The branch is seeking to launch a Disabled Members’ Self Organised Group. A full size poster is available for display – Disabled Members SOG Launch October 2015 If you are interested in joining the group, have any ideas on how the … Continue reading →Read more…
Win! Unite hails “common sense” victory in Sellafield safety dispute
Company agrees to have health and safety repRead more…
Undercover cop probe: TUC applies to represent all unions
NUJ makes separate application for core participant status in Pitchford InquiryRead more…
Prentis slams “despicable” Tax Payers’ Alliance
UNISON general secretary attacks organisation after “dead pensioners’ commentsRead more…
Tower Hamlets Council Pension Board – Inaugural meeting 28 July 2015
This post is just a little late but for accuracy, I wanted to be able to refer to the published minutes which were only published recently.
The meeting was held in the Council Chamber in the Mulberry Place Town Hall E14.
The Hu…Read more…
We are the builders, Mr Chancellor
On Saturday in Hackney we celebrated the launch at Banister House of the largest community solar power scheme on a housing estate in the UK. But instead of a pathfinder, Banister House may be the last of its kind, because of the Chancellor’s planned 87% cut in support for renewable energy projects….Read more…
Dave Prentis slams Taxpayers’ Alliance
General secretary criticises comments on pensioner benefits as ‘despicable’
The article Dave Prentis slams Taxpayers’ Alliance first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘Too clever’ Osborne vs ‘rooted in reality’ McDonnell
The approach could not be starker. Tory Chancellor George Osborne is going to hammer those on lower pay to close the budget deficit by 2020. He’ll then throw a few slogans at the economy, and…Read more…
Scotland’s public sector water contract privatised. Confused? You should be!
A £350m contract to provide water and wastewater to Scotland’s public sector has been awarded to a privatised utility firm in East Anglia. Confused?
Scotland has a public water corporation, Scottish…Read more…
En-tyre workforce slashed
Unite today (Wednesday October 7) accused Goodyear of a ‘sham consultation’ after the company confirmed it would be closing its only UK plant. The mixing and re-treading facility in…Read more…
Unions fail to fall for Cameron’s phoney rhetoric
Prime Minister’s pledge to wage war on poverty is disputedRead more…
‘You are the living history of our union’
General secretary praises contribution of 170,000 retired members at Brighton conference
The article ‘You are the living history of our union’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON’s reaction to the Prime Minister’s speech at Tory conference
Commenting on David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative party conference today (Wednesday) in Manchester, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “The Prime Minister talks of launching an…Read more…
Achievable as a trip to the moon
David Cameron’s legacy will be felt all too acutely by those workers earning a low wage or in insecure work who will be shut out from his housing promise Unite, said today (Wednesday October 7)….Read more…
On World Day for Decent Work, join the fight against the Trade Union Bill
Trade unions fight for decent work every day, but the UK government’s Trade Union Bill would threaten our ability to do so
The article On World Day for Decent Work, join the fight against the Trade…Read more…
Workload: Hunt lets the cat out of the bag !
Tackling teacher workload has been a major campaign for the NUT for some years. We identified the growing problem during the Blair/Brown era, and saw this explode during Michael Gove’s poisonous…Read more…
World Day for Decent Work: end corporate greed!
For the eighth year running, today, 7 October has been designated World Day for Decent Work by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the global trade union confederation to which the…Read more…
For Bucks’ sake – FBU fights to save stations in Great Holm and Bletchley
FBU warns response times could double if merger plans are agreedRead more…
European unions back TUC call on EU referendum
Last week in Paris, the four-yearly Comgress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) adopted unanimously an emergency resolution from the TUC about the British government’s EU…Read more…
Shadow Chancellor expected to join Barnet UNISON picket line
John McDonnell says he been a long-term support of union’s campaign against “hard right” councilRead more…