Check out this article by TUC Carl Roper. TUC Membership grew last year for the 4th year in a row. There are still huge challenges, particularly in the private sector but the recent announcement that Uber has recognised the GMB is really positive…Read more…
Wearing Red for Key Workers on May Day
This afternoon I took part in a Zoom meeting with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, our TUC regional secretary, Sam Gurney and Newham Council shop stewards from UNISON, Unite and GMB.
We were all wearing red to mark “May Day” and we wanted to show sol…Read more…
“Statement from GMB Labour Party staff branch in response to leaked internal report”
I must admit to being very shocked at reading about this issue and fully support the decision by Keir and Angela to launch an urgent independent investigation into the “dossier”.
I note this briefing from the trade union branch that represents L…Read more…
Government must end private contracts before it’s too late, say probation unions
Monday 25 February 2019 For immediate release Government must end private contracts before it’s too late, say probation unions Unions have urged the Justice Secretary to end the failed system of…Read more…
Infrastructure investment politics
A couple of stories caught my eye over the last few days, both relating to the ownership of infrastructure.
The first piece is from the FT and looks at the dividends paid to the owners of the UK’s airports. This contrasts the amounts paid to sharehol…Read more…
Severn Trent dividends
Another day, another attack on a utility company for putting its investors first….
Press release – Embargoed until 00:01 Thursday July 26, 2018
SEVERN TRENT SHAREHOLDERS MAKE £1.1 BILLION AS BILLIONS OF LITRES WASTED, GMB REVEALS
Dividends and inter…Read more…
On the knocker in Plaistow South 25 March
On Saturday 25 March I helped out again, the Plaistow South Labour Party branch on a campaign day with local Councillors and activists. The weather was kind to us this time being unseasonably warm and sunny.
There are no elections planned in London fo…Read more…
Construction undercutting must end
Construction unions Unite and GMB held a series of demonstrations on 12th April over the exploitation of workers. The protests focus on several Danish firms who are building of major energy from…Read more…
Counting the cost of Brexit
Time was when nothing could be done by the Government or the European Union without a rigorously mapped impact assessment. Almost invariably wielded as a tool by deregulatory zealots to show that workers’ demands would lead to unacceptable burdens on business, I can remember exposing many of…Read more…
Newham mayor ‘trigger ballot’: GMB union says it followed the rules as it affiliates more branches locally
Check out former Guardian journalist, Dave Hill’s website “OnLondon” about the latest twist in the Newham Mayoral Trigger saga. Leaving aside this important issue for the moment, what is happening with excessive trade union affiliation to local Labour …Read more…
ASOS exec pay in the spotlight
I blogged last month about the ASOS AGM results, which still puzzle me a little, but the big takeaway was a significant shareholder vote against the company’s remuneration report.
Well, today we can see there are good reasons for shareholders and othe…Read more…
HAVE YOU VOTED? – Indicative ballot / Workplace meeting Clarion Housing Group
Have you voted in the ballot?
Time is running out to have your say…Dear UNISON Member
Clarion and Latimer management has decided to de-recognise trade unions for all staff, pending the result of a survey the…Read more…
ASOS AGM action!
This week saw some great campaigning by the GMB as part of their ongoing battle against poor working practices within ASOS, which has had a particular focus on the distribution centre in Barnsley run by XPO. The GMB had a “Catwalk of Shame” outside, an…Read more…
Why the ‘National Living Wage’ is bad for Britain’s Young Workers
On the 1st April 2016 the Government brought in the ‘National Living Wage’ – essentially a slight increase on the national minimum wage, with a different name. Employers must now pay workers at least…Read more…
Harry Pollitt in East Ham
Hat tip to Captain Swing for sending me this record from the GMB national achieves of a “thank you for voting for me” message from a young East Ham based union activist to we presume, members of his local branch.
The activist is Harry Polli…Read more…
ASOS: Treat your staff with respect
Join GMB’s campaign to secure a fair dealRead more…
Unions on the march & uniting across Europe, USA and Canada to say no to Market Economy Status for China
Today Unite, GMB and Community held a March of Steelmakers in London which brought steel workers from across the country to Westminster to demand the government ensure the responsible sale of Tata Steel’s UK assets and deliver a sustainable industrial strategy. A key cause of the crisis currently…Read more…
Unions threaten HA strike over restructure
See “Inside Housing” website. “Unions are threatening one of the largest industrial actions in the housing association sector’s history over Circle’s plans to restructure ahead of the rent cut.
Unison, Unite and GMB are close to declaring an industrial dispute over the 50,000-home landlord’s…Read more…
Proud Union Labour Activists
This collage is from the “Unions together” TULO Rally in London on Monday. Last week Ed Miliband and UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis spoke at the national TULO rally in Birmingham with over 1000 union members present.
General secretary of the G…Read more…
The Manifesto for Change – Call for Trade Unionist’s to Vote Labour
Great video from Trade Unions for Labour (TULO) on the Labour Party “Manifesto for Change”. A quietly spoken, Paul Kenny, from the GMB asks trade unionists to “When it comes to Vote, Vote Labour, no other Party, No other movement is going to deliver th…Read more…