UNISON is to ballot further education (FE) workers in England in a row over pay, the union says today (Friday). The ballot – which will open in the New Year – is in response to the national…Read more…
UNISON says workers must be protected in climate change talks through ‘Just Transition’ agreement
UNISON has today (Friday) taken to the international stage to make the case that workers whose jobs are affected by climate change must have protection that is legally binding in the final agreement….Read more…
Are you celebrating the ‘small’ increase in rail fares from next year?
Today the Rail Delivery Group announced that fares will rise by an average of 1.1 per cent from January. That’s for unregulated fares like off-peak leisure and advance purchase tickets, which are set…Read more…
UNISON warns of risk to community policing as cuts bite in Suffolk
Cuts over the last few years mean that community policy in Suffolk is in danger, warns UNISON, launching campaign to defend the service
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Opportunities to serve UNISON members in the Greater London Region
https://www.unison.org.uk/about/jobs/2015/11/greater-london-region-regional-organisers-x-3/
Three vacancies for positions as UNISON Regional Organisers in the Greater London Region may seem increasingly attractive this week to committed and experienced…Read more…
#COP21: UN accused of washing its hands of labour and human rights in Paris Treaty
The ITUC joined a block of five leading human rights bodies here at a press conference at COP21, in a call to the UN to put peoples’ rights back into the draft Paris Treaty on climate change. The rights organisations have brought together their networks from around the world to support the…Read more…
EU must back Just Transition in Paris Treaty, not drop it
As trade unionist from across the world gather together at the COP21 climate change talks in Paris, we are all too aware of the various attempts being made to downplay the rights of workers in any prospective agreement. It is clear from the outset that…Read more…
Public safety under threat
The shake-up and closure of public health laboratories in England have triggered concerns over security, public safety and expense by Unite. The government recently announced its £350…Read more…
Investigate private equity firms call
The secretive machinations of private equity firms need to be investigated, after Northamptonshire luxury boat builder, Fairline Boats went into administration, with the prospect of more than 460…Read more…
“You don’t look disabled”
To mark international day of disabled people on 3 December, the TUC has published guidance for trade union representatives and disabled workers under the title “You don’t look disabled”. The individual case studies it presents show why it is needed. Much of the population assumes that disabled…Read more…
‘Shifting the goal posts’
Over 200 Arriva bus drivers in the Medway towns, Kent will be on strike tomorrow (December 4) and Monday (December 7) over the introduction of unachievable timetables, which Unite has warned is…Read more…
Fighting for the future of nursing
Hundreds of student nurses have protested against proposed cuts to bursaries
The article Fighting for the future of nursing first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Gathering storm
George Osborne boasts his economic miracle has left us basking in economic sunshine which will only get warmer. But in the real world, the economic storms are building. Last week George…Read more…
The world’s best steel
Representatives for thousands of car workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are calling for an urgent meeting with Cyrus Mistry, the chairman of the carmaker’s parent company, to seek assurances over the…Read more…
Vote Labour in Boleyn (and Oldham West)
Good luck to Veronica and Jim.
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British labor organizers hit picket lines with locked-out ATI workers
By Tom Yerace Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 12:31 a.m. Locked-out steelworkers at the Allegheny Technologies Inc. plant in Harrison learned first hand Tuesday about labor struggles in Great Britain….Read more…
On bullying
I hesitate to say that the suggestion that pro-bombing Labour Parliamentarians have been “bullied” by those lobbying them against Cameron’s War is the most laughable thing that I have heard in the recent past.
But that’s only because I am subject to so much “management speak” in my day job.
It is…Read more…
The cuts that will hurt the most
Council services, including elderly care, children’s centres, parks and libraries, among other vital services, have suffered desperately under the weight of the previous government’s spending cuts,…Read more…
UNISON gives evidence to NHS pay body
UNISON has stressed that the government’s instruction of a 1% payroll limit is unfair and will worsen staff shortages and damage patient care
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UNISON responds appropriately to serious allegations
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