Circular No. NP/155/10/MC 26th August 2010 H.O. Ref: R14/5 TO: ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS, REGIONAL OFFICES, COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES & HO OFFICERS. Dear Members, RMT PAY BULLETIN August 2010 July 2010 retail prices index rate: 4.8% The July rates of RPI and CPI were published by...

www.rmt.org.uk NEWS RELEASE August 26 2010 RMT slams SWT’s ‘profit-driven vandalism’ of ticket-offices BRITAIN’S BIGGEST rail union accused South West Trains of “profit-driven vandalism” today as the Stagecoach subsidiary announced that it had gained approval for another round of cuts to...

Until now DP World, which bought P&O Ports in 2006 and runs Southampton and Tilbury docks in the UK, had been considered sacrosanct A strategy outline for the group at its latest creditor...

"Labour Link Enews - Aug '10 UNISON urges vote for Ed Miliband Welcome to the 26th electronic newsletter from UNISON Labour Link. It is aimed at those both active in UNISON and those in the Labour party who are interested in our campaigns. UNISON is calling on its affiliated members to make Ed...

So Mark Thompson has finally delivered his MacTaggart lecture and I'm sure it is being trashed by many newspapers but there is much to be applauded in the speech. It is a strong defence of public service broadcasting and the BBC and a clear rebuff to the nonsense talked by James Murdoch at last...

SEBASTIAN BACZKIEWICZ'S radio play in four parts begins with the episode "The Drowned Church" on Radio 4 at 2:15pm on Tuesday 31st August. DAVID BARRY, whose play A Friend of Ronnie's was showcased by Equity members at the Writers' Guild three years ago, performs at the Sarah Thorne Theatre Club,...

The severity of the limitations placed upon trade union freedom in Britain today, and let’s be clear about this, upon the rights of the people, of working women and men to act together in defence of...

Three police forces - Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, and Central - have this week proposed swingeing service cuts by removing hundreds of staff jobs as well as slashing the number of front line...

‘Science cracks code to feed world’, says the headline on page three of The Times today. Now I know the first rule of journalism is that the headline should grab the reader’s attention, but even so, this is a bold claim. Nevertheless, this article reports that a team of British...

Coming soon: Jerry Hicks to speak at Ryde Trades Council Jerry Hicks, Former Convener at Rolls Royce in Bristol, is standing for General Secretary of the UNITE union. We welcome workers and Trades...

Following the excellent and thought provoking blog from my colleague Matt Edwards, entitled “In defence of bank charges.”,  I though I would post a blog response with a different view. My politics...

The Labour Party has always prided itself on being the Party of equality and diversity. How will you ensure that Labour’s shadow cabinet and the PLP are representative of women and men? What...

The Labour Party has always prided itself on being the Party of equality and diversity. How will you ensure that Labour’s shadow cabinet and the PLP are representative of women and men? What...

The Labour Party has always prided itself on being the Party of equality and diversity. How will you ensure that Labour’s shadow cabinet and the PLP are representative of women and men? What...

Colleagues, Our friends at LabourStart have worked hard on improving the glitches and problems in the first version of UnionBook and are proud to announce the launch of UnionBook 2.0. I have copied and pasted below a text from Eric Lee on Wednesday. Please visit the new site, register, and this...

Aside from the ill informed nonsense about public sector pay and pensions, the right wing media have set up a false opposition between public sector workers and those in the private sector in an...

The UNISON backed NHS Support Federation has launched a petition to highlight the threat posed to the NHS by the Con Dem White Paper ‘Liberating the NHS’:...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has congratulated striking public service workers and their supporters from other unions and the general public on the magnificent turnout at the...