The first workers at a foreign owned car assembly plant in the southern USA have won collective bargaining rights. It’s the latest stage in the attempt by the mighty UAW, in association with…Read more…
UNISON Scotland reaction to ministerial statement on draft 2016/17 budget
Date: Wednesday 16 December 2015
Mike Kirby, UNISON Scottish Regional Secretary said,
‘UNISON Scotland recognises that Tory austerity limits the options available in the Spending Review. However, it is unacceptable that yet again local government is bearing the brunt of cuts. We are now in the 8th year of the council tax freeze that limits how councils can choose to respond to austerity. ThisRead more…
Tip of the iceberg
Following a damning investigation by the Guardian into Sports Direct’s employment practices, which found that the retail giant may be paying its workers less than the minimum wage, £400m was wiped…Read more…
Take action together
Unite’s Decent Work for All campaign is about dignity at work. It’s about receiving a wage you can live on with guaranteed hours each week in a job that is safe and secure. Given these aims,…Read more…
Insecure work on rise
Unite cautioned government ministers against ‘popping out the champagne’ today (December 16) as it warned the fall in unemployment masked a continued rise in self-employment and low paid, insecure,…Read more…
Episode 27: ‘I am ready too’
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…
One third of UNISON’s NEC call for the suspension of General Secretary, Dave Prentis
More than a third of the elected members of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC), myself included, have come together to support the demand for an independent investigation into allegations of malpractice in the election for UNISON General Secretary.
UNISON members can add their names to this…Read more…
Why I support the call for an independent investigation into allegations of electoral malpractice in UNISON
I have blogged before about the alarming evidence of electoral malpractice in UNISON’s Greater London Regional Office.
I am not commenting about an internal investigation established by UNISON, which I trust shall investigate as far as its terms …Read more…
When a General Secretary election had to be overturned…
http://www.personneltoday.com/hr/statement-from-kevin-curran-gmb-general-secretary-elect/The above link notes the victory, in the 2003 election for General Secretary of our sister union, GMB, of Kevin Curran. He had scored a decisive victory over his opponent, Paul Kenny.
The following year…Read more…
Better understanding
In the third part of our week-long series for Disability History Month, UNITElive speaks to Unite Welsh disabilites committee chair Ceri Wright, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome,…Read more…
The life and times of a low-pay parent
With the chancellor’s U-turn on tax credits, single mum Kati Conroy says she can sleep again at night – for now
The article The life and times of a low-pay parent first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
How we feel: “We want decision making power!”
My first Christmas Card 2015
This was one of the first Christmas Cards that I received this year. I have some unusual friends and colleagues. This year I will again be donating to a good cause in lieu of sending cards. I hope people don’t mind.
Festive and Seasonable best wishes…Read more…
Local government members to be consulted on pay offer
Employers offer two-year deal of 1%, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
The article Local government members to be consulted on pay offer first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Union voice: Looking ahead to 2016 in signing off my last TUC blog
As the government comes under increasing pressure after COP21 to reverse some £7 billion of cuts to the green economy, new data shows its emerging power: 233,000 employees in 96,510 businesses providing renewable energy and low carbon goods and services. The first report in a new official series…Read more…
Seeking truth and justice
Today (December 15) sees ex-miners, trade unionists, activists and more come to Westminster as they continue their fight for truth and justice over Orgreave. Campaigners will hand in a legal…Read more…
Mixed messages on deflationary/disinflationary pressures
November CPI inflation at 0.1% following October at -0.1% was in line exactly with the Bank of England forecast in their November Inflation Report. But it seems highly likely that their projected December figure of +0.4% will be wrong. Global deflation…Read more…
Responsibility Deal – Gone but not mourned.
The Government has now admitted that the “Responsibility Deal” which they set up in 2010 to deal with health issues is to be quietly left to disappear. In the words of the Government spin doctors,…Read more…
Episode 26: ‘We can do this together’
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…
Lend a hand
In part 2 of our week-long series for Disability History Month, UNITElive speaks to Unite vice-chair of the South East region Ian Lidbetter. Having a disability that isn’t immediately apparent,…Read more…