Today, a long-time member of one of the TUC’s affiliated unions spoke out in favour of a Remain vote in Thursday’s referendum. The union is the Professional Footballers’ Association…Read more…
‘Broken promises’
Weymouth bus bosses have been accused of ‘broken promises and bad faith’ as a further four days of strike action from (June 27) were announced to follow on from this week’s strike in the ‘poor…Read more…
Prentis presents vision of a future built on what unites us
General secretary tells conference humanity has more in common that what divides it – and UNISON is the same
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UNISON must ‘lead the fightback’ against threats to democracy
Conference hears that plans for regional ‘devolution’ have nothing to do with improving the lives of the majority in those areas
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‘Absolutely disgraceful’
Protests were held outside the French embassy in London over the weekend, after a 250 vehicle aid convoy on its way to Calais was refused entry into France. The convoy, organised by a number…Read more…
We are just two days from a generation-defining vote, says UNISON
Speaking at UNISON’s annual conference in Brighton today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “We are just two days away from a generation-defining vote, and the tragic events of…Read more…
Less a ‘miserable failure’?: some facts about recent EU growth
This morning I woke to a Brexit mantra that the EU economy is a “miserable failure”, with “low growth”. (*) On the latest GDP quarter-on-quarter growth figures, in 2016Q1 the EU moved marginally ahead of other economies regarded as important in this type of comparison. GDP:…Read more…
Any Questions?
body { font-family: \’Calibri\’,\’Slate Pro\’,sans-serif,\’sans-serif\’; color:#262626 } One of the features of UNISON Conferences which has declined dramatically over the years is the facility to ask questions of the Annual Report submitted to…Read more…
UNISON NDC 16: Tuesday morning
Guest Post By NEC member Elizabeth Cameron. “And we’re off! !! #uNdc16 gets underway.
Fairly lengthy but also interesting standing orders report delivered by new chair Mark Rayner for whom this is a well deserved achievement,
Mark has worked tirelessly for years on this committee and…Read more…
Will young people swing the vote of the European Referendum?
The debate around mobilising young voters in the EU Referendum was the topic of the live studio debate organised by visual think tank COVi in partnership with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) last…Read more…
UNISON vows to tackle poverty across society and the deeply divided society it creates
National delegate conference gets underway with discussion on how to tackle the poverty affecting millions across the UK
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The Fight Continues to Defend the Right of the Working Class to Organise
Trade Union Act 2016 TRADE UNION ACT: 2016 The Queen’s Speech promised to “deliver security for working people, to increase life chances for the most disadvantaged”. Yet…Read more…
Diseases don’t respect borders
In UNITElive’s second instalment of our series in which we ask members what being in the EU has meant to them, we talk to Beverley, a biomedical scientist. The EU referendum debate has…Read more…
Justice Select Committee reveals flaws in employment tribunal fees, says UNISON
Responding to the report released today (Monday) by the Justice Select Committee, which says the introduction of employment tribunal fees has reduced ordinary people’s chances of getting…Read more…
President says it’s been tough, but we’ve achieved so much
Wendy Nichols opens national delegate conference, reminding delegates that hard work has had a massive effect over the last year
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School support staff facing high levels of violence and abuse, says UNISON
More than half of classroom or teaching assistants (53%) across the UK have experienced physical violence at school in the past year, according to new figures published by UNISON today (Tuesday). In…Read more…
Dave Prentis joins RMT picket line
UNISON and RMT general secretaries joing together at Brighton station to show support for striking Southern rail workers
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Unison NDC 16: Greater London Regional Delegates meeting
Unison is back in Brighton for its National Delegate Conference. The NDC is the annual Parliament of our 1.3 million members. Over 2000 delegates and visitors will be in Brighton for the conference
Picture is from the London meeting this evening for de…Read more…
Inequality, human capital and investors
I’ve blogged before about the obvious weakness on the S in ESG. I’m someone who has come to responsible investment with a labour movement background and I have been frequently disappointed by how little attention labour issues get.
It isn’t like these…Read more…
Bonfire of the sycophants
UNISON Local Government Conference ended with the well-deserved smashing of the ridiculous Emergency Motion 7 which peddled the absurd notion that there was some (unstated) alternative to strike action to achieve decent pay.
Your (humble) blogger would…Read more…