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Clegg re-heats YTS and YOP schemes to cut youth unemployment
Yes, its back to the 1980’s again with the Coalition Government, as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg re-heated failed 1980’s policies and youth employment schemes in a desperate attempt to cut youth unemployment now topping 1.6 million. The Lib Dem … Continue reading
Vince Cable’s employment rights changes – “fit in or f**k off”
Roger Jeary, director of research at Britain’s largest trade union, Unite gives his response to proposed changes to employment law announced by Business Secretary, Vince Cable this week. This blog was first published on The Manufacturer website on November 25th. … Continue reading
More attacks on workers’ rights are (surprise!) based on no evidence – TUC’s Sarah Veale demolishes Raab – again!
Tory right wing headbanger Dominic Raab has been at it again – advocating scrapping basic workers rights in order to boost the faltering economy. Devoid of a strategy as what to do Raab and his cohorts pushing hard to scrap … Continue reading
The Morning Star Needs Your Help – Now!
By Bill Benfield Editor, Morning Star Once again, the Morning Star must appeal to its backbone and its lifeblood, the readers who own, support and underwrite the paper – in short, you. And if you do not respond, and soon, there … Continue reading
Of course the EU isn’t perfect, but it’s time for a ‘Better Off In’ campaign
By Kevin Maguire, shamelessly nicked by me, this article was first published in Tribune on Friday, November 11th, 2011 and is well worth reading. See also my own article on this site What Has The EU Ever Done For Us? Well…. … Continue reading
Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin No 7 now available to download
Download the latest Unite Manufacturing e-bulletin here. Articles on apprenticeships in the chemical industry; Ford pensions; Jaguar Land Rover jobs; the economy, steel industry, organising agency workers and European employment rights.
Feel free to lift this picture….
This photo is great – says it all…..it was posted on my Facebook by Mike Seward of the USW in Canada last night. It has probably been doing the rounds of union blogsites, Facebook’s, Twitter etc…in any event, lets get … Continue reading
What has Europe ever done for us? Well…
With the eurozone in crisis, Euroscepticism is on the rise; Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, lays out the many, many positives European Union membership has brought us – not least in the field of workers’ rights (that couldn’t … Continue reading
ETUC demands ‘Trokia’ stop attacks on employment rights
At the meeting of the G20 in Cannes, Bernadette Segol, General Secretary of the European TUC today told EU leaders end attacks on employment rights by the so called “Trokia” (ie: the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Back and … Continue reading
Tories doing more damage to UK manufacturing than any previous Tory government
I will be addressing the BDC of the Steel Industry Managers Association tomorrow (Saturday Ocober 29th) in Blackpool. SIMA is the Unite section covering professional and managerial staff in the steel industry. Along with delegates, there will be a number … Continue reading