Saturday, 21 July 2012

International Brigades Commemoration 7 July - Video

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A video of the IBMT commemoration held in London on 7 July including stirring anti-fascist words from former UNISON General Secretary Rodney...

Spain rises up against austerity

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Trade union led mass protests were held in over 80 Spanish cities and towns on Thursday evening. Hundreds of thousands protested as Parliame...

Occupation by Joan Annsfire

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Our chanting, swallowed by the early hours, we sang or tossed and turned on rooftops, on marble floors, on cement with exhilaration, with...
Friday, 20 July 2012

The Open Public Services agenda is a massive drive to privatisation

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Matt Dykes, writing on the TUC's Stronger Unons blog, provides a comprehensive critique of privatisation and calls on unions to promote ...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Where Has Democracy Gone in UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group?

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Following on from the decision of UNISON’s Local Government SGE to recommend members accept the LGPS 2014 proposals, news coming out of the ...

Local Government Service Group Executive Recommends Acceptance of the LGPS 2014 Proposals

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UNISON’s Local Government SGE met today to consider the outcome of the member consultation on the proposals for a new LGPS to take effect fr...

The political tide is going out for Privatisation and Outsourcing

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Two excellent articles in yesterday’s papers considered the implications of the G4S Olympics security contract failures for privatisation an...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012

The Madness of Barclays - What's inside their accounts?

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Barclay’s were the first to fall on their sword and disclose their manipulation of interest rates for their own profit, nothing you wouldn’t...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Exploitation of temporary workers in California being emulated at London Olympics

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A profound personal testimony on the Mother Jones website describes the experience of unemployed workers trying to get back into work throug...

Risks of Privatisation - Lessons yet to be learned by Theresa May?

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The 31st G8 summit was held on the 6-8 July 2005 at the Gleneagles Hotel Scotland. The perimeters of the site were guarded by a battalion of...