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Time to get serious about energy prices
Every seven minutes in the UK an older person dies of cold.
As Geoffrey Lean recently put it in the Independent; “people will die of cold in their own homes – in this, the world’s fifth-largest…Read more…
Local Government Pension Scheme is safe and substainable
Check out this response to amongst the daftest report ever by a right wing think tank.
It is more than a shame that organisations such as the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) feel they have to temper their reasoned attacks on the financial services…Read more…
UNITE GPM&IT National Industrial Sector Committee, January 2016
The committee, which covers the Graphical, Paper, Media & IT industries, met on Thursday and Friday. This is a summary of some key points. I’ve not included most of the industrial detail in my report because it isn’t appropriate to post publicly. For jargon, see here.
NISC members were very…Read more…
Together we can defeat the scourge of racism says UNISON
Speaking at the UNISON black members conference in North Wales, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “The first responsibility of any union wanting to challenge racism must be to take it on in…Read more…
‘Affront to democracy’
The Tory trade union Bill will not only tie unions up in red tape, threaten fines and open them up to detailed investigations. It’ll cost £7m a year for the first five years according to the…Read more…
Uniting to save jobs
Unite today announced (Friday January 22) it is joining forces with European counterparts in a bid to save former Alstom workers from redundancy – in the wake of the recent General Electric (GE)…Read more…
We’ll continue to fight racism and attacks on our union – because they’re part of the same struggle
Tackling racism is essential because it destroys trade union solidarity, divides us and sets us against each other.
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Closure of Four Seasons home
UNISON statement on announcement that Garvagh Care Home will close in May
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UNISON hails historic pay deal for further education support staff in Scotland
Date: Friday 22 January 2016
UNISON hails historic pay deal for further education support staff in Scotland
UNISON has led negotiations to achieve the first ever national pay rise for over four thousand support staff in Scotland‘s Further Education Colleges. Support staff deliver a range of vital student services and are key to the running of the 25 new colleges in Scotland.
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‘National scandal’
As it couldn’t get any worse for beleaguered steelworkers, today’s (January 22) Mirror front page reports that the government could be considering building new Royal Navy warships with cheap imported…Read more…
UNISON to lobby Welsh peers on Trade Union Bill
Peers will be warned that the Trade Union Bill is ‘a regressive step that will harm good industrial relations’
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Can you help raise funds for our welfare charity
UNISON welfare charity There for you wants you to help raise funds in this year’s Pyrenees walk challenge
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Act of sheer brutality
Thirty years ago this Sunday (January 24) Rupert Murdoch made his move to Wapping – sacking 5,500 print workers employed on his newspapers overnight. It was an act of sheer brutality…Read more…
NJC – Consultation On Employers Pay Offer April 2016 – March 2018
(This pay claim information DOES NOT apply to members who are employed on NJC, Craft, Soulberry, Chief Officer or Youth Officer terms & conditions) For NJC members – the employer’s side has offered a 1% pay rise from 1 April … Continue reading →Read more…
Early UK ratification of ILO Forced Labour Protocol is a major step forward
This lunchtime, I’m taking part with other trade unionists, CBI representatives and ILO Director General Guy Ryder at the ratification of the International Labour Organisation’s 2014 Forced Labour Protocol, a major step forward in the eradication of modern slavery, trafficking and other…Read more…
Flying another kite – has George Osborne solved his pension tax conundrum?
The sky above Number 11 Downing Street must be a mass of tangled string and paper. In the summer, the Chancellor flew a kite about changing taxation on pensions to resemble that of ISA accounts. Instead of up-front tax relief, savers would pay tax on t…Read more…
Action for Children unions ballot for industrial action in pay dispute
High-handed action by bosses over pay at the charity Action for Children has prompted Unite and UNISON to ballot their members for industrial action. The unions said that management intends to impose…Read more…
4 Ds that matter more than #Davos: Debt, Demand, Deflation and Denial
This week has seen global financial markets continuing to collapse. The UK FTSE entered so-called ‘bear market’ territory (falling at one point by over 20% from peak). Official figures showed the UK CPI was zero in 2015, the lowest annual figure since the great depression. In the policy arena,…Read more…
“It’s the economy, stupid” Sunday Night Live 31 Jan 2016
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