Carillion managers named and shamed for blacklisting
It is important to understand that the practice of providing and compiling evidence for an illegal blacklist that was then used to deny thousands of workers from gainful employment was not just a...
View ArticleBlacklisting: the Civil Liberties Scandal That Grows and Grows
Saturday’s Daily Mirror reported the shocking fact that environmental campaigners have been listed alongside construction workers on the notorious blacklist illegally maintained by the Consulting...
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Trade unions and the law
Last Saturday saw the launch meeting of the new Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, created by the merger of the Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions (LCDTU) and the United Campaign for the...
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Paolo Di Canio: We Must Oppose Fascism Becoming Acceptable
I was delighted at the response of David Miliband in resigning as vice chair of Sunderland after the appointment of open fascist Paolo di Canio as manager. Since then, Durham NUM have asked for their...
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Parliamentary Report into Blacklisting: the Scandal Grows
Today saw publication of the interim parliamentary report on blacklisting by the Scottish Select Affairs Committee. In its statement released today, the committee says that the major construction firms...
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GMB members take Carillion dispute to Southmead Hospital
GMB members, in dispute with Carillion at Great Western PFI Hospital in Swindon since December 2011, today demonstrated at Southmead Hospital in Bristol over the on-going dispute and blacklisting by...
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GMB members in dispute to break Kitcat
GMB members working in the Cityclean Department of Brighton & Hove City Council are to be balloted for industrial action over plans to make huge cuts to their take home pay which are being...
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Brighton pay strike: why Jason Kitcat’s numbers don’t add up
This post was by Neil Harding, and was originally posted on his blog. It is reproduced here with permission The Green leader of Brighton & Hove City Council Jason Kitcat recently mentioned that the...
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Andy Newman & Swindon GMB activists win SW TUC award
Cleaners, porters and domestic workers fighting a campaign at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital hospital will today be recognised by the South West TUC. Around 150 GMB members employed by Carillion at...
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SW TUC ‘best campaign’ award
Excellent evening last night, at Exeter City FC, for the SW TUC awards, where GMB activists involved in the dispute with Carillion at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital were winners in the Best Campaign...
View ArticleThere is a blacklist – the biggest civil liberties scandal in the UK
Great song about blacklisting – a real problem in the UK, and one affecting many readers of this site. Click below to listen to “There is a blacklist” The post There is a blacklist – the biggest civil...
View ArticleLondon NHS Demo – pictures from Twitter
Who said protesting couldn’t be fun.Doing the Bhangra with @onkarsahota #SaveOurNHS Demo twitter.com/KamaljeetJandu… — Kamaljeet Jandu (@KamaljeetJandu) May 18, 2013 Best placard at #SaveOurNHS demo by...
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GMB members protesting at Swindon Next store
A report from Carole Vallelly, organiser of the GMB union in Swindon and Wiltshire: “GMB have been carrying out protests outside Next stores up and down the country. “Next expect their profits to be...
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Brighton Green Council planning strike-busting measures
From the GMB Union Southern Region The Green party in Brighton & Hove is planning ‘contingency measures’ in an attempt to bust a strike in Brighton by GMB members seeking to defend themselves from...
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Brighton GMB members vote to break Kitcat
GMB members employed by Brighton and Hove City Council have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action in response to Green Party plans to reduce their take home pay. The members, who...
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Brighton: Green Council has last chance to avoid bin strike
GMB General Secretary Paul Kenny is to lead a march and demonstration of GMB members employed by Brighton & Hove City Council who will be striking over proposed cuts to their take home pay....
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We need to talk about Brighton
This is an edited version of an article cross-posted from Green Left, the eco-socialist current within the Green Party. This Friday, Green Party members across the country will face an immense dilemma...
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Link: Brighton CityClean workers strike fund
picture from @GMBSussexBranch The GMB has launched a regional dispute fund in support of a number of disputes across the region, including the most recent Brighton Council Cityclean workers and the...
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GMB members at Brighton CityClean on the march
GMB Union members marched in Brighton at the weekend in support of CityClean workers who are on strike as a result of large pay cuts imposed by the Council’s Green Party leadership. Tony adds: The post...
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Statement on Brighton community clean ups
from Support Brighton Council workers on Facebook This is a message/statement to all those people who have been organising clean ups and/or picking up litter. We have been overwhelmed with messages...
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