Saturday, 26 September 2009

South Wales health workers battle for back pay

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UNISON members employed as caterers, cleaners and porters in Neath Port Talbot hospital are moving towards industrial action in a struggle t...

Shaping the Future of Care Together‏

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On Monday 26 October the TUC is convening a consultative meeting to discuss its response to the Government's green paper on the future ...

Blacklisting regulations - too little too late‏

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In a speech to the 2004 TUC Congress the then Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "Over the weekend I got out the first speech I eve...
Friday, 25 September 2009

Tory cuts could mean 5 million unemployed

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The Telegraph reports that an ex member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee has warned that Tory public spending cuts could pu...

Poll analysis suggests working class and lower middle class are turned off by cuts agenda‏

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FT analysis suggest that the Tories risk alienating the C1 ('lower middle classes') with a small drift of 1% back to Labour. The C2...

Collapse of investment (not debt) is greatest threat to economy

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David Cameron and George Osborne argue that the national debt is the biggest threat to Britain’s prosperity. By focusing on government spend...

Irish Behaving Badly? Referendum verbal jousting

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Repeat Referendum 2 Nov : New poll has Yes side in lead in Ireland's Lisbon Treaty debate; A new poll for the Irish Times shows that 48%...

Ireland Votes on Lisbon Treaty 2 Nov - Outrageous free flights from YES campaign

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People's Movement chairperson Patricia McKenna has slammed Europe for Ireland, a Brussels-based Yes campaign group, which has sent an ...

Total Place or Total War?

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Total Place initiative "...the trade union argument has to be carefully balanced. None of us are by definition against providing bette...

Solidarity with striking refuse collectors in Leeds

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600 Leeds refuse workers, members of UNISON and GMB, employed in Leeds City Council streetscene’services, have been on strike for 3 weeks in...