Virgin has become the first private firm in the country to run adult social care after being handed a controversial £700m deal by a Tory-led council. Richard Branson’s Virgin Care is poised to…Read more…
Pensions fight
Unite South East regional secretary Jenny Formby (pictured right) joined hundreds of striking Unite members today (November 14) who are taking a stand against their employer, Atomic Weapons…Read more…
The bus stops here
Over 800 Unite bus drivers at five Arriva depots in West and North Yorkshire were today on strike (November 14). The 24-hour walk out was aimed – in a period of rising prices – at…Read more…
Give us a break
More than 850 Arriva bus drivers in West Yorkshire, members of Unite, went on strike today (November 14) in a dispute over pay and shifts. At the moment, bus workers drive up to five and half hours…Read more…
The freedom to organise
Fifty years ago – on November 10, 1966 an industrial dispute began in Stockport, which attracted national media coverage; saw mass picketing; international solidarity action and the eventual…Read more…
Hands off our pensions
Workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are staging a 24-hour strike today (November 14) in the dispute over the threat to close the defined benefit pension scheme and…Read more…
Kept in the dark
The top management proposing 221 job losses at the Yeovil GKN plant, which makes airframes for helicopters, was accused of ‘supercilious behaviour’ in its treatment of the workforce. Unite…Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Fascists
Download Ogg Ogg lite mp3 Torrent Intro 0:50 Walton is not in Scotland anymore… 1:20 Why would we ever bring this podcast back? 1:27 A terrible thing happened in the world 2:00 Beard scratching the mic 2:13 Shit is shitty on this side of the pond 2:37 Before jumping into the election how did Walton […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Fascists
Download Ogg Ogg lite mp3 Torrent Intro 0:50 Walton is not in Scotland anymore… 1:20 Why would we ever bring this podcast back? 1:27 A terrible thing happened in the world 2:00 Beard scratching the mic 2:13 Shit is shitty on this side of the pond 2:37 Before jumping into the election how did Walton […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Fascists
Download Ogg Ogg lite mp3 Torrent Intro 0:50 Walton is not in Scotland anymore… 1:20 Why would we ever bring this podcast back? 1:27 A terrible thing happened in the world 2:00 Beard scratching the mic 2:13 Shit is shitty on this side of the pond 2:37 Before jumping into the election how did Walton […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Fascists
Download Ogg Ogg lite mp3 Torrent Intro 0:50 Walton is not in Scotland anymore… 1:20 Why would we ever bring this podcast back? 1:27 A terrible thing happened in the world 2:00 Beard scratching the mic 2:13 Shit is shitty on this side of the pond 2:37 Before jumping into the election how did Walton … Continue reading Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Fascists →Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Facists
Download Ogg Ogg lite mp3 Torrent Intro 0:50 Walton is not in Scotland anymore… 1:20 Why would we ever bring this podcast back? 1:27 A terrible thing happened in the world 2:00 Beard scratching the mic 2:13 Shit is shitty on this side of the pond 2:37 Before jumping into the election how did Walton … Continue reading Cyberunions Episode 89 : This Podcast Kills Facists →Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn says he will bring up Newham Labour Mayoral Trigger Ballot at NEC
At the London Labour Conference yesterday (which I will post more on later) the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, gave a stirring and passionate speech on offering hope and inspiration, which resulted in a standing ovation.
Jeremy also stayed for an open …Read more…
Stop press: Lewisham Mayoral Selection put on hold!
I understand that the Labour Party Mayoral selection process for the London Borough of Lewisham has been postponed until sometime in the new year. I believe that there was understandable concern that the only candidates were white men and there were no…Read more…
Citizenship at last for Bristol NUJ’s Sabrina
A LONG-STANDING member of Bristol NUJ has achieved a major ambition after years of struggle to find a place of safety – she has been awarded British citizenship. Sabrina Esuka was a well-known…Read more…
The economic purpose of anti-migrant prejudice
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-deport-immigrants-immediately-when-mexico-wall-a7415116.html
In post-truth politics it is the rhetoric that is the reality.
Donald Trump says he will “immediately” deport two to three million people…Read more…
“Newham Labour members push for an open Mayoral selection process”
Check out this article published in the Left Futures website on Monday.
“Many people have reservations about the new Regional Directly Elected Mayors but such Mayors in single (unitary) authorities’ raises different concerns. The Mayor for Greater London, Sadiq Khan, has a very powerful position…Read more…
Workers on boards: handle with care
Before I get into the detail of this post I just want to make me thing clear: pension funds’ assets exist to fund pensions for the people that work for organisations – the workers. Those assets were also created by the labour of those workers – it is t…Read more…
Political Forum in the North East of England:
A Programme of Political Forums on the Future of Society You are warmly invited to a Political Forum in the North East of England on the Future of Society. Saturday, January 28, 2017, 10.00am –…Read more…
Any deliverance for the deliverers?
When we think of someone who is self-employed, we often imagine an enterprising entrepreneur, someone who decides exactly when they themselves work, and for how long. It might be hard…Read more…