Companies House is proposing a significant change to how long information on companies is kept that could have a major impact on the ability of workers to get compensation for diseases that appear…Read more…
5 ways to combat racism in the workplace
Due to the rise of racism since the EU referendum results, the TUC is calling on the government to take real and immediate action to make our communities safer and more respectful for everyone….Read more…
Capital-Centred Proposals Do Not Signal the End of Austerity
Meeting in Liskeard, Cornwall, July 30, 2016, organised by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell to discuss the economy Recently there has been much said and written speculating that changes in economic…Read more…
Labour needs criticism and debate
http://www.l-r-c.org.uk/I joined the Labour Party at the age of fifteen, going to meetings of the Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS) at which I was (initially) the only person who wasn’t a supporter of the Militant Tendency (as it then was). I learn…Read more…
My Nephew Lewis and his Baby Daughter Teagan
Off message but love this picture from today of East Ham born Lewis and his beautiful 2 month daughter, Teagan. Lewis and his partner Felicity, had to go through the drama of childbirth and then soon after moving into their new home in Witham…Read more…
A second strange coincidence
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 A couple of months ago I reported here that I was the subject of a UNISON disciplinary…Read more…
Two tribes is not the way to reconnect with abandoned Britain
The EU referendum result was a close one – 52% to 48% suggests a country deeply divided, and there are clearly good reasons for being concerned about that. But the polling the TUC commissioned…Read more…
Sports Direct: The Evil Workhouse: Union shareholders call for independent review of the inhuman employment practices at AGM
“The Trade Union Share Owners group (TUSO) has submitted a resolution to the Sports Direct AGM calling for an independent review of their widely criticised employment practices, which have led MPs to compare the company to a ‘Victorian workhouse’.
Details of the resolution were published today…Read more…
Rio Olympics – workers pay a high price for poor planning
Rio 2016 is no Qatar, but a succession of mistakes and willingness to risk workers’ lives to compensate for bad planning has tarnished Brazil’s Olympic moment. If London 2012 is anything to go by, the excitement of the Olympics will really catch alight once the opening ceremony is properly underway…Read more…
Reversing a striking decline?
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‘Attack on poorest’
The devastated father of a teenage boy who was killed in a head-on collision has spoken out after being cruelly charged the bedroom tax on his dead son’s room. Grieving Terry Fannon, from…Read more…
‘Our service saves lives’
Counsellors, support workers and staff at a charity that helps victims of sexual abuse and rape in Northern Ireland are organising with Unite to keep the vital service open, as the impact of…Read more…
UNISON launches Nelson Mandela Award
UNISON has launched the inaugural Nelson Mandela award, which will go to a Black member who has gone ‘above and beyond’ to represent Black members.
The article UNISON launches Nelson Mandela Award…Read more…
Bus Bill threatens public routes
Buses are by far the most popular mode of transport in the UK – in England alone, passengers take 4.5bn journeys each year. But since deregulation in the 1980s, bus services, which are a…Read more…
Oil strike – latest
Oil workers at Wood Group, members of Unite and RMT, took their first day of strike action as part of the latest 48-hour stoppage today (August 4) in an ongoing dispute over a massive cut in pay and…Read more…
Bus service battle result
Residents and Unite Community members in villages across central Scotland are celebrating their campaign victory in pushing First Bus to reconsider the axing of two vital bus routes. The Haud…Read more…
Why has Britain stopped striking? Workers no longer feel empowered to act | Gregor Gall
With workers’ wages falling fast, it’s clear our country’s unions are not doing their job. Pernicious employers can be hit in the pocket with the right sort of action
Striking in Britain has now…Read more…
Why has Britain stopped striking? Workers no longer feel empowered to act | Gregor Gall
With workers’ wages falling fast, it’s clear our country’s unions are not doing their job. Pernicious employers can be hit in the pocket with the right sort of action
Striking in Britain has now…Read more…
“Last chance to give your views on UNISON’s Labour nomination”
I am sending this out (hopefully) today to the 1000 members of my branch who are members of the Labour Party supporting affiliated fund.
“Support Jeremy Corbyn, Owen Smith or make no nomination?
Dear Labour Link (APF members).
You should all by…Read more…
House deposit? Not for renters
Home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest levels for 30 years, while nearly 90 per cent of renters in Britain do not have enough savings to cover even a quarter of the deposit needed to buy…Read more…