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Fenella PorterI am very pleased to reproduce below an article by my colleague Dr. Fenella Porter, article which appears in today’s Morning Star, and which reflects her work on positing the College’s strategy around business for social chan…Read more…
Leaving the EU will dramatically shrink the UK economy by £100bn over the next five years and could mean the loss of nearly 1m jobs, a new report from the Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) has…Read more…
For a government intent on slashing police spending, their chickens are coming home to roost. And with the Police and Crime Commissioner elections less than two months away, there has never been a…Read more…
Tens of thousands of skilled defence jobs are at risk from an ‘unpatriotic’ purchasing strategy that sees increasing amounts of UK defence expenditure flow to the US. That was the message from…Read more…
But UNISON welcomes Welsh government’s continued commitment to living wage
The article Welsh NHS workers ‘disappointed’ at 1% PRB recommendation first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Proposals include changes to meal breaks and ‘late finishes’ leading to compulsory overtime
The article UNISON says East of England ambulances changes are ‘unacceptable’ first appeared…Read more…
There is a counter offensive developing it seems throughout Europe, a situation that has existed for sometime as revolution has been and still is in retreat. Yet the signs of transition are there and…Read more…
After 62 days of difficult negotiations, the Colombian coal workers’ union Sintracarbón has reached an agreement at Cerrejón that recognizes the contribution made day in and day out by the 13,000…Read more…
Pay settlement includes a commitment to produce guidance on workloads and stress
The article Local authority chief officers agree two-year pay deal first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Serious crime is on the rise again after years of steady falls in offending, and UNISON believes government cutbacks in policing are to blame. Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime…Read more…
One of the most important questions facing the people in the European Union (EU) referendum is how it is being covered by the monopoly media and how the “Remain” versus…Read more…
On Wednesday, March 16, Chancellor George Osborne announced the budget. Yet again, he declared further austerity, with spending falling to less than 37% of GDP by 2020 through new cuts of £3.5bn. Not…Read more…
It has been a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Yesterday I was out with a Labour canvass team for Sadiq Khan as mayor in Green Street. See Vice Chair Campaigns, Julianne Marriott, briefing the team beforehand on what to do. Highlight of the morning wa…Read more…
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) spoke this week at Hertford College, Oxford, about the risk of Britain leaving the EU. Here are the edited highlights….Read more…
I have just (belatedly) taken part. It is really vital that we have up-to-date contact details of members for the forth coming battles ahead. All you need is your UNISON membership number or your national insurance number. It took me 2 minutes.
Enter …Read more…
Gail Adams UNISON Head of Nursing speaking to 5,000 nursing students in London
9th January 2016
Welsh Hospital Netley (near Southampton) WW1
Unite has announced that it will campaign for the country to remain a member of the European Union. The union’s 63-strong executive council, consisting of lay representatives drawn from workplaces…Read more…