Farewell to William Rust Editor of the Daily WorkerRead more…
Social Democratic Party Banner – Karl Marx
Social Democratic Party banner
Not Only
The Right To Work
But The
Right To Leisure
This SDP banner seems to have a portrait of Karl Marx in the centre, if so this would surely be the earliest…Read more…
National union of railwaymen Banner 1919
London Carmens Trade Union Banner 1912
London Carmens Trade Union banner
Bethnal Green Carmens Trade Union banner No 22
“All Workers Have A Right To Live Well”Read more…
National union of Railwaymen – Midlands Railway Banner
Communists Can Win Left’s Battle Of Ideas
OCT 2016 Saturday 15TH posted by Morning Star in Features ROB GRIFFITHS argues that a strong Communist Party can help develop the policies and boost the extra-parliamentary struggle needed to…Read more…
Why trade agreements are bad for our health
Our understanding of trade deals is limited because they have largely been a matter for the EU. Post-Brexit, we should be concerned about what’s happening in Europe, as well as what sort of trade…Read more…
The First of the new national Political Forums:
Some of us Trades Unionists will be attending the first of the new national political forums in London on October 29th. The parliamentary movement led by Jeremy Corbyn has also inspired extra…Read more…
Undercover cop inquiry call
A review into undercover policing in Scotland is too narrow and needs to be broadened into an inquiry that will include the use of police spies during the historic 1980s print workers strike, Unite’s…Read more…
How much ‘Better’ can ‘Better Regulation’ get?
14 October 2016
Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology, The Open University
This week, the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee published an evaluation of the Better Regulation initiative. The…Read more…
Strike take off
Business flyers using London’s City airport face severe disruption when award winning cabin crew working for CityJet strike for five days in a dispute over proposed pay cuts of up to 50 per cent….Read more…
Wall of silence
The wall of managerial silence since last week’s announcement of large scale redundancies at the GKN plant in Yeovil has been branded ‘a disgrace’ by Unite, the country’s largest union. The…Read more…
Delivering rights in the modern world of work
14 October 2016
By Joy Johnson, UNITE Political Team
Become a Deliveroo rider and “pick up a ton of perks to sweeten the deal, like discounts with Apple and Vue Cinema on top of your self-employed…Read more…
Brexit: Safeguard research call
The only way the impact of Brexit on our manufacturing sectors can be mitigated is through a proactive industrial strategy with scientific research at its centre. This is the conclusion of a new…Read more…
Enter talks
Unite is warning that a 48 hour strike involving London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit will go ahead on Wednesday 19 October unless the firm re-enters meaningful talks. Plans…Read more…
Unite call: ‘Seize the day, May’
It’s a decision which has been dogged by delays and political procrastination, put off by David Cameron to avoid a political row, and now sits in Theresa May’s in tray. For years it’s been kicked and…Read more…
Lloyds review is “counter-productive”
Lloyds Bank workers are suffering under a “counter-productive” cuts agenda Unite said, after the bank announced 1,340 more job losses this week (October 14). The redundancies will effect…Read more…
Held to account
Unite has welcomed as ‘fitting’ Labour’s creation of a brand new post of shadow steel minister. In a move designed to turn up the heat on the government Gill Furniss has been appointed to the…Read more…
We are stronger together: Union reps connecting by app
One of the things I liked most about going on trade union education courses was meeting union representatives from different unions and different workplaces. Even when I did the online TUC diploma…Read more…
Together we can end the injustice of massive pay cuts for those who care for our kids
I will be back in Durham, joining the picket lines on the first day of industrial action and I know the whole of our union will give their support and solidarity to Durham members as they have to…Read more…