Since Manchester members issued their appeal for support they have been overwhelmed with messages from organisations and individuals across the…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants hold rally as strike ballot enters final week
Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County…Read more…
Education not Segregation: Canning town Labour stall and door knock
Picture college from Saturday’s West Ham Labour street stall and door knock in Canning Town. Our MP, Lyn Brown, spoke to people at the stall while canvass teams called at addresses near bye. The theme was the reintroduction of segregation into ou…Read more…
Big win for Robin Hood Tax in Europe
Earlier this week, Finance Ministers from 10 Eurozone countries finally reached agreement on the principle of a Robin Hood Tax. Legislative drafting will now begin, and campaigners will be pressing the Ministers to conclude the details by December. Mea…Read more…
Official: Universal Credit is “less generous” than tax credits
For the first time, an authoritative statutory body has recognised that the cuts to Universal Credit announced in last summer’s Budget will mean that it is much less generous than was originally planned, making it effectively a cut when compared with Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit which it…Read more…
Nursing Associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON
Wednesday 12 October 2016 For immediate release Nursing Associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) by Health Education England that…Read more…
The future of UNISON depends upon our members and activists
UNISON members need a trade union which fights for their interests rather more effectively than is currently the case.Today’s meeting of our NEC received a report back on pay negotiations from which one can draw the depressing news that pretty much all our public sector members are getting no more…Read more…
We are the Champions?
Following on from the General Secretary’s report to today’s meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) we received a report on the Union’s Public Service Championscampaign.This is a campaign, arising from Motion 31 agreed at UNISON National Delegate Conference this June, to promote public…Read more…
Public services campaign making its mark, NEC hears
Executive agrees report on campaign speaking up for members and public services ‘in the worst of political circumstances’
The article Public services campaign making its mark, NEC hears first…Read more…
General Secretary’s report to the UNISON NEC meeting today
Today’s meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) began, following the normal introductions from our new President, with the report from our General Secretary Dave Prentis.In a wide ranging report Dave began with a tribute to Kirklees College UNISON Convenor Dave Ellis, whose sudden…Read more…
Govt must engage with Unite now
Unite has warned that investment decisions by major carmakers on the production of up to 15 new models in the UK are ‘hanging by a thread’ unless the government secures tariff free access to the…Read more…
Southern Rail – it’s about time you listened to your passengers
Meet Chris Hogg, a 36 year old lyricist from Sutton in Surrey. Every week Chris travels by Southern Rail, taking the train from Sutton to Ashtead to attend his music class. Chris is a wheel chair…Read more…
Jailed Kurdish leader released
Unite the union and Labour front bench MP Kate Osamor were delighted to witnessed the release of jailed Kurdish political leader Kamuran Yüksek in Tukey on Saturday October 8. Kamuran…Read more…
Fujitsu to axe 1,800 IT jobs �a hammer blow� to the UK economy, says Unite
Unite has issued the press release below which is already getting a lot of coverage. If you aren’t a Unite…Read more…
Fujitsu to axe 1,800 IT jobs ‘a hammer blow’ to the UK economy, says Unite
Unite has issued the press release below which is already getting a lot of coverage. If you aren’t a Unite…Read more…
Black History month & National Older People Celebration in Kent
This celebration event is being organised by one of my branch UNISON Housing Association Executive Committee members who is also a Labour activist in Kent and a volunteer for a Christian charity. Read more…
Southern Rail strike:
The 72-hour walkout is due to go on until Friday. The RMT said the strike was “rock solid”. Southern CEO Charles Horton has offered to meet the RMT on Wednesday for talks. The RMT…Read more…
Life and death: a tale of inequality
The latest figures for life expectancy and healthy life expectancy show that where you live can be a matter of life and death: the more deprived your town or district, the lower your life expectancy. The data, from the Office for National Statistics, show life expectancy for men and women for…Read more…
School Cleaners’ Strike:
School cleaners enter week six of strike over wage cuts Three women protesting over changes to pay and conditions since private company took over contract at Kinsley primary in West Yorkshire Left…Read more…
UNISON wins Mumsnet
We’re big fans of Mumsnet at UNISON, and following a discussion thread about our public service champions campaign last week, we’re even bigger fans.
The article UNISON wins Mumsnet first appeared…Read more…