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Social workers need clear support to handle stress and workload

Jun 29, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON welcomes report from University of East Anglia on ’emotional intelligence and burnout’ in child and family social work

The article Social workers need clear support to handle stress and…Read more…

Jun 29, 2016Dave Prentis blog

Johnson’s real agenda coming clearer: watch out for your rights!

Jun 29, 2016By Touchstone blog

Boris Johnson is at least the bookies’ favourite to become Conservative Party Leader and therefore Prime Minister, and, as the leading Conservative on the Leave side, he fulfils one key criterion for PM in post-referendum Britain (“you broke it, you bought it!“) So it’s…Read more…

Jun 29, 2016Touchstone blog

Trial of Former Prison Guard Obscures Real Story of Nazi War Criminals

Jun 28, 2016By Rtuc's Blog

– Dougal MacDonald – A great hullabaloo is being made by the ruling circles and their monopoly media about the trial and conviction of a single former concentration camp guard who worked…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Rtuc's Blog

Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine

Jun 28, 2016By Rtuc's Blog

Posted on June 20, 2016 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity Alex Kempshall, BUAFS Last Saturday, June 18th, Bristol Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity (BUAFS), held a public meeting to give an update on the…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Rtuc's Blog

RMT AGM: Labour traitors have ruined our moment

Jun 28, 2016By Rtuc's Blog

Morning Star “SELF-INDULGENT” Labour MPs have squandered the left’s best moment to go on the offensive, RMT general secretary Mick Cash said yesterday. He used his address to the transport union’s…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Rtuc's Blog

On leadership, ambition and democracy

Jun 28, 2016By Jon's union blog

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/11/could-labours-rule-book-be-used-keep-jeremy-corbyn-leadership-ballot
I am pleased to blog a link to a persuasive interpretation of Labour Party Rules which e‎xplains why the coup plotters can only keep Corbyn off a leadership ballot paper if…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Jon's union blog

Dads care too

Jun 28, 2016By UNITElive

My first Father’s Day was a painful one, during which I received a card and a sudden bash to the head. My daughter, Ava, then 11 months old, immediately took notice of the card when her mum handed it…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016UNITElive

Standing against racists and xenophobes

Jun 28, 2016By UNITElive

An ugly side to the EU referendum result  has reared its head in the days since the UK voted to leave the EU on Thursday (June 23), with media outlets reporting a worrying spike in racist and…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016UNITElive

‘Stuck in a groove’

Jun 28, 2016By UNITElive

A third week of strikes by Weymouth bus drivers are set for next week, as the bosses remain ‘stuck in a groove’ and are not moving in the ‘poor relations’ pay dispute.   Unite today (June 28)…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016UNITElive

Corbyn vote: Unite calls for openness and democracy

Jun 28, 2016By UNITElive

Reacting to the vote of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s confidence in the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “The extraordinary behaviour of Labour MPs…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016UNITElive

Plea for party unity

Jun 28, 2016By UNITElive

Jeremy Corbyn stopped the traffic yesterday evening in Westminster.   For more than two hours, supporters waited in bright sunshine for the Labour leader to address them. Outraged at the actions…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016UNITElive

Why the Article 50 notification is important

Jun 28, 2016By Rtuc's Blog

  25th June 2016  “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”  “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”  “The dog did nothing in the night-time.”…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Rtuc's Blog

Don’t cut a single workers’ right for new UK laws

Jun 28, 2016By Going To Work

Following the UK vote to leave the European Union, Parliament will decide what happens to our rights at work.Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Going To Work

The Tories are divided, but at this crucial time, Labour should not be

Jun 28, 2016By John's Labour blog

Unison statement “Last summer, our union nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader, and a great number of our members voted for him in the Labour leadership contest.Support for Jeremy remains the position of this union, as determined by our member…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016John's Labour blog

New strategy to tackle labour exploitation complicated by immigration and modern slavery focus

Jun 28, 2016By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

28 June 2016
By Dr Alex Balch, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, The University of Liverpool

As the dust settles after the EU referendum, the implications of Brexit for…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Institute of Employment Rights Blog

After Brexit – Where now on health and safety and employment rights?

Jun 28, 2016By Stronger Unions

Before the referendum the TUC gave a strong warning that the rights of workers to a safe workplace could be threatened by a vote to leave the EU, as could many employment rights. Now that that has…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Stronger Unions

Stand firm in support of Jeremy Corbyn

Jun 28, 2016By Jon's union blog

One of my favourite scenes in the Simpsons is where Homer corrects Bart when his son says that this is the worst day of his life.
Homer, meaning to cheer Bart up, corrects him cheerfully – “the worst day of your life so far.”
I imagine today’s Daily Mi…Read more…

Jun 28, 2016Jon's union blog

Dave Prentis speaks out in support of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership as thousands rally in London

Jun 27, 2016By Jon's union blog

https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2016/06/the-tories-are-divided-but-at-this-crucial-time-labour-should-not-be/ UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis, in a well-timed intervention, has reaffirmed UNISON support for the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.As membe…Read more…

Jun 27, 2016Jon's union blog

Holiday flights under threat

Jun 27, 2016By UNITElive

Summer holiday flights from Southampton airport would be disrupted, if firefighters take strike action over adverse pensions’ changes proposed by the airports’ owner, AGS.   The firefighters,…Read more…

Jun 27, 2016UNITElive

UNISON statement on the Labour Party

Jun 27, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

Monday 27 June 2016 Speaking today (Monday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Last summer, our union nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader, and a great number of our members voted for…Read more…

Jun 27, 2016Dave Prentis blog
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