Speaking at the annual women’s conference in Liverpool today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “In recent months a lid has been lifted on a sordid and seedy world, one we hoped…Read more…
Never forget
A candle light vigil will be held at St George’s Hall tomorrow (December 8) to remember a Liverpool hospital worker employed by ISS who tragically died this time last year, and to continue the…Read more…
Sick pay attack
Unite is urging Liverpool City Council to back a motion to be debated this Wednesday (September 20) which calls on the outsourcing giant ISS to end its attack on sick pay for hundreds of workers at…Read more…
From North to South, no community deserves to be abandoned
Where you are born should have no say on how your life pans out. But the reality of today’s Britain is different. Regional inequalities persist from birth to childhood, to working life and beyond. The North / South divide is not a myth… Your life is likely to be shorter if you’re from the…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link National Forum 2017
Picture from this evenings UNISON Labour Link London region delegation meal.
This morning I took part in the National Labour Link Committee pre-Forum meeting. The number one issue was of course the General election and its aftermath.
Our National For…Read more…
Liverpool port protest
Dock workers working for Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port operators, are to protest on Friday (January 13) over the lack of decent welfare facilities for workers and drivers visiting the port…Read more…
Solidarity cinema
The 4th annual London Labour Film Festival kicks off today (September 22) at the Art House Cinema in Crouch End and will feature a range of films that the festival’s organisers bill as an “intimate…Read more…
As relevant today as ever
The first ever Bob Tressell Festival was held on Merseyside yesterday (April 28). The date chosen to celebrate the life of the man who wrote the classic labour movement book The Ragged…Read more…
Boost for building workers
Firms that want to build in Liverpool will have to sign-up to a six-point charter designed to ensure that workers receive the minimum employment conditions. Unite, Ucatt and the GMB drew up…Read more…