This year Glasgow’s homelessness caseworkers decided to go on strike. This is their story
The article Banging the drum over pay first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Local government pay offer made – ballot from 2 September
UNISON and the other SJC trade unions have been in negotiations with the Scottish Employers for a number of months on the issue of pay. We submitted a claim in November last year, the headline of which was an increase of £1 per hour. Unfortunately we were unable to convince the employers to make a flat rate increase in this pay round. It was also the case that the employers were prepared to offerRead more…
What an expert government body says about the Trade Union Bill
The government’s Trade Union Bill has taken a bit of a pounding lately. First there were the trade unions themselves, who are uniformly opposed to the bill. Then there was a joint letter from…Read more…
Ireland protest demands “refugees- let them in!”
The Irish Anti-War Movement called a protest at the EU Offices on Dawson Street, Dublin to highlight the inadequate response of the EU to the humanitarian refugee crisis.Read more…
The Budget Crisis on the Isle of Wight and the Political Demands on the Government:
The view of the Trades Council regarding the budget crisis for the Isle of Wight and the political demands on the Government regarding funding and the call to treat the island as a special case. In…Read more…
US workers win stunning legal victory
Labor Relations Board decision means that unions can bargain directly with corporations and not individually with franchises.Read more…
At risk: your BBC
It’s the time in the decade when the BBC’s Charter, granted by Parliament, comes up for review. The BBC’s enemies in government and the commercial media combine to throw at it everything…Read more…
Chief Constable’s resignation is an opportunity to look afresh at Police Scotland
The resignation of Sir Stephen House in itself isn’t a solution to the problems facing Police Scotland.
The Chief Constable of Police Scotland has decided to leave his post in December, some nine…Read more…
You can’t burn down our rainbow!
As soon as I stepped on the train I saw big bright dresses, suitcases full of make-up and a whole carriage full of singing drag queens, from this point on I knew Brighton Pride was going to be the…Read more…
Trans issues: on our agenda
The new Women and Equalities Select Committee – a cross-party group of Members of Parliament – decided that its first action would be to hold an inquiry into the position of transgender people in the UK. The initial consultation period has just closed and the TUC made a submission (which you can…Read more…
Not even one per cent?
Just a month after Cameron’s post-election U-turn on a 10 per cent pay rise for MPs, Tories say public sector workers may not get their 1 per cent pay rise after all. Public sector workers…Read more…
Union flash mob targets notorious Scottish entertainment king
Union activists target venues run by Stefan King’s G1 Group in Glasgow’s popular Ashton Lane.Read more…
Keep Goodyear in UK fight
The Goodyear Dunlop plant in Wolverhampton is productive, profitable and held up by the company as an example of how to do things right. So why do they want to close it and move production to…Read more…
West Dunbartonshire No Cuts Day 12 September
West Dunbartonshire Anti-Austerity Day, Saturday 12 September, 12 noon – 3 PM, Hub Community Centre, Kilbowie Road, Clydebank. Come and hear local and national speakers put the alternative to austerity
music from Pauline Bradley
free teas, coffee, juice and snacks
stalls.
Speakers from the People’s Assembly and STUC Youth Committee.
Local speakers
UNITE – Charlie MacDonald
UNISON – Thomas O’BrienRead more…
Murad Qureshi Standing up for City & East
‘We need an experienced City and East representative like Murad, who can hit the ground running. With his strong track record of effectively holding the London Mayor to account, he offers all the people of East London a campaigning GLA member who will …Read more…
Indesit national strike
This morning drivers and warehouse workers at Indesit depots around the country started their second strike over pay – this time escalating to 48 hours.
The strikers are based at Andover; Barnsley; Chepstow; Gateshead; Grangemouth; Hayes (west London…Read more…
First victory for staff rights at Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways will no longer sack cabin crew who become pregnant or marry after union campaign.Read more…
Meter staff in pay loss protest
EDF Energy staff in London, southern and western England will be taking part in a 24-hour stoppage next Wednesday (September 2) following a breakdown in talks over proposals which could see some…Read more…
Fit to die?
The department for work and pensions’ (DWP) Work Capability Assessments aren’t fit for purpose and should be scrapped in their current form, Unite urged today as shock figures revealed over 4,000…Read more…
Murdoch paper reports police raid on union that never happened
This is massively off topic, but I thought it deserved a blog. I follow a few Aussie unions, union leaders, activists etc on Twitter and this morning I saw people from the CFMEU tweeting about a story in the Murdoch-owned Herald Sun.
The story sa…Read more…