Please see the following leaflet to Fujitsu Employees outside Manchester, explaining the Manchester dispute in the context of job security…Read more…
Fast flight
Having backed a third runway at Heathrow the government is now being urged by Unite to ‘fast forward’ on the project to boost the economy and secure decent jobs. Expressing disappointment that…Read more…
Positive talks result
Unite reps at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) are pleased to be engaging in positive talks with management a year after the union was re-recognised following strike action over a 22-month period….Read more…
NHS Scotland – funding and reform
NHS funding is not keeping pace with increasing demand and the needs of an ageing population. NHS boards are facing an extremely challenging financial position and many had to use short-term measures…Read more…
Hiding behind ‘self-employed’ shield
Exploitative companies that use large numbers of agency or self-employed staff to avoid employment protections and taxes will be targeted by a new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unit. The…Read more…
A ‘People’s Brexit’ pledge
The shadow chancellor John McDonnell has unveiled plans for “a people’s Brexit” putting jobs and industry at the heart of the country’s future. In a major speech at the Institution of…Read more…
Fujitsu fight
Up to 300 workers at IT giant Fujitsu in Manchester will be staging three days of strike action starting next week in a dispute over pay, pensions and job security. The members of Unite claim…Read more…
Our pensions under attack again – from more than one direction
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End the uncertainty
In our final series installment we hear from Trish Ford, senior rep, Toyota vice-chair The automotive industry supports more than 800,000 jobs across UK, from WrightBus in Ballymena to Honda…Read more…
World class workforce
Nissan’s decision to build the new Qashqai and X-Trail in Sunderland is testament to the skills and expertise of a world class workforce according to Unite. The union described the move which…Read more…
UNISON backs petition to protect children’s care rights in England
Members and the public are urged to back the call to ‘protect the rights of vulnerable children and care leavers’ from plans in new bill
The article UNISON backs petition to protect children’s…Read more…
Support Unite members at Fujitsu Manchester
In advance of the industrial action starting next week, we have an updated appeal for support leaflet and a collection…Read more…
CETA is not dead yet, UNISON warns
With the EU-Canada trade deal in limbo, the union calls for full parliamentary scrutiny of all post-Brexit trade agreeements
The article CETA is not dead yet, UNISON warns first appeared on the…Read more…
Q3 GDP growth survives the referendum vote, but points to one reason for the outcome
In the wake of the Brexit vote, 2016Q3 quarterly GDP growth of 0.5% (down from 0.7% in Q2) is regarded as a ‘result’. Growth compared with the same quarter a year ago is 2.3%, the highest since 2015 Q2 (when 2.4%). In the industry detail, however, it’s business as usual. Contributions…Read more…
UK real wages are still down 6%, in the East Midlands it’s nearly 10%
Earnings figures put any economic ‘recovery’ into perspective. There has now been a two-year real wage revival (i.e. with earnings growth outstripping inflation), and in 2016 median UK full time earnings were up nearly 4 per cent on the low point in 2014. But that low point was nearly 10 per cent…Read more…
London Borough Of Barking and Dagenham to sign UNISON ethical care charter
An agreement to be signed today (Thursday) between UNISON and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham promises to deliver improved homecare for residents and more support for the borough’s…Read more…
Health service workers resort to loans and food banks after years of cash cuts, UNISON survey finds
Thursday 27 October 2016 Hard-pressed health service staff are turning to high-rate loans, pawning their belongings and visiting food banks as they struggle just to make ends meet, according to…Read more…
How I became a Brit with a German passport, and why I no longer am
Anke Plummer blogs about her experience as an EU migrant in
The article How I became a Brit with a German passport, and why I no longer am first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Theresa May and “Taking Control”
Brexit: Taking Control Must Mean Defence of the Rights of All Human Beings Theresa May gave her speech as leader of the Conservative Party to its conference on October 5. It was meant to set out her…Read more…
Corbynomics? CHRIS WILLIAMSON describes how Labour can reverse the Tories’ toxic economics
Corbynomics Is The Best Antidote To Austerity I AM speaking at the Labour Assembly Against Austerity conference in London tomorrow on why Corbynomics works. It is abundantly clear that the austerity…Read more…