The Office for National Statistics has published the Integrated Household Survey with the findings for 2014 for sexual identity and (bizarrely), smoking. The headline figure suggested that there had been little change in the overall number of people id…Read more…
Jobs blow for printers
Telephone book printers RR Donnelley is set to close at the end of the year with a “devastating” loss of about 200 jobs. Unite is due to have talks with the management at the Flaxby plant in…Read more…
Learning with Unite
It’s only been open a few weeks but already the new Unite learning centre at Vauxhall Motors in Ellesmere Port is proving to be a “fantastic” success. When Unite general secretary Len…Read more…
Digital Disruption or Digital Dividend?
It was a pleasure to speak at a fringe meeting on the digital economy, organised by Policy Network, at this year’s Labour Party Conference. I haven’t spoken or written on this subject before, so here are my slightly adapted comments to the meeting. “It is sometimes argued that the widespread…Read more…
Government holding back development of world leading low-carbon industrial zone
The great industrial and power centres in Yorkshire and the Humber’s Aire Valley have the potential to become Europe’s leading low-carbon industrial zone – but only if government unblocks its opposition to renewable energy and low carbon technologies. A new TUC report, Strategies for a…Read more…
A criminal record for defending your job?
What does the trade union bill have in store for average workers, and the public who rely on their services
The article A criminal record for defending your job? first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
URGENT: Message to all Barnet Council UNISON members (excluding schools staff).
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Invisible suffering
Unite EC member Joyce Still spoke on behalf of Unite at the final day of the Labour party conference today (September 30) on the pressing need for mental health service provision. …Read more…
Justice for all
Unite delegate Niamh O’Brady on Wednesday (September 30) spoke on justice at Labour Party conference. Unite represents members who work across the whole range of advice and legal…Read more…
Break the cycle of war
Unite delegate Ivan Monckton spoke on behalf of the union at the Labour party conference on Wednesday (September 30) proposing an emergency motion on Syria. “It is likely that very soon…Read more…
Creating better jobs starting with those who care for others
If we are to create better jobs in Scotland we need to recognise and take action on job security, worker control, appropriate demand, fair pay and opportunities for training and development.
I was…Read more…
UNISON lobby for pay justice for school and council workers
Cymru Wales members gather at local government meeting
The article UNISON lobby for pay justice for school and council workers first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Lobby of Library Committee – 12 October – please support
TUC issues guide to help reps deal with cancer in the workplace
Guidance helps reps to support colleaguesRead more…
Teamsters tell Whole Foods: Black Lives Matter
Although Whole Foods caters to the “socially conscious” consumer, it relies on prison labour to make a profit.Read more…
Convenors Constituency Newsletter October 2015
(You never know what ripples a visit by a branch convenor could make in your workplace!) Com-Unison is the first in what will hopefully be a bi-monthly or quarterly newsletter from convenors. However, it’s success largely depends upon members contacting us with a … Continue reading…Read more…
Another Fidelity – Conservative Party link
I’ve blogged a lot previously about the many links that exist between the asset manager Fidelity and the Conservative Party. I’ve just discovered a new one that provides a bit more insight into how significant the relationship is.
The Leader’s Group i…Read more…
Now We Are The Builders! New Centre Left political blog
Check out this new Labour Supporting blog “Now We Are The Builders”. It aims to be “A Centre-Left blog, a space for discussion and comment. Thoughts and reflections from within the Labour movement.- all views are the contributors own”.
It welcomes g…Read more…
Not an April Fool: Tories to launch their own trade union movement
Trade union leaders dismiss Conservative plans as a pre-conference gimmickRead more…
Carlsberg workers begin industrial action over pay
Unite members start overtime ban and begin work-to-ruleRead more…