16 November 2016
By Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics and Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, University of Greenwich
Productivity in Britain is lower than other developed…Read more…
All the union news that's fit to blog...
16 November 2016
By Özlem Onaran, Professor of Economics and Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, University of Greenwich
Productivity in Britain is lower than other developed…Read more…
Employers in Northern Ireland have been instructed by the department of communities to act as benefit debt collectors with the power to deduct up to 40 per cent of people’s net earnings, Unite has…Read more…
A ten-year strategy launched today (Wednesday) to transform policing does not address the serious decline in staff numbers, according to UNISON. Police Vision 2025, drawn up by police chiefs and…Read more…
Struggling families in Nottinghamshire will suffer the most from plans to axe up to 60 health visitors in the area because of the government’s pressure on the NHS to make savings. Garry Guye,…Read more…
The Havana Glasgow Film Festival enters its final four days with the arrival of Cuban film and videoArturo Santanadirector, Arturo Santana. Flying in from Havana yesterday – thanks to sponsorship…Read more…
The Prime Minister says she wants ‘an economy that works for everyone’. The Autumn Statement – or mini budget – on the 23rd of November, will be the first test of her commitment, and that of the Chancellor, to put that into practice. Here’s the actions we believe would show she’s serious about that…Read more…
New TUC analysis shows the UK ranking towards the bottom of OECD countries across a number of categories of investment vital for economic development. The analysis has been issued to support our submission to the Treasury on the Autumn Statement which is published today (see Kate’ Bell’s blog…Read more…
The government could ease the social care crisis by handing councils back billions in surplus cash raised from business rates, says a report published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. The government…Read more…
Picture collage incorporating last Friday’s moving 11/11 Armistice Day service at the Central Park Cenotaph and the following Sunday Remembrance Day service at the historic West Ham All Saints Church.
Top left of collage is a picture of Cllr Winston V…Read more…
“I was attacked at work when I caught a customer stealing – they tried to strangle me.” This is the story of an Usdaw member in Northwich, and it’s not an isolated incident. Life on the frontline of…Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
As life has been particularly frantic over the past few weeks I’ve had no chance to write a blog post – despite there being much to write about.
So, just a quick post to give a plug for a new activist resource (including a fantastic …Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner agreed with shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, today (November 15) when McDonnell urged the government to take concrete steps to bring shared prosperity…Read more…
Prime minister Theresa May used her first speech following Donald Trump’s US election victory to castigate the financial elite for being out of touch with ordinary people – at an event where May and…Read more…
A memorandum of understanding between the global trade union, Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and Supreme Committee for the Delivery and Legacy (SC) of the 2022 Qatar World Cup is an…Read more…
Ever since the Cabinet Papers relating to the Battle of Orgreave were published in 2012, campaigners have been calling for a full public inquiry into exactly what happened that day in 1984. But this…Read more…
London trade unionists ran clandestine missions to South Africa to help the fight against apartheid – and now you can help get their story told on screen
The article Help to tell the London…Read more…
Inflation figures today show that, so far, retailers are absorbing the costs of the fall in sterling. CPI inflation came in below expectations to fall back to 0.9% from 1.0% in September (the Bank of England expected a rise to 1.1%). While the rise in inflation is still significant (it’s 2.0% on…Read more…
A third wave of strikes at IT giant Fujitsu in Manchester for 48 hours, starting tomorrow (November 16), in the pay, pensions and job security dispute will mar a top international company event….Read more…
This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. In comparison to young employees in general, Britain’s young core workers find getting ahead at work harder….Read more…
Check out report in Newham Recorder online
“A councillor has said he wants to “challenge” Sir Robin Wales as the Labour Newham mayoral candidate for 2018, the Recorder can reveal.
West Ham ward Cllr John Whitworth informed the existing Newham mayor of his intentions in an open letter…Read more…