GMB and Unite members vote for action in dispute over holiday pay and pension benefitsRead more…
UNISON members vote to re-open local government pay negotiations
Delegates at special conference express wish to achieve at least the Living Wage for all workersRead more…
Heinz meanz what? Workers seek reassurance after merger announcement
Unite calls for urgent meeting with bosses after Heinz plans to merge with KraftRead more…
Barnet care workers out on strike again over 9.5% pay cut
UNISON members “very underwhelmed” by £400 offerRead more…
Safety fears as fire chiefs take steps to replace new equipment with old
FBU calls on Cambridgeshire and Peterbrough fire authority to reconsider plansRead more…
UNISON Special Local Government Conference 2015
I am not a member of the Local Government Service Group anymore (even though my pay and conditions like many UNISON Community members are still determined by the National Joint Council) so I was not there yesterday and don’t know how accurate this UNIS…Read more…
“Dear Pissed off Voter…why I am going to Vote”
The right to vote is so precious. People have suffered and died for this right. Politics in this country is far from perfect but if you don’t vote, then you betraying these democracy martyrs from the past and present and just giving the thumbs up …Read more…
Will conference words of unity translate to reality?
Calls for unity from both platform and floor were welcome after a sometimes bitter special local government conference in London on Tuesday – and unity is essential if anything positive is to come…Read more…
2050 industry roadmaps? We dont have that much time
The industrial, lobby has its work cut out for the next Parliament. The government’s 2050 roadmaps to decarbonise our most energy intensive industries, published today, reveal the enormous scale of investment needed. At a time of intensive international competition, our foundation industries are…Read more…
Merger is a bolt from the blue
Reassurances about future UK job security are being sought by Unite, following today’s (March 25) announcement that US food giant Heinz is to merge with Kraft Foods Group. Unite national officer for the food sector Julia Long said that in addition to discussing job security, the union also wants to know the combined […]
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“we need more time with the clients”
I only worked visiting elderly clients for a year but had experience working in care, I never got offered extra training due to this fact but was asked to do jobs that needed at least two people, given not enough travel time as I worked on foot and use…Read more…
Growing opposition
A group of MPs have raised serious concerns about the risks of TTIP—the EU-US trade deal currently being negotiated in secret. The Business, Innovations and Skills committee issued a sharply critical report of the trade deal, saying that the government needed more evidence to substantiate claims that TTIP will boost the economy by £100bn a year. […]
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Turkish court frees trade unionists
For a number of years now I have covered Turkey as a member of the TUC’s European Union and International Department. During those years I have written protest letter after protest letter to the…Read more…
Guilty: ‘verdict’ on IDS
As part of a national day of action against benefit sanctions (March 19) Unite Community members in Southampton paraded ‘Iain Duncan Smith’ through the streets of the city before ‘jailing’ the work and pensions secretary for ‘crimes against humanity.’ Pretty strong stuff and with good reason. Unite believes the sanctions – which have seen […]
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BREAKING: BECTU responds to Clarkson sacking
Union welcomes decision, saying it puts dignity at work ahead of the bottom lineRead more…
TTIP must be opposed
A huge corporate power grab of health care and public services would have a devastating impact on UK citizens. But that’s just what could happen if the “Trojan Horse” – an EU-US trade deal known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)–now being drawn up behind closed doors, goes ahead. By removing “regulatory […]
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Reform the cruel benefit sanctions regime
The DWP’s harsh benefit sanctions regime has pushed Jobcentres towards a culture of harassment, not help. The TUC has started a petition to be given to the next Secretary of State for Work and…Read more…
Budget airline Wizz Air ordered to reinstate dismissed union leader
Romania’s Ilfov court has ordered the reinstatement of an unfairly dismissed trade union leader.Read more…
Benefit sanctions for low-paid workers
In January this year, in a move that received little media coverage at the time, this government introduced secondary legislation that would enable them to extend benefit sanctions to low paid workers who aren’t doing ‘enough’ to earn more money. Sanctions – the withholding of benefits – have been…Read more…
We ignore gender at our peril when creating a working future for young women
Trade unions have been at the forefront of fighting for women and men to be treated fairly and to avoid discrimination in the workplace. As Chief Executive of a charity working with and on behalf of young women as they enter employment for the first time I wouldn’t, of course, argue that this isn’t…Read more…