‘UK public procurement has continued to be stained by forced labour and union busting’
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Omicron: Extending our solidarity to PPE supply chain workers
At UNISON, the paradox that our members are saving lives using products made by workers whose rights are violated is very uncomfortable
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UNISON demands higher human rights standards in PPE
‘Our 1.3 million members working in health, local government, education and other public services don’t want to use items at work made by severely exploited workers’
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Who will remember them?
On sea beds
of the Aegean.
Of the Mediterranean.
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‘Vital victory for entire labour movement’
The government has been forced to confirm that workers taking lawful industrial action have a right to picket their workplace during the Covid-19 lockdown. In doing so they have vetoed the actions of…Read more…
Protecting the right to picket
Unite has filed an urgent judicial review seeking to protect the right to picket, following the introduction of the new coronavirus lockdown regulations in England. The case is brought against the…Read more…
Saving the lives of the workers who are saving our lives
UNISON is committed to making sure that workers’ rights are at the centre of procurement – looking after the workers who make the equipment that helps keep our members safe – and is running training…Read more…
CEC and NUJ Brussels at Southport DM2018 conference
During the NUJ DM2018 conference at Southport on Friday 21/04/2018, Cailin Mackenzie of CEC expressed anger at the fundamental human rights under threat. She said the union must work towards ensuring…Read more…
“All we want is democracy for all” Newham Mayoral Trigger
In last weeks letter page of the “Newham Recorder”. Cllr John Whitworth argues that following the unfairness and wrongdoing in the previous flawed process there should be an open selection to be the Labour Candidate in the 2018 Newham Mayoral local ele…Read more…
Bedroom tax victory
Charlotte and Jayson Carmichael have for years been fighting the bedroom tax, a government policy introduced in 2013 that penalises people in social housing for having an ‘under-occupied’ home….Read more…
Why the robot workplace damages workers and their organisations
Obsessive and unnecessary recording and reporting at work increases costs and places undue stress on staff. Coupled with new monitoring systems, workers are being turned into robots, before they are…Read more…
Overseas aid: definitely more about the politics than the money
I was discussing our local MP, Grant Shapps, with a neighbour on the train last week. What was he up to, we wondered, or rather, where had he disappeared to? Sadly, the question was answered in this morning’s Sunday Times (£) where he wrote a moving self-criticism of his failure as a Minister…Read more…
“Unions gauge support for industrial action at Clarion Group”
This article was published in the “Inside Housing” website last week. To be clear strike action in defence of trade union rights is being balloted upon as is boycotts and disinvestment.
If Clarion are not “for or against” trade union recognition as th…Read more…
International Human Rights Day: stop corporate abuse of Thailand’s courts
To mark International Human Rights Day today, 10 December, the TUC has joined 109 other civil society organisations from around the world to call on the government of Thailand to stop businesses…Read more…
“Housing Associations have lost their soul” Call for new campaign group to make them more democratic and accountable.
At the Labour Housing Group fringe at this year’s Labour Party Conference former UNISON Regional Secretary Frank Hont (and now Liverpool Council Cabinet member for Housing) described Housing Associations as having “lost their soul”. This was in front of Labour Housing shadow minister John Healey…Read more…
Our humanity
Speaking in support of a motion calling on the trade union movement to defend the Human Rights Act, Unite director of legal services Howard Beckett highlighted today (September 14) just how important…Read more…
“Sports Direct cannot be allowed to mark their own homework”
Check out the press release below from the TUC about rotten employer “Sports Direct” whose company AGM is tomorrow.
The BBC report here that Sports Direct are desperately trying to pretend that all is ok and they are going to change.
Such huma…Read more…
“Almost one in three people have experienced mental health issues while in employment”
This is an important report by the professional body for HR. I think that the background research is absolutely accurate. But – its recommendations – on how to deal with the issue are just pious nonsense. It will never happen in the real worl…Read more…
Devastating impact
A campaign to stop lethal cuts to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been launched by Unite and the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS). Last autumn the Tories…Read more…
What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?
Love it 🙂 Read more…