http://www.unison.org.uk/news/higher-education-members-vote-to-accept-pay-offer
This story – from our national website – reports the decision of the Higher Education Service Group Executive (SGE) to accept the employers’ pay offer, following a consulta…Read more…
UNISON #Lablink15: Day 1. ‘We will never walk away from the Labour Party’
The UNISON political fund representing members who have decided to affiliate to the Labour Party began its annual forum this morning in Manchester.
The forum was opened by Dave Prentis who…Read more…
Unison Labour Link 2015: Day 1. “…We will never walk away from the Labour Party”
The UNISON political fund representing members who have decided to affiliate to the Labour Party began its Annual Forum this morning in Manchester.
The forum was opened by Dave Prentis who promised delegates that as long as he is General Secretary, un…Read more…
Proud at Pride – Support #BarnetStrikers
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A workplace savings strategy is a good idea – but tread carefully
New Pensions Minister Ros Altmann has caused a stir with the publication this week of her pre-Election musings about the possible desirability of extending workplace savings beyond pensions. This is a useful and important development because a strategy…Read more…
Ground-breaking agreement
Dock workers working for Blue Arrow at the Port of Liverpool have agreed to a ground-breaking three-year pay deal that lifts the threat of strike action, Unite announced today (July 3). …Read more…
Being on the right side of history
Paloma Faith’s political warm-up act, Fox News’ “braying jackal” and The Sun’s “camera-chasing Guardian goblin”. Owen Jones provokes many descriptions but for many he is Britain’s leading left-wing…Read more…
UK Labour Leadership
I was at the UNISON Labour Link hustings for the UK Labour Leadership today in Manchester. With our focus on the Scottish leadership election’s earlier timetable, this was my first real opportunity…Read more…
UNISON Scotland welcomes breakthrough in tackling low pay in the NHS
Friday 3 July 2015
UNISON Scotland’s Health Committee today welcomed a
breakthrough in the fight against poverty pay with the Scottish
Government agreeing to a review of the lowest pay band.
This development highlights the benefits of
Partnership working which has been the basis of industrial relations
in NHSScotland since 1999 and further enshrinesRead more…
Farming – even less safe
Crushed by bales of hay, trampled by a bull or run over by a reversing tractor – these are just a handful of the gruesome causes of death in farming, the most peril-fraught sector in the economy….Read more…
Branch Summer Party 28 July at the Tempest Inn
Save the date!
Branch Summer Social!
7pm on Tuesday 28 July 2015 at the Tempest Inn, right on Brighton seafront.
There will be free drinks for early birds and quality nibbles too. Bring a partner…Read more…
Unions are partners in productivity
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (July 3) urged the Chancellor to change gear in order to work with the UK’s unions and their six million plus members to renew the country’s…Read more…
Whispers from Wisconsin – Taking lessons from austerity’s newest victim
James Wold
3 July 2015
By James Wold, Marquette University Law School
The following article is the first in what we hope to be a series of articles by a colleague from Wisconsin, James Wold. James…Read more…
Danish unions take on Ryanair
Danish unions are planning solidarity actions directed at the fiercely anti-union airline Ryanair, which started operating from Copenhagen last March.Read more…
Protect our futures
A call for a new asbestos eradication law requiring the safe, planned removal of all the asbestos that still remains in place was made by Unite at a conference in London today (July 3) to mark…Read more…
New MoJ figures reveal assault on access to justice, as spending cuts caused huge drop in legal aid work
The implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) has resulted in “large reductions in legal help workload and expenditure”, reveal new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics. The statistics reveal that government reforms and spending cuts have led directly…Read more…
The New Health and Social Care Economy – Dexter Whitfield
This ground-breaking 96-page report puts the health and social care sector at the centre of importance to achieve sustainable economic growth. Commissioned by New Directions, the definitive analysis…Read more…
Love (less) match – couple to wed at Tolpuddle Festival
Gary Kilroy and Lynn Barrer are the first to tie the knot at the village’s museumRead more…
Unite calls for new asbestos law to save 5,000 lives a year
Union says the only way to remove the danger and protect future generations is to eradicate asbestos from all workplacesRead more…
BREAKING: RMT members announce six-day strike on Southern Rail
Union says there is a “comprehensive breakdown in industrial relations”.Read more…