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The government is currently consulting on plans to allow universities and colleges in England to opt out of offering the …Read more…
Commenting on the Labour Party’s plans to reverse the trend of public services being outsourced to private contractors and bring services back in-house, UNISON general secretary Dave…Read more…
Unite has lambasted a limited public sector pay rise as a “last gasp attempt by a failed government” after the Times reported that some groups of public sector workers are set to be in line for a…Read more…
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
The article MPs call for multi-billion pound education cash boost first appeared…Read more…
Commenting on reports that the Treasury is to announce a public sector pay rise next week, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “For almost a decade, the wages of public…Read more…
Obviously, I’ve not been blogging much lately, but something I’ve been spending a bit of time looking at is dividend arbitrage. In it its most well-known version, this is the practice of shifting stock around the ex dividend in order minimise tax payab…Read more…
Government plans to compensate zero-hours workers who lose out on work will do nothing to reform a jobs market that allows bosses to treat workers like disposable labour.Read more…
Something I’ve been thinking about a bit lately is how disconnected responsible investment is from the rest of the world. There is a tidal wave of marketing for ESG products and services currently storming through the financial services industry, yet i…Read more…
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About 900 bus drivers in South Yorkshire will hold two 24 hour strikes after pay talks broke down today (July 18), Unite said. Unite said that its members, employed by First South Yorkshire…Read more…
As the longest strike in Australia’s modern history carried on month after agonisingly-long month, the number of workers on the picket line dwindled. Although almost broken, AMWU union rep…Read more…
Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen
The article Tahir’s youth mission first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite accused the government of ‘playing with fire’ over the privatisation of the Defence Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced today (Thursday 18 July) that…Read more…
We don’t always see what council workers do in our communities, but they’re there, making our lives better
The article Local Service Champions – making our communities safer first appeared on the…Read more…
Crunch pay talks are due to be held tomorrow (July 18) in a bid to avert strike action by about 900 bus drivers in South Yorkshire, Unite said today (July 17). Unite said that its members,…Read more…
Millennials are facing a homelessness crisis once they retire as the shortage in affordable housing reaches breaking point. More than half a million people under 40 who are unable to afford to…Read more…
Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay
The article Birmingham university members strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has given a guarded welcome to a commitment made today (July 17) by pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to provide funding to ensure workers at its former site in Avonmouth, Bristol, receive their…Read more…
Members at three NHS trusts deliver 100% vote for strikes to win NHS rates for all staff
The article North West hospital staff to strike for pay equality first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Campaigning is vital to UNISON’s cause
The article Communicating our cause first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…