Unite has formally lodged an employment tribunal claim against the Labour controlled Coventry Council on behalf of union rep Pete Randle. The council stands accused of shamefully victimising Pete for…Read more…
Videos of the year – end HS2 union busting
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
End union busting at HS2
Unite construction members staged a significant protest at outside the HS2 Skanska-Costain-Strabag Joint Venture site on Friday (August 6) over the consortium’s flouting of the HS2 agreement by not…Read more…
Construction firm accused of ‘union busting’
Construction contractor NG Bailey has been accused of undertaking ‘union busting’ and victimisation-type activities in a dispute over the payment of wages. NG Bailey has proposed to move from a…Read more…
UNISON Service Group Executive offers full support to fight Union Busting at Clarion Housing Group
Picture from Wednesday’s meeting of the UNISON Community Service Group Executive (SGE) in our National headquarters in London.
The Community SGE is made up of UNISON elected representatives from Housing Associations and Charities across the UK.
The S…Read more…
Clarion Housing Group face Strike Call & Boycott
I do not understand at all how a progressive organisation that wants to do good for society has made a political decision that trade unions are automatically “bad” and that they will only work with them if they are forced to do so by a legislative proc…Read more…
Union rights ARE an ESG issue!
An intelligent and thought provoking post as ever by Capital Stewardship blogger Tom P here (and below) on the failure (I could be a little more direct) of the ESG (Environmental, Soci…Read more…
Poland: Stop sackings and union busting!
“Maciek Konopka has been sacked from his job at Deepwater Container Terminal (DCT) in Gdansk. Why? Ostensibly because he’s a committed and active trade union leader. It’s the latest in a line of union-busting actions by management including intimida…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link 2015: Motion on “Union busting by UK public service providers”
This was the speech for London motion 18 on Union busting which was delivered by our delegate James Beckles.
Hopefully, anti-union rogue employers in our sector such as Catalyst Housing and Creative Support will take note.
“Forum, everyone her…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Housing Association Branch AGM 2015
Picture collage from last night’s Annual General Meeting which took place at the iconic Greater London Assembly Building City Hall, which is next to Tower Bridge. Long standing member of our branch and London Assembly member, Murad Qureshi, was our hos…Read more…
Union Rights are Human Rights
This is me speaking last week at our UNISON London Regional Council AGM.
The motion was on “Union busting by UK public service providers” (see link for wording).
There a number of completely rogue and fascistic large UK Charities and Housing …Read more…
Union-busting at the heart of this government?
We’ve long been used to the hostility towards trade unions exhibited by some of the more excitable elements on the fringes of the Tory right. From Aiden Burley and the Trade Union Reform Campaign to…Read more…
Amazon-Free Challenge – Better Places to Shop
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Organising strategy – mobilise or organise?
On 8th November I attended four fascinating meetings at the Historical Materialism conference with people from the USA and Canada discussing the plight of the labour movement and ideas for turning it round.
I found the debates really useful and there …Read more…