SEC accepts US$3m settlement over charges Blackbaud failed to disclose full extent of data loss Blackbaud, the company at the centre of the first of two major Labour party data breaches in consecutive years, has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) three million US dollars to settle the SEC’s charges that it […]
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The 40 workers at one of Visy’s can-making factories, in Shepparton, Victoria, are planning to walk out for four days after today's Labour Day public holiday, bringing their strike days this year to 17.
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A successful 24-hour strike at the University of Sydney last Thursday kicked off plans for a semester of escalating industrial action.
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Unite groups break from Graham’s accommodation with Labour ‘leader’ to put split from party on conference agenda Two major Unite groups have voted to put disaffiliation from Labour onto the agenda at the union’s approaching 2023 rules conference. The North-East, Yorkshire and Humber Health RISC [regional industrial sector committee] and LGBT+ committee have passed votes […]
McDonald’s workers at Traralgon Central Plaza walked out on 17 February in protest at sexual harassment at work and joined a 100-strong rally outside the store, organised by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU).
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Business investor tagged in image Keir Starmer posted an image today of a meeting showing him with fellow right-winger Rachel Reeves – which Starmer’s tweet described as a ‘fantastic’ meeting with ‘business leaders’. However, new TUC general secretary Paul Nowak posted a wider-angle image of the meeting, which he said had been a ’roundtable on […]
Even the responses not (yet) hidden by Unite GS are overwhelmingly negative – but those she has hidden are even more damning Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has long been criticised for being too ready to cosy up to anti-worker Labour party leader Keir Starmer – chummily referred to as ‘Keir’ – particularly since she […]
Drivers claim they were conned into voting for below-inflation package trumped by Unite general secretary as big win, according to WSWS Sharon Graham has been slammed by bus drivers for claiming Unite won them an 18% pay rise – and for her reps deceiving them into voting for a deal in fact worth much less […]
General secretary and presumed successor both gone – with more dismissals expected The TSSA union has sacked general secretary Manuel Cortes in the wake of Baroness Kennedy’s damning report on rampant and covered-up sexual harassment and bullying in the union. Luke Chester, until the report considered to be the ‘anointed’ next general secretary, has also […]
Conley report submitted to union months ago says union stuck in the 80s Earlier this month, Baroness Kennedy published a damning report on sexual harassment in the TSSA union, following a whistleblower’s allegations against senior figures and the #MeTU movement that followed, that has led to a string of resignations and suspensions among the union’s […]