MEPs voted yesterday on an important report concerning the TTIP EU-US trade deal.Read more…
Why freezing the BBC is a really stupid idea
Just a few of the reasons we think freezing the Beeb for a decade is a staggeringly bad idea.Read more…
#TTIP could be years away yet, but MEPs can strike a crucial early blow this Wednesday
The controversial TTIP trade deal between the USA and the European Union is being debated in the European Parliament on Wednesday.Read more…
TTIP: We’re winning the debate
Last week, the European Parliament’s international trade committee adopted a report on controversial trade deal TTIP, which will now go to the whole Parliament next week.Read more…
Campaign success: Lift media gag on civil servants
Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to sign the FDA’s petition to lift restrictions on civil servants’ contact with the media. We really appreciate your support in helping to…Read more…
Help protest media gag on civil servants
Please help FDA members tell Francis Maude that government need to think again.Read more…
Action to Save Care Now
Building on their petition for better enforcement of the minimum wage for care workers, care union UNISON have launched a new campaign. Save Care Now is pressing for change on the many problems in…Read more…
Fair Pay Fortnight: Tweet for fair pay?
It’s Fair Pay Fortnight from 16 February to 1 March – two weeks of campaigns and activities tackling our growing pay crisis.Read more…
Success for illegally paid home care workers!
UNISON’s campaign to end minimum wage non-payment in the home care sector has had a big boost this week.Read more…
Carers losing £130m a year to minimum wage abusing agencies
Resolution Foundation research estimates 160,000 care workers are being illegally underpaid.Read more…
5 reasons registering to vote matters more than you think
If reluctant voters make it to the ballot box, they may have more power than they think.Read more…
Amazon reportedly on way to taxpayer funded £66m+ development to bring bad jobs to Kent
Amazon.co.uk is looking to double its operations in the UK and is reportedly eyeing 12 new sites for their huge distribution centres. The next planned is Sevington, a tiny village just outside…Read more…
New Picturehouse to pay Living Wage: Let’s push for all of them!
Significant development in BECTU’s campaign to win living wages for all workers in the Picturehouse cinemas.Read more…
Radio 4 on illegal pay for home care
Some good news – over 10,000 people now have joined UNISON’s petition urging Vince Cable to name and shame the criminal care employers who are illegally denying up to 220,000 care workers…Read more…
Cross-party MPs say benefit delays cause hunger
A cross-party group of MPs have been conducting a wide ranging inquiry into hunger in the UK, and their report is out today.Read more…