TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS 12th February 2015 Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS You will be aware members rejected of both options previously offered…Read more…
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TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS
12th February 2015
Dear Colleagues,
RATES OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS
You will be aware members rejected of both…Read more…
Global Divestment Day
If we are to save the planet for future generations, it’s time to take action against the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry.
13th-14th February is Global Divestment Day. Thousands of…Read more…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY – 8 MARCH 2015
To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Circular no: NP/023/15My ref: EO/611 February 2015 Dear…Read more…
Union women can defeat the Con Dems
#unwc15 UNISON NEC member Jane Carolan writes in the Morning Star on the potential influence of the union’s women members on the outcome of the upcoming General Election: ‘The country can afford the…Read more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: 58 per cent of benefit cuts will hit working families
As we come up to the election, the government’s plans for benefit cuts are going to be a vital issue. The reality of this policy is that most of these cuts have hit families in working poverty, but the politics of this debate mean that the key issue is whether the government can persuade…Read more…
Councillor Dianne Walls OBE
Congratulations to top Labour Forest Gate Councillor and former Newham school head, Dianne Walls, for her award of the Order of British Empire (OBE) last week at Buckingham Place. Well deserved and what a great photograph! hat tip Conor. Read more…
February/March Voice column: What turns a trade union member into an activist?
A sense of social justice, a desire to right a wrong certainly. Talking to union activists at all levels, it always strikes me how much we have in common, both in terms of background and experience….Read more…
Wasting public money to re-privatise East Coast
Over £2.4m has been spent by the government on external advisors for legal and financial expertise in order to re-privatise the East Coast Main Line. In a time of austerity, this is a huge waste of…Read more…
Success for illegally paid home care workers!
UNISON’s campaign to end minimum wage non-payment in the home care sector has had a big boost this week.Read more…
What David Cameron should do if he’s serious about getting Britain’s workers a pay rise
Politics is a funny business isn’t it? David Cameron has presided over the longest squeeze on living standards since Victoria was on the Throne. And yet there he was on Tuesday getting up at the British Chambers of Commerce, less than 90 days away from a general election, and saying with an…Read more…
UK household debt: still amongst the highest in the world
With the publication of the McKinsey report, Debt and (not much) deleveraging, debt is back in the news. But while McKinsey (an ultra-prestigious consultancy) appears to seek deleveraging, the UK is poised to head in the opposite direction. As widely r…Read more…
Adding insult to injury – public service workers exempt from Tory call for pay rises
‘It’s time Britain had a pay rise’ the Tory Prime Minister told the British Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday. But Tory Ministers were quick to point out that Cameron’s Damascene conversion to fairness…Read more…
USW Statement On “Lack of Progress” In Oil Strike Talks.
Day 10: There was little progress as bargaining with the industry resumed. When talks recessed last week the industry told the USW bargaining committee that they would be bringing one of their…Read more…
UNISON Housing Association AGM – Stella Creasy MP Speaker
Don’t forget the branch AGM is next Tuesaday 17th February, 6-8.30pm at City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA (the London Assembly building).
London Assembly member (and former branch member) Murad Qureshi is hosting the meeting whose them…Read more…
Morning Star: Work and the Law supplement
Bring back cross-sectoral bargaining Ed Miliband has established a commission on “the future of work and prosperity.” It is a panel made up of Alison Downie, Douglas McCormick and John Monks. Trade…Read more…
Gurit:
Gurit (Newport, Isle of Wight) refuse to officially comment on job losses (adapted from onthewight report) http://onthewight.com/2015/02/11/gurit-refuse-officially-comment-job-losses/ The company…Read more…
Why Cameron’s belief in freedom doesn’t extend to workers
If David Cameron really wants workers to get a pay rise, then he’s got a funny way of going about it. Over the last five years we have seen a sustained attack on workers’ rights and protection at…Read more…
Trumped up charges for organising a May Day rally in Turkey
Turkish liberal democracy is under assault from those supposed to uphold and protect it. Ordinary, law-abiding trade unionists are being penalised and violently attacked for legitimate and peaceful…Read more…
The average wage is worth £2,500 less a year since Cameron became PM, says TUC
Commenting on the speech David Cameron is due to make today (Tuesday) on pay to the British Chambers of Commerce, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Since David Cameron became Prime…Read more…