AI – Talks on new agreement underway
A couple of weeks ago I received the following from Unite regarding the dispute at Amensty International. It's good news and updates my blog of 9 March. 'Following a meeting between shop stewards, the representative of Unite and the Secretary General earlier today,...
After Iceland’s financial storm – the Reykjavik 9 gathers steam
I’ve just returned from a few days holiday in Iceland. It’s an interesting country, dominated by the weather, the landscape, nature and still the aftermath of the financial collapse in 2008 which left one in five families bankrupt. We don’t read or hear much about the...
Still wanting us to pay for their crisis
At last Friday’s European network meeting at the TUC we received an update of the continuing fight back against attacks on our pay, working conditions and social benefits across Europe. Protests against austerity continue in Greece and the first general strike of the...