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Good progress on the Scottish Living Wage, but much more to be done

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Watson

The Scottish Living Wage is the real living wage – the UK government just hijacked the brand!
The new rate of £8.45 is a welcome increase for many thousands of low paid workers. Also congratulations…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Watson

This Living Wage Week, we must fight for the real Living Wage

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

This year it’s more important than ever to make a noise about the real living wage – a wage people can actually afford to live on – and calling on the government to put their money where their…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

As an Uber driver I’m sick and tired of losing out

Oct 31, 2016By Stronger Unions

Drivers won a pivotal victory in a case taken by my union, GMB against Uber that proved that they really are employees and not “partners” as the company always says. Our win is about keeping hold of…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Stronger Unions

BMW: ‘Pensions robbery’

Oct 31, 2016By UNITElive

BMW group car workers who make the iconic Mini and prestigious Rolls-Royce begin voting in a consultative action ballot today (October 31) amid accusations of a ‘pensions robbery’ over the carmaker’s…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016UNITElive

Workers are their own saviours!

Oct 31, 2016By Rtuc's Blog

Missing Factor in the Working Class Movement for Emancipation The working class movement for emancipation are discarding a bad habit that was holding it back. You cannot deny its own capacity to…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Rtuc's Blog

Establishment ‘stitch up’ slammed

Oct 31, 2016By UNITElive

The home secretary Amber Rudd has today rejected calls for any kind of inquiry into violent policing at the Battle of Orgreave, in a move described as an “establishment stitch-up.”   Rudd ruled…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016UNITElive

‘Salami-sliced’ pensions ‘frenzy’

Oct 31, 2016By UNITElive

The UK has fallen out of the top 10 list of countries with the best pensions for the first time in history coinciding with an alarming swell of companies in an apparent ‘frenzy’ of defined benefit…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016UNITElive

Assurances call

Oct 31, 2016By UNITElive

The UK’s auto industry workers are world-renowned for their craftsmanship — it’s thanks to them that the industry has largely flourished over the years.   That Nissan pledged last week to…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016UNITElive

Vote for your health hero

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

24 regional finalists named in search for unsung heroes of the NHS

The article Vote for your health hero first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

Support tomorrow’s strike at Fujitsu Manchester

Oct 31, 2016By Unite Fujitsu News

Moral and financial support and solidarity is pouring in for tomorrow’s strike for pay, pensions and job security at Fujitsu…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Unite Fujitsu News

Support tomorrow’s strike at Fujitsu Manchester

Oct 31, 2016By Unite Fujitsu News

Moral and financial support and solidarity is pouring in for tomorrow’s strike for pay, pensions and job security at Fujitsu…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Unite Fujitsu News

Inverclyde signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week

The article Inverclyde signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

Dave Prentis calls for full transparency on EU negotiations

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

General secretary will urge the government to consult trade unions throughout negotiations to leave the European Union when he meets cabinet minister David Davis

The article Dave Prentis calls for…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

‘£350m for the NHS’ swayed disabled voters in EU referendum

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

Research by the Papworth Trust reveals that NHS claim swayed disabled voters ‘who didn’t know how many of their protections were form the EU’

The article ‘£350m for the NHS’ swayed…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

London Borough of Croydon to sign UNISON ethical care charter

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

An agreement to be signed today (Monday) between UNISON and the London Borough of Croydon promises to deliver improved homecare for residents and more support for the borough’s homecare…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

New living wage rates announced

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and 39.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week

The article New living wage rates announced first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

‘Ill-informed’ response to disability inquiry highlighted

Oct 31, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

Guest speaker to disabled members’ conference explains the work of a House of Lords committee looking at the Equality Act

The article ‘Ill-informed’ response to disability inquiry…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Dave Prentis blog

Real Living Wage benefits 3K businesses and their workers. Let’s make it 30K next year

Oct 31, 2016By Touchstone blog

The new Living Wage rates for London and the rest of the UK will be announced at 9.30 this morning. The announcement will also be made simultaneously in Glasgow, Cardiff and Manchester. I shall be at the London launch with the Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The re…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Touchstone blog

#CETA: zombie trade deal is no recipe for #Brexit

Oct 30, 2016By Touchstone blog

Today the Prime Minister of Canada flew into Brussels to sign the EU-Canada so-called trade agreement known as CETA – the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – with the European Union. For the past fortnight, the signing had been held up by the French speaking regional parliament…Read more…

Oct 30, 2016Touchstone blog

Employers failing to offer reasonable adjustments

Oct 30, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

Some managers don’t understand reasonable adjustments, but others are using disability as an excuse to get rid of staff, say delegates

The article Employers failing to offer reasonable adjustments…Read more…

Oct 30, 2016Dave Prentis blog
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