by admin | Sep 13, 2010 | Campaigns, unions
An extensive study commissioned by the TUC, which meets in Manchester this week, has found that the ConDems proposed spending cuts will hit the poorest 10 times harder than the richest. Pensioners and single parents will suffer the most, with all but the top 10% of...
by admin | Aug 18, 2010 | Campaigns
Today’s Guardian tells us that voters back cuts to reduce the budget deficit. However, what the press and other media are less keen to do is challenge the assumptions on which people come to such conclusions. The government and the press constantly harp on...
by admin | Aug 17, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
On Sunday 8 August Mordechai Vanunu was released from jail after serving three months in prison for violating the terms of his 2004 release by talking to foreigners. He comment; ‘All this harassing me and arresting me again is Israeli’s problem, not my problem’. Now...
by admin | Jul 22, 2010 | Campaigns, international
At last week’s NEC meeting I read the following report given to me on the current state of Mordechai Vanunu, by his brother Meir. The 56-year-old, who spent 18 years in prison for revealing details of the country’s nuclear arsenal to the Sunday Times in 1986,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2010 | Campaigns, international
This book is an important collection of articles, written by some of the leading specialists on lobbying transparency in Europe. It provides a revealing insight into how decisions are made in the EU and exposes the tools of the lobbyists trade. It also reveals how...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
On 16 February I blogged that the union had agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme to the Sunday Times in 1986. Earlier this week,...
