Trade Union Bill is “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic,” says Doncaster mayor Ros Jones
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“How would your office look if your manager was a cat?”
I must admit that as a trade union steward for many years I have come across some very odd managers but…:)Read more…
Press release: UNISON Library response to 70% cut in staffed hours by Barnet Council.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNISON Library response to 70% cut in staffed hours by Barnet Council.
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Barnet UNISON respond to 46 % of Library staff to be sacked
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Big call out please join Libraries Lobby 12 October – Hendon Town Hall
On Friday 2 October 2015, Barnet Council published their devastating report on the future of the library service which revealed:
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‘Unprecedented’ guilt admission
Over 260 blacklisted construction workers are on the verge of securing damages, which could total tens of millions, after Unite won an unprecedented admission of guilt from construction companies…Read more…
Giant Trojan Horse delivers 3 million #noTTIP signatures
While Cameron defends TTIP at the Tory party conference, a giant Trojan Horse delivers 3 million #noTTIP signaturesRead more…
‘Woefully inadquate’
Foot dragging by APCOA Parking in Hackney, east London has driven the traffic wardens to take five days of strike action from Monday (October 12) in a bid to get a proper sick pay policy. The…Read more…
What lies beneath?
Prime minister David Cameron has again announced in his Tory Conference speech yesterday (October 7) that his is the party of working people. It’s his latest in a number of attempts to stretch the…Read more…
Lidl backtracks after Unite campaign
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Dave down the rabbit hole
‘Call me Dave’ has had a dream which he shared with me. It was when we were walking through the sunlit uplands of his unexpected election victory waving the Union Jack. At this…Read more…
Are you experiencing racism in the workplace?
If you are not aware bullying, racism and discrimination will not stop unless we do something. Be an active Unison Black member so that we can fight the same struggle together. Let’s make our workplace and community equal for ALL … Continue reading →Read more…
Free Mahdi Abu Dheeb
In May last year I blogged about the disgraceful treatment of trade union activist, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, by the Bahraini authorities. Sadly the only developments since then have been negative. Mahdi…Read more…
Further cuts to police forces could jeopardise public safety and lead to more industrial unrest, warns UNISON
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has today (Thursday) warned that more cuts to police jobs and budgets could jeopardise public safety, and lead to industrial unrest. In his speech to the union’s…Read more…
Prentis condemns government hypocrisy on facility time
General secretary pledges resources to police and justice staff as he addresses conference
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South West care company signs Ethical Care Charter
Cornish care company Cormac has signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter, the first in the South West to do so
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‘Hard times are everywhere’
The darkness of austerity gathers all across Britain like the clouds of night while the Tory Party conference in Manchester celebrates its victory in May’s general election behind barbed wire,…Read more…
All-island fair pay victory
Unite today (October 8) hailed an all-island fair pay victory, after Lidl caved to union and public pressure and agreed to include Northern Ireland as well as the Republic of Ireland in its pledge to…Read more…
Thanks, George, for 900 solar energy redundancies
Solar energy firm Mark Group has announced over 900 redundancies, and it lays the blame on the doorstep of No. 11: “We are extremely disappointed that the draconian policy proposals made by the government in August will essentially eliminate the solar PV market in the UK and have made our plans…Read more…
October 2015 Is Black History Month
A full poster is available for display – Black History Month If you would like further information on events taking place or if you have any issues in the workplace please contact Alimiyau Abdulrahaman, Black Members’ Officer on 01782 236687 … Continue reading →Read more…