain leverage
Council workers in Southampton have been engaged in “smart” striking since…Read more…
Public sector unions are calling for action over pensions, but there are choices to be made before we see mass strike action
It seems that the much trailed “winter of discontent” over public sector…Read more…
Union leaders must galvanise members and join forces in deed as well as in word if they are to challenge the government
What a difference a year makes, and not for the better. The preliminary agenda…Read more…
Shropshire council has sacked all its workers, then re-employed them on lower wages. What can unions do to prevent this?
The move by Shropshire county council to sack all its workers and re-employ…Read more…
The real danger to ‘hardworking taxpayers’ is not our strike, but the attack on pensions
Tomorrow’s strike by three-quarters of a million public sector workers has opened up a national debate on…Read more…
Exaggerating the scale of industrial action is politically foolhardy – it gives the right the opportunity to go on the offensive
It seems just about everybody has an interest in exaggerating the…Read more…
This is a redistribution from poor to rich, dressed up as a battle between public and private. Our members will not let it stand
When we in the PCS union announced the result of our strike vote on…Read more…
Sending jobs to India is a bad idea that was squashed in other areas. Birmingham city council’s attack on staff must be halted
Now that earlier attempts to revolutionise the provision and funding of…Read more…
Southampton council workers are striking over pay cuts, but Britain has seen little industrial action over actual job losses
Today 4,300 council workers in Southampton are taking the first…Read more…
The huge turnout of protesters means the TUC is burdened with great expectations; now unions must push the cuts campaign on
The TUC and the union movement must be delighted that Saturday’s march…Read more…
Hutton knows pensions are being cut not because they are unaffordable but because banks caused a public finance crisis
Lord Hutton, a former Labour minister, has been touring the TV studios…Read more…