It was just another average afternoon as a news reporter. I’d bagged a good story and was now waiting for the train back home. Suddenly I see Bob Crow along with other RMT activists waiting to board the same train. He’d only met me on a handful of occasions but he still knew me by […]
Disability protesters target Atos benefit test centres
Feb 19th, 2014 by John Millington.Disability campaigners laid siege to Atos assessment centres up and down the country today, in a bid to increase public pressure on the government to end what many see as a war against disabled people. Union activists, Disabled People Against Cuts and Black Triangle targeted 144 assessment centres where people are told whether they are […]
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Breaking: Unite launches legal action over Grangemouth sacking
Feb 4th, 2014 by John Millington.Unite launched legal action today after Grangemouth convenor Mark Lyon was sacked by Ineos. Mr Lyon who has worked at the company for 25 years was tried in absence and told of his dismissal earlier today. Unite said it will appeal the company’s decision and issue an employment tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and victimisation […]
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Blacklisted workers to take action on 20 November
Nov 15th, 2013 by John Millington.Protests will be held up and down the country and there will be lobby of Parliament in London. The TUC and unions are unhappy that companies who have blacklisted workers have still not been held to account for their illegal activities. They want a Leveson-style inquiry into the practice.
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Blacklist beaten – Frank Morris reinstated on Crossrail
Sep 3rd, 2013 by John Millington.Blacklisted UNITE union shop steward Frank Morris is returning to work on the Crossrail project on 9 September. This is a massive victory, not just for UNITE but the whole of the trade union movement. Frank Morris came to symbolise the struggle the unions are waging against the illegal blacklist of their members by major […]
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Pressure mounts on Cable to organise Levenson-style inquiry into blacklisting
Jul 24th, 2013 by John Millington.Business Secretary Vince Cable faced mounting pressure from unions and politicians to investigate whether blacklisting is an ongoing practice in workplaces across Britain this week. The Scottish Affairs select committee last Friday requested he undertake a “thorough investigation” into the illegal practice. Blacklisting was thought by many to be a thing of the past. However evidence submitted […]
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Bakers’ union calls for action on supermarkets selling below cost
Jun 10th, 2013 by John Millington.Addressing union delegates in Bridlington today, the Bolton North MP, David Crausby,delivered the annual report of the bakers’ union parliamentary group which acts for the union’s interests in parliament. The union wants to see action on curbing the power of supermarkets by government introducing a regulatory framework that is designed to prevent below cost selling […]
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A challenge for the trades union movement
May 29th, 2013 by John Millington.Nazi saluting tanked up extremists who have sworn to rid the country of a religious minority in Britain, run amok through the heart of the capital passing within 200 metres of the House of Commons with a grand total of two police officers in pursuit. Going through all the possible opening paragraphs for a classic […]
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Hugo Chavez: His legacy beyond the media distortions
Mar 6th, 2013 by John Millington.“Chavez had not stolen an election. He didn’t have to. And now he is gone, we will never know if he ever would have done.” One of the more bizarre and unintentionally funny comments by otherwise respected C4 journalist Jonathan Rugman sums up the absurdity of the anti-Chavez rhetoric currently being dumped across the media highways.
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Spooks face complaint over links to blacklisting, as union demands full investigation
Mar 5th, 2013 by John Millington.Blacklisted workers have lodged a formal complaint to the security services watchdog, calling for an investigation about potential involvement of MI5, the Government Communications HQ and other sections of the security services over the recent Consulting Association blacklisting scandal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal which received the complaint on 21 February was lodged by Sarah McSherry […]
