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Fascinating chart. Now, I know that not all Tories hate trade unions but none of their MPs voted against the Trade Union Bill second reading on Monday even though this is a basic democratic and human rights issue.
The chart shows that the income of th…Read more…
Workers at a Leeds printing plate firm are going on a 48-hour strike over a ‘paltry’ pay offer from Sunday morning (September 20). About 50 Unite members at AGFA Graphics, Coal Road, Seacroft…Read more…
More than one hundred thousand council homes across England will have to be sold to fund the Tories’ extension of right to buy, according to a new report released today (September 17) from housing…Read more…
To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Circular No IR.215/15 Our Ref: BR2/000417th September…Read more…
The government says a key objective of the feed in tariff “is to give people a direct stake in moving to a low carbon economy.” A new video from the Banister House community solar project makes this appeal to the Prime Minister to stop the proposed tariff cuts: “David, David, David, boy!” an intern…Read more…
Guatemala has dodged the bullet of a ‘gangster President’, but will those remaining in the contest be willing and able to heal a country tearing itself apart? Guatemala has been gripped by protests…Read more…
UNISON voices concern over government’s changes to fit-for-work service
The article Changes could mean sick staff being bullied back to work first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Probation workers are taking action short of strike between now and 2 October
The article Probation staff taking action short of strike first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
It’s very exciting for me to be back in the London Labour Film Festival programme this year (24-26 Sep 2015), as I participated actively in the first festival back in 2012. The LLFF is one of over…Read more…
TUC backs UCATT call to provide support and assistance to all unions whose members were subjected to secret police infiltrationRead more…
UnionsTogether launches T-shirt to raise awareness of the Trade Union BillRead more…
UNISON policy director Liz Snape takes over from Prospect’s Leslie ManassehRead more…
KILL THE BILL: Unions’ remaining powers under threat Morning Star The Trade Union Bill aims to permanently mire labour in court. By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC MUCH has been said and…Read more…
by Luke James and Roger Bagley in Parliament JEREMY CORBYN led a revolution in Parliament yesterday by abandoning Punch and Judy politics to put the public’s questions to the Prime Minister. Labour’s…Read more…
David Martyn Hunt on Flickr (CC-BY) Morning Star Newly elected Labour leader JEREMY CORBYN looks back on 100 days that changed the future of Britain THANK YOU to the Morning Star and its readers for…Read more…
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“We have a moral and legal obligation to help refugees”, UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan told delegates today in a moving speech backing a statement committing the General Council to campaign for…Read more…
ATL vice-president Shelagh Hirst is among the members of ATL’s Policy Council attending TUC this year. On Monday, she spoke to a motion on the Trade Union Bill. Much has been written about the…Read more…
UNISON assistant general secretary elected today
The article Liz Snape is the next TUC president first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Unite delegate Scot Walker spoke in support of a motion on FIFA today (September 16) on the final day of the TUC conference. “Sisters and brothers, as a football fan, I recognise that…Read more…