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Court brings Home Office to heel over Cuban Five visa
In a victory for freedom of expression, the Home Office has been forced to climb down over its refusal to issue a visa to a leading Cuban campaigner, in a legal move that may also benefit trade union…Read more…
New Scotland in UNISON now online
Trade union rights are human rights – London lobby report; Equal pay victory for Fife workers; The silent slaughter of jobs and services; FE ballot: Members urged to reject 1% pay offer; New procurement guidance should extend Living Wage; STUC St Andrew’s 28 November; Scotland’s Climate March 28 November; Big increase in assaults on public service workers; Water privatisation ‘ultimate marketRead more…
Potash hammer blow
The north east economy has suffered another hammer blow with around 220 job losses announced at the potash mine at Boulby, near Middlesbrough. Unite, which has about 800 members at the UK’s…Read more…
Unions from 12 countries call for a global moratorium on fracking
Thirty trade union bodies representing tens of millions of workers have issued a statement calling for a global moratorium on fracking.Read more…
WOWPetition to assess full impact of all cuts to support & social care for disabled people
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Appeal Court rules René González can come to Britain
An historic ruling by the Court of Appeal has opened the door for Rene González to visit Britain despite twice being denied a visa last year by the Home Office. Gonzalez’s second invitation to…Read more…
Redundancies proof of manufacturing crisis
Unite has called on the Northern Ireland Executive to change its approach to manufacturing after a triple jobs blow. In the space of a few hours yesterday three major Northern Ireland…Read more…
Too Far Too Fast
The defence giant BAE Systems has been accused of cutting ‘too far, too fast’ after announcing that 371 jobs are to go at Wharton and Samlesbury in Lancashire. Unite is urging the firm to…Read more…
#VoteDaveDay
My ballot paper arrived at home yesterday. I have voted for Dave Prentis to be our UNISON General Secretary.
Ballot paper is now in the pre-paid envelope to be posted back this morning.
Please vote as soon as you receive your ballot paper or else it …Read more…
Solidarity with Greek unions on strike today
The Greek trade union confederations, GSEE in the private sector and ADEDY in the public sector, have called a 24-hour General Strike today (12 November) against the latest round of austerity…Read more…
Austerity is not a ‘necessity’ – it’s a deliberate political choice:
From the astonishing decline in our living standards to the rise in precarious working, the scale of the Tory ideological assault on ordinary people can no longer be denied, writes STEVE TURNER TO…Read more…
Armistice Day 2015
This morning I took part at in a 2 minutes silence, while at a work UNISON/Unite/GMB trade union meeting in Kings Cross.
Hat tip photo top union steward Franzi Bee. Read more…
Let’s not fry the planet to oblivion
The monsoon rain that hit Scotland in recent days should be a stark reminder that we need to take responsibility for climate change. As today’s Scotsman editorial elegantly puts it; “It’s time we…Read more…
Trade union bill – What happened in the Commons?
Thanks to everyone who joined the campaign and helped ask our MPs to oppose the trade union billRead more…
General strike in Greece as unions resist the Third Memorandum
Greek unions embark on a general strike tomorrow, in a move that is backed by the Syriza government.Read more…
TU Bill fight ‘far from over’
Despite fierce opposition from all sides, including trade unions, human rights groups, the business community and even some Tory MPs, the trade union Bill passed through its third and final reading…Read more…
Jobs or pay – we still haven’t got the hang of delivering on both
I have a post up at Left Foot Forward, looking at today’s labour market statistics. There’s some good news – though perhaps the first signs that self-employment is growing disproportionately again – but there’s also reasons to worry that pay rises are slowing down…Read more…
Holding back the tide
UNISON members working at the Thames Barrier represent the ‘epitome’ of public service
The article Holding back the tide first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Slave-state Qatar faces ILO investigation
Today, the UN’s workplace agency, the tripartite International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted to send a high level mission to Qatar to make an assessment of the real conditions faced by migrant…Read more…