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European Parliament calls for reinforced media freedom and pluralism

NUJ Brussels - 21 May 2013 - 6:51pm
21 May 2013. The European Parliament today adopted a report designed to reinforce media freedom and pluralism across the EU. Related posts: Leveson II – EU aims to uphold media freedom and...

What have the unions ever done for us?

John's Labour blog - 21 May 2013 - 6:28pm
Hat tip "I support public services don't let the Con Dems destroy them"

VIDEO: Employment trends May 2013

ToUChstone blog - 21 May 2013 - 4:09pm
I’ve recorded this video taking a look at [...]

Guatemala Week of Action

Stronger Unions - 21 May 2013 - 3:01pm
Recent months have seen a flurry of agreements [...]

The parallel universe of Barnet - privatisation of regulation

Unison Active - 21 May 2013 - 2:57pm
Barnet Council is taking privatisation to a new level with its decision to outsource regulatory services to Capita. It seems that even an enabling council is too much for the Tory right's flagship...

When will the economy recover?

ToUChstone blog - 21 May 2013 - 2:53pm
I blogged this morning on the weakness of [...]

A climate of fear: employees face greater stress and job insecurity while working harder

Union Home - 21 May 2013 - 1:50pm
The abbreviation UKCES doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue in the same way as, for example, CWU, or TUC.  But the contribution that the UK Commission for Employment and Skills is making to industrial...

Is the economy healing?

ToUChstone blog - 21 May 2013 - 12:10pm
The Chancellor has long been keen to tell [...]

Banking and financial services

Dave Watson - 21 May 2013 - 8:49am
The Treasury has published the latest in their Scotland analysis series on financial services and banking. It certainly raises a large number of challenging issues for the Scottish Government to...

NGOs and capital market campaigning

labour and capital - 21 May 2013 - 8:13am
There's a very interesting piece by Rory Sullivan here. I agree with a lot of it.

Job losses at Isle of Wight College

Rtuc's Blog - 20 May 2013 - 8:56pm
By Richard WrightMonday, May 20, 2013 JOBS are to be lost at the Isle of Wight College, which has been hit by a funding blow. The college faces a potential reduction of £1.2 million on next year’s...

Duncan Smith peddling myths again

The World of Nick Venedi - 20 May 2013 - 6:14pm
 There was an angry reaction from the TUC late last month to yet another attempt by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith to misuse statistics, this time on the duration of working age...

Could you be an NUT Learning Rep ?

Dave Brinson: Executive Report - 20 May 2013 - 3:11pm
Union Learning Reps in school can work alongside school representatives to support members and promote learning with the NUT. Union Learning Representatives (ULRs) play a key role in recruiting and...

‘This House’ – a play about our yesterdays

Union Home - 20 May 2013 - 2:37pm
I have waited some time to see it, but the dramatisation of the days of the 1974-9 Labour government, ‘This House’ at the Olivier National Theatre, which we just caught on the last night,...

Creativity in Education

Rtuc's Blog - 20 May 2013 - 1:53pm
To encourage creativity, Mr Gove, you must first understand what it is The education secretary’s new national curriculum is a dead hand on the creative pulse of teachers and students alike...

Austerity Economics and the EU’s Fiscal Compact are indivisible

Unison Active - 20 May 2013 - 1:11pm
How should trade unionists respond to Tory in-fighting on the European Union (EU), in particular demands of the Tory right for a referendum? The TUC’s Owen Tudor writing on the Stronger Unions blog...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ‘Capitaville’-Capita to takeover more Barnet Council services.

Barnet Unison - 20 May 2013 - 12:03pm
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ‘Capitaville’-Capita to takeover more Barnet Council services. read more

Disabled and older rail passengers make their voices heard

Action For Rail - 20 May 2013 - 10:56am
Action for Rail joined forces with Transport for All, the National Pensioners Convention and Disabled People Against Cuts last month to get the message over that cuts to staff on trains and stations...

Update: Kenya tea workers solidarity appeal

Going To Work - 20 May 2013 - 9:24am
Francis Atwoli of the Kenyan TUC has sent us a message of heartfelt appreciation for donations to his legal fund.

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