Women's TUC - Iraqi visit
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From a report by Pauline Bradley
About 320 delegates, from all the major unions and some of the smaller ones, attended the Women’s TUC Conference this year.
Union conferences
Women’s Pay: Mind the Gap
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The hot topic of TUC Women's Conference was the gender pay gap – the fact that, three decades on from legislation supposedly guaranteeing ‘equal pay for work of equal value’, women still earn
TUC Congress to discuss women's rights in Iraq
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The Communication Workers' Union (CWU) has submitted the following resolution to TUC Congress, to be held in Brighton from 12th to 15th September.
Women's Rights in Iraq
Congress notes the draft Iraqi Constitution that was issued on the 23rd August and will now be subject to a national referendum.
US union split will not bring class politics
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Jim Byagua reports on the 2005 conventon of the AFL-CIO, the United States’ trade union federation.
Unison distrust of Blair
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By a delegate
Delegates at the national conference of the public services union Unison, meeting in Glasgow from 21 June, have defeated the platform in two votes which show growing distrust of the Blair-Brown government.
CWU backs LRC
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Possible privatisation of Royal Mail, and the union’s link to the Labour Party, were the big issues at the General Conference of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) in Blackpool from Sunday 12 June.
Pensions and privatisation
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By Maria Exall, CWU Executive (pers cap)
The intertwined issues of pensions and retirement age will be on the agenda at this year’s Communication Workers’ Union conference. The Post Office schemes are not in the frame for the attacks curremtly happening in the rest of the public sector, but the threat is still there. There will be a call for ballots for strike action if any attempt is made to reduce benefits or increase the age that members are entitled to claim their pension.
Report on Amicus conference
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Around 800 delegates attended the Amicus Policy and Rules conference held in Brighton 14-18 May.
Unison health conference
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By a UNISON member
Delegates arrived at UNISON's health conference in Plymouth (25-27 April) burdened by the impact of Agenda for Change, the new NHS pay system, and troubled by uncertainties about the NHS pension scheme. They left three days later with neither issue resolved.
Qaradawi and Ken Livingstone’s dodgy dossier
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Ken Livingstone's office has produced a document defending his invitation to the Muslim cleric Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi to City Hall in July 2004. Al-Qaradawi is a leading spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood.