Over 100 top union activists convened at a pay summit at the UNISON Centre in London today (Thursday) to map out a cross-union strategy for dealing with the ongoing public sector pay freeze
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Unions and investors unite to oust Sports Direct Chair at AGM
Ahead of next week’s Sports Direct company AGM, the company’s Chair Keith Hellawell is coming under increasing pressure from unions and minority shareholders
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#RefugeesWelcome: As EU Slams Door on War Survivors, People Show Another Way
Ordinary people across Europe are staging welcome rallies and opening their homes to survivors of war, poverty, and the dangerous voyage across the MediterraneanRead more…
Choose life
Life expectancy at birth has increased by three years for every decade according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics. For men life expectancy at birth has increased from 51…Read more…
Trade Union Share Owners group calls for Sports Direct Chair to be voted out
Unions in the UK increasing capital strategies activity – TUSO calls time on poor corp gov and employment practices at Sports Direct. TUC release (from here) below –
The Trade Union Share Owners (TUSO) group has today called on shareholders at Sport…Read more…
IMPORTANT: Branch meetings 9 & 10 September
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New Nissan model welcomed
Nissan’s decision to go-ahead with the next generation Juke car is ‘another positive step in the renaissance of the British car industry’, Unite has said. The estimated £100m investment in the…Read more…
National Gallery strikers hold protest today
PCS members to hand over petition signed by 130,000 peopleRead more…
Unite issues winter power cut warning as Eggborough faces closure
Planned closure will bring job losses in West Yorkshire’s coal-based energy sector to 1,000Read more…
SNP pledges to scrap ET fees
UNISON vows to continue fight in EnglandRead more…
Unions condemn 19% rise in zero-hours contracts
The number of workers on zero-hours contracts in the UK has increased by 19% to 744,000 over the past yearRead more…
UNISON welcomes end of employment tribunal fees in Scotland
Wed 2 Sep 2015
UNISON has welcomed the Scottish Government announcement that it intends to abolish fees for employment tribunals in Scotland.This announcement comes the week after UNISON vowed to go to the UK Supreme Court in its ongoing fight to appeal against the UK government’s decision to introduce employment tribunal fees across the UK – after the Court of Appeal rejected UNISON’sRead more…
Big thanks to UNISON branches for their support
Our members who still work for Barnet Council now face a critical moment as five outsourcing projects are due to make decision in the next five months.
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Press Release: Support #Kids4Libraries march 12 September
Barnet UNISON Press Release: 2 September 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Support #Kids4Libraries march 12 September
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Q1. Is Canada in recession because of China? Q2. Will their newly-published ‘Federal Balanced Budget Act’ help?
Yesterday, as market volatility continued, GDP figures were issued showing Canada now in ‘technical’ recession. It was a close call, with quarterly growth in 2015 Q2 at -0.1 per cent, following a fall of -0.2 in Q1. But few seem in doubt that conditions in this G8 economy are a worry. The chart…Read more…
Government must act on energy
Unite is calling on the government to investigate the adverse impact of the planned closure of the Eggborough coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire which will bring job losses in the region’s…Read more…
Thunderclap launch for Kids4Libraries march – please support
UNISON welcomes end of employment tribunal fees in Scotland
UNISON has welcomed the Scottish Government announcement that it intends to abolish fees for employment tribunals in Scotland. This announcement comes the week after UNISON vowed to go to the UK…Read more…
UNISON report exposes truth behind the Chancellor’s pay con trick
Thousands of low-income households will be worse off next April when the increase in the minimum wage is more than wiped out by changes to tax credits, according to a new report from UNISON published…Read more…
The Contribution of the Ancients to Theories of the Mind.
~ by Ken Knapman On considering the most recent BBC discussions concerning Buddha, Socrates and Confucius. I have picked, what I consider to be relevant in relation to the historical development of…Read more…