workers rights – David Smith

Trade Union Bill – My Letter to David Nuttall MP

February 13, 2016 David Smith Trade Unions, Work Leave a comment

I’ve today written a letter to David Nuttall MP, asking him to reconsider his position on a barbaric attack on workers rights in the UK. You can find this letter below. As ever, I’ll keep you up to date on any replies that I get although, judging by previous letters I’ve sent, I won’t hold my breath for a reply! […]

Unite – Wrong on Labour, Wrong on Corbyn

July 22, 2015 David Smith Government, Labour, Trade Unions One comment

You’ll remember a little wee while ago that there was a bit of spat from some trade unions, including Unite, the biggest trade union in our country with approximately 1.4 million members and the Labour Party. The essential gist was ‘lean to the left or we might have to look at alternatives’. Very quickly the General Secretary, Len McClusky came […]

Attacks on Workers Rights Must Stop

July 21, 2015 David Smith Business, Conservatives, Current Affairs, Government, Trade Unions, Work Leave a comment

The Conservatives, on one hand, say they are the new party of the working people – however with one policy alone, they are showing that they are anything but the party of the working people – in fact they are the anti-workers party if their latest proposed legislation with regards to the trade unions is anything to go by. The […]

The Tories Just Don’t Get Equality

June 18, 2015 David Smith Labour, Society, Trade Unions, Work Leave a comment

Trying to talk sensibly about progressive politics with a Tory is sometimes like trying to draw blood out of a stone – I’m sure many of you have tried it. For many Tories, anything left of centre is equivalent to some kind of Stalinist communism. It’s frustrating, but it is something that we must continue to try to explain to […]