Improving the health of people living in Scotland ought to be a high priority for any government – so what might we expect from the next Scottish Parliament session?
Health inequalities remain…Read more…
3 key reasons why we’re recommending UNISON members vote to remain in Europe
We won’t be telling UNISON members how to vote, because that’s not how we operate. But we will be encouraging members to use their vote, and letting them know why we’re recommending a vote to…Read more…
Uber Alles
Uber drivers get unionised or maybe not…Read more…
Pay rise? What pay rise?
Workers can expect their pay packets to stagnate until at least 2020 unless the government intervenes to help raise productivity across the country, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and…Read more…
Fair pay plea
Unite members working for Teesside oil refinery, Hertel UK, are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The company has been notified that workers who provide repair and…Read more…
Austerity max
An angry demonstration has been staged against plans to cut health spending in Fife by tens of millions of pounds. Unite members joined local people in staging a noisy protest at Kirkcaldy’s…Read more…
A two term limit for elected Mayors
Last Thursday at a very well attended meeting of my local Forest Gate North Branch Labour Party,
members voted overwhelmingly to support the below rule change.
There was a really good debate with a wide range of different views and arguments ex…Read more…
Leaked treaty texts confirm TTIP threatens democracy
TTIP would undermine the ability of governments to promote health and safety and protect the environment against corporate depredation…Read more…
A Daily Mail hat trick: an attack on women, an attack on unions, and an attack on the EU
So who do you trust to come up with an informed and considered position on how the legislative framework that covers abortion could be improved: a Daily Mail journalist or the Royal College of Midwives, a union representing some X midwives who have ded…Read more…
RMT-SWT COMPANY COUNCIL UNION NEWS 2016-05-16 16:41:00
Our Ref BR2/0146
16th May 2016
TO ALL SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS
Dear Colleague,
FOR URGENT ATTENTION OF SWT MEMBERS
ROLE OF THE GUARD, EXTENSION OF DOO – GTR (SOUTHERN)
You may be aware that your colleagues at GTR Southern are…Read more…
FOR URGENT ATTENTION OF SWT MEMBERS ROLE OF THE GUARD, EXTENSION OF DOO – GTR (SOUTHERN)
Our Ref BR2/014616th May 2016 TO ALL SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS Dear Colleague, FOR URGENT ATTENTION OF SWT MEMBERS ROLE OF THE GUARD, EXTENSION OF DOO – GTR…Read more…
‘Reckless and short sighted’
HSBC will axe 840 jobs in IT departments in a ‘reckless’ drive to offshore jobs to India, China and Poland said Unite, today (May 16). The announcement of 840 job cuts is the first wave of IT…Read more…
‘Dehumanising’ trial extended
Hardworking families are now being targeted by the government’s vicious benefit sanctions regime, a major new study has found. As well as finding that vulnerable unemployed people are being…Read more…
Get ready for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
IDAHOBIT offers a great opportunity for campaigning in the workplace, so let us know what you have planned
The article Get ready for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia…Read more…
How can you run a campaign to defend a service?
Neath Port Talbot branch fought a successful campaign against library closures – so just how did they do it?
The article How can you run a campaign to defend a service? first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Blacklisting firms face a £75m bill
Eight of the country’s biggest construction firms have agreed to pay an estimated £50m in compensation to blacklisted workers, equating to an average payout of £65,000 to each of the 771 workers….Read more…
UNISON to ballot members at East of England Ambulance Trust over industrial action
UNISON has today (Monday) informed the East of England Ambulance Service that it is to ballot frontline ambulance staff over possible strike action concerning managers’ failure to tackle the problem…Read more…
Brazil teeters on the brink of counter-revolution
Brazilian union leader Joao Felicio, now President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), is flying into London this week to stir up opposition to the counter-revolution underway in…Read more…
Striking junior doctor Dr Rosena Allin-Khan picked as Labour candidate for Tooting
Picture of the new Labour Candidate for the Tooting By-election “We are delighted to announce that Rosena Allin-Khan has been selected by local members as Labour’s candidate in the upcoming by-election in Tooting, following Sadiq Khan’s election …Read more…
Report from Labor Notes conference and the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
At the start of April I was lucky enough to be part of a small delegation from the UK to the Labor Notes conference in Chicago, which brought together over 2000 activists for an inspiring, stimulating and useful set of plenaries and workshops. The trip…Read more…