Doctor Who fans are being called to show their backing for a BBC under attack as the show celebrates its 52nd birthday.Read more…
Why George Osborne is a bloody communist
It is very ironic that the Chancellor, George Osborne, is described as a Conservative “iideologically committed to cutting the state”.
Yet he has overseen almost unprecedented nationalisation and the expansion of “Big Government” since the Tory…Read more…
UK proposals for EU renegotiation: Joint DGB-TUC statement
Reiner Hoffman, the President of the TUC’s German equivalent, the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), has signed the following statement with me. It sets out our response to the Prime…Read more…
Ooops! Prentis does it again…
Those who think that the campaign for the re-election of UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis is being organised solely with a view to an eventual (slapstick) film version today received evidence to support their view.
The Prentis campaign today used a database of Branch Secretary email addresses…Read more…
Too many workers haven’t had a pay rise
More evidence has emerged about pay stagnation in the UK. Yesterday I noted that the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings showed that house prices had been going up twice as fast as earnings since the recession. Today I read an interesting presentation …Read more…
Fiscal fallacies and sectoral balances: response to the critics
The last two posts on ‘fiscal fallacies’ (‘Keynes wanted government loan expenditures NOT deficit spending‘ and ‘accounting identities and the case for government loan-expenditures‘) have generated a number of comments, including on Richard Murphy’s blog…Read more…
Episode 24: ‘We don’t want one day heroes’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week. …Read more…
Fare treatment please
George Osborne is being warned the impact of looming government cuts to bus services will see the country “grind to a halt.” Local bus services – which account for almost two thirds of public…Read more…
UN climate talks and cancellation of demonstrations in Paris – Support #ScotClimateMarch #COP21
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis today urged the highest possible turnout for marches in Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Belfast next weekend, in solidarity with climate campaigners in Paris and around the world.
The International Trade Union Confederation made the same call. Both were responding to the decision by the French authorities, following the terrorist attacks in Paris, to cancelRead more…
German metal union opens joint Tennessee office with United Autoworkers
The powerful German metalworkers’ union IG Metall has opened a joint office with the United Autoworkers in Tennessee to promote organising in the American South.Read more…
Soundtrack to protest: 5 of the best
Just a few weeks ago on October 4th, more than 60,000 people took to the streets of Manchester to protest at David Cameron’s austerity policies and attacks on the rights of working people and…Read more…
Paris climate demos cancelled – join the marches in the UK
Demonstrations and marches cancelled after Paris attacks
The article Paris climate demos cancelled – join the marches in the UK first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Strong medicine
Junior doctors are not known for taking strike action. In fact it is over 40 years since they last did so. But today (November 19), junior doctors have delivered the biggest ever vote in…Read more…
Personal Injury Settlements October 2015
For October 2015, members in the West Midlands Region received £248,273.36 in settlement for personal injury claims. Nothing this time for members of this branch but it still pays to be a Unison member.Read more…
Tribunal fees deny thousands justice, union tells MPs
UNISON tells select committee that there are 70% fewer claims for justice since tribunal fees were introduced
The article Tribunal fees deny thousands justice, union tells MPs first appeared on the…Read more…
Standing with our LGBT members
From criminalisation to celebration, it’s quite a journey – and there’s still a long way to go
The article Standing with our LGBT members first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON supports industrial action by junior doctors
UNISON is backing strike action announced today (Thursday) by junior doctors who oppose changes to their contracts being proposed by the government. It follows a ballot of more than 37,000 junior…Read more…
European Commission puts its foot in it!
The European Commission have just published an information sheet on their new better regulation agenda. A lot of that is just saying that they will concentrate on the big things and not the small…Read more…
Tax credit cuts: hunger rise
Tax credit cuts – which will see millions of the nation’s poorest families lose more than £1000 each year – have not yet even kicked in, and food bank use continues to soar each year. Figures…Read more…
2nd Delegate Report LGBT Conference 13-15 November 2015
And here is the report from the second delegate. Highlights include discussions on “the Nordic Model” and the implication of the withdrawal of unison subscription payments via salary – LGBT Conference 2015 Dominic GrattyRead more…