The values that I grew up with in Leeds are the values that are at the heart of our great union, driving the members, activists and staff who achieve so much. And they’re what I’m proud to fight for…Read more…
UNISON Community Seminar/Conference 2016
Today I was in Southport for the start of the 2016 Unison Community (Housing Associations and voluntary organisations) seminar and conference.
I have never been to Southport before and am really impressed. It is a beautiful resort and remi…Read more…
CAEF onTTIP:
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AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement on Volkswagen
Below is a statement from the AFL-CIO Executive Council on Volkswagen’s continuing refusal to bargain with UAW Local 42: The diesel emissions scandal at Volkswagen has called into question the…Read more…
Have you worked more hours than you’re paid for?
Each year more than five million people – including many dedicated public servants – work an average of almost eight hours a week in unpaid overtime, according to research published today by the TUC….Read more…
German Judges offer a damning opinion on the European Commission’s proposed Investment Court System (ICS),
26 February 2016
We are grateful to John Hendy QC who has brought to our attention this highly significant public statement by the German Judges on TTIP (and CETA). The statement offers a…Read more…
No to ‘poverty wages’
Unite local government members overwhelmingly reject ‘paltry’ pay offer in consultative ballot About 70,000 local government workers, members of Unite have overwhelmingly rejected the ‘paltry’…Read more…
Danger in the air
The dangers of the industrial chemical asbestos were first acknowledged in the early 1900s, but it wasn’t until nearly 100 years later – after relentless campaigning against corporate interests and…Read more…
UNISON’s battle to scrap employment tribunal fees set to continue
UNISON welcomes decision that means fight can continue against imposition of fees to take a case to tribunal
The article UNISON’s battle to scrap employment tribunal fees set to continue first…Read more…
‘Insidious’ move
If there were any remaining doubts that the Tory government is aiming to lock in its grip on power for generations, this week they were laid to rest. New details were published on Wednesday…Read more…
Brazil slave labour victims seek justice at Americas’ top rights court
Since 1995, around 50,000 people in Brazil have been freed from slave-like workRead more…
Disrespectful baseline steals children’s creative and imaginative expression
By Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes In all the arguments about whether or not reception baseline assessment is accurate or not, what is not discussed is that it is deeply disrespectful to young children and…Read more…
FIFA’s choice is simple: human rights matter!
A STATEMENT FROM BWI – The Building and Wood Workers’ International Football is a game, but building stadiums is not child’s play. It is dangerous and tough labor. The workers who build the…Read more…
Unpaid overtime can’t be a blank cheque, says TUC
UK employees worked £35.1 billion worth of unpaid overtime last year, with 5.1 million employees putting in an extra 7.7 hours per week the TUC reports today. I can reveal that there was some slightly better news, since the percentage of employees working unpaid overtime has not kept pace with…Read more…
Should I stay or should I go?
By Deborah Parren, ATL policy officer. Trainee and newly qualified teachers are full of energy and good intentions to be the best teacher they can be for their pupils. Will this enthusiasm be…Read more…
Employment Tribunal Fees – the saga continues
https://www.supremecourt.uk/news/permission-to-appeal-decision-26-february-2016.html
UNISON has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against our defeat on employment tribunal fees in the Court of Appeal.
With mounting evidence of the way i…Read more…
A very positive alliance
The youngest person ever to be elected to the London Assembly believes that young people today are “way ahead of the government” on LGBT education in schools. Labour London Assembly member,…Read more…
We are LGBT
To some people LGBT is nothing more than a category of people, a description, a title, but to me it’s one big family. We stand for people who can’t stand for themselves. We march for people…Read more…
GMB members divided over fate of Trident
Peter Lazenby TRADE unionists and defence workers clashed yesterday over whether Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system should be renewed. Defence workers in the GMB union attending its…Read more…
Job losses and the Scottish Budget
In recent days there have been many political exchanges over job losses as a consequence of the cuts to council grant allocations in the Scottish Budget for 2016/17. Let’s look at the issue…Read more…