UNISON Labour Link “As you will be aware a By-election is taking place in Tooting on Saturday as a result of Sadiq Khan becoming Mayor of London. The majority in the last General Election in Tooting was just 2842 so it is important to turn out th…Read more…
A fragile jobs recovery – not the time for nasty shocks
The latest monthly jobs figures confirm the picture of a cyclical employment recovery that has been strong in some respects but shows worrying signs of running out of pzazz. The last thing we need right now is a vote for years of uncertainty putting a …Read more…
In solidarity
Following the Orlando massacre last week, Unite’s Executive Council has issued the statement below in solidarity with the LGBT community in Orlando and across the USA. Unite expresses…Read more…
Cutting PCSO numbers has a real cost
Research shows investment in PSCO’s saves the justice system £56 for every £10 invested
The article Cutting PCSO numbers has a real cost first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Insulting’ pay inequality
Weymouth bus drivers in Dorset, fed up with being the ‘poor relations’ in the First Group ‘family’, will be going on strike for a week against ‘poverty’ wages. More than 110 drivers, based at…Read more…
Standing up to the “easycouncil”
Our members in Barnet have been at the sharp end, with the council outsourcing anything it can. The spirit shown by our library workers today is a tremendous example to us all – and we will stand by…Read more…
Blacklisters’ public funds bonanza
Companies guilty of blacklisting workers have enjoyed a share in a £1.5bn bonanza of Scottish taxpayers’ money according to Unite. The figure is revealed as Unite Scotland prepares to present…Read more…
Tributes to Gareth Knapman.
Gareth Knapman, 1981-2016 An English Folk-Hero in Leipzig: Gareth James Knapman, born 4th March, 1981, Sandwell Hospital, West Midlands England. Lived at Charlemount Farm, West Bromwich and then…Read more…
Barnet library workers on strike
Dave Prentis takes support and solidarity to north London picket line in strike over plans to outsource library service
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Don’t put UK manufacturing at risk
The country’s biggest manufacturing union Unite welcomed the interventions today (June 15) by some of the UK’s blue chip business as they seek to rally support for the UK to remain in the…Read more…
Blacklist campaigner highlights injustice
Only one person has been prosecuted for their criminal culpability in the blacklisting scandal, with not a single construction director behind the illegal operation having faced charges. However, Ian…Read more…
Jobs and services at risk in Hull
UNISON branch warns about future of services as council seeks voluntary redundancies in face of government cuts
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The labour movement comes together for Remain
I joined general secretaries from unions representing millions of working people, the Labour shadow cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn to say unequivocally that if people value our economy, our working rights…Read more…
Concern over Nuclear Re-Armament in Europe
The Foreign Ministry of Russia issued a statement on April 15 expressing its concern over U.S. plans to deploy new nuclear weaponry in Europe. It referred to the B61 Model 12, a bomb tested in 2015…Read more…
Local Government Conference gets more interesting
The Standing Orders Committee (SOC) for UNISON Local Government Conference has made the Conference agenda somewhat more eventful by admitting eight emergency motions to the…Read more…
Daylight robbery
Campaigners were joined by Dick Turpin and Black Bess to accuse the employment agencies running Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire, of ‘daylight robbery’ on Monday (June 13), in a…Read more…
Lessons of the UNISON Service Group Executive elections
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Safer to remain
The NHS is safer if the UK stays in the EU, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said today (June 14) at a TUC event, where he was joined by health workers, MPs and trade union leaders, including Unite…Read more…
Our NHS is safer in Europe: #NHSsaferIN
Today I’m proud to be joining NHS staff and supporters at a rally at Congress House. We’re coming together to say don’t risk a leave vote – Don’t risk our NHS. And there’s a lot to concern us, whether we work in the NHS or rely on it for our families’ health care. To start…
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Decision of the European Ombudsman on the Isle of Wight (information)
Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 1372/98/OV against the European Commission Case: 1372/98/OV Opened on 25 Jan 1999 – Recommendation on 13 Mar 2000 – Decision on 22 Mar 2001…Read more…