This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. Number 4 is overqualification. Being rejected from a job because you are “too qualified” is a bit of a…Read more…
Bedroom tax win
The Supreme Court has delivered a blow to Tory welfare policy by ruling that two families were discriminated against by the government’s hated “bedroom tax”. The ruling, in favour of a spina…Read more…
UNISON calls for energy equality for the UK’s worst-off users
‘Thousands die each winter because they cannot afford to heat their homes’, union and campaign group Fuel Poverty Action warn
The article UNISON calls for energy equality for the UK’s…Read more…
Care cuts crisis leaving older people without adequate care, says UNISON
Vulnerable older people are being denied regular showers and visits to the toilet because of cuts to social care budgets, a UNISON report has warned today (Friday). The Damage: Care in Crisis is…Read more…
1,200 Durham teaching assistants pack into a strike rally
‘We will fight and we will win’ Prentis tells Durham strike rally General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike Some 1,200 Durham teaching…Read more…
Venezuela fights back
Check out international painting to left of picture. Draft minutes of UNISON London regional Europe and International Committee 3 October 2016.
Guest speaker, Dr Francisco Dominguez, Secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, spoke on the situatio…Read more…
‘We should not have to wait’
“It’s been estimated that if we continue on the same path we have been, it’ll take another 170 years before women finally achieve equal pay. We’ve already waited nearly 50 years since the Equal…Read more…
Because you’re a woman…
One of the biggest misconceptions about the gender pay gap – which remains stubbornly high at nearly 14 per cent – is that it’s all a myth. There’s this idea that women earn less because they…Read more…
IER Employment Law Update: London
10 November 2016
By Roger Jeary
On a cold wet day in London, the Institute welcomed a full house for the 2016 Employment Law Update in the Unite HQ. The chair for the day, Nerys Owen, Labour…Read more…
Guests and Supporters as Cuban Film Festival begins – HGFF preview 1
This week sees the start of this year’s Havana Glasgow Film Festival (HGFF), on 11 Nov, and guests have already started to arrive from Cuba and other parts of the globe. On Tuesday the Cuban…Read more…
Turkey’s purges continues
Turkish President Erdogan’s purges of anyone he sees as a threat continues at a pace.He has recently fired a further 10,131 public employees, bringing the total number of public sector…Read more…
Why I joined the Musicians’ Union
I joined the MU because it is the largest organisation representing musicians (over 30,000) in the UK. With this large number comes a community that supports existing and new members with up to date…Read more…
Pay and safety strike
Over 850 Arriva bus drivers operating out of five depots across West Yorkshire will be taking part in a 24-hour strike on Monday, November 14 in a dispute over pay and shifts which see them being…Read more…
‘Outstanding’ pay deal
Unite has hailed the ‘outstanding’ two-year pay deal at the luxury car maker Aston Martin which has been overwhelmingly endorsed by the workforce. “This outstanding deal – the best…Read more…
Care employees threatened with £2,600 pay cut by Dorset councils’ company
Care staff employed by Dorset company Tricuro are to stage a silent protest outside county council offices in Dorchester later today (Thursday), over plans that could see some employees lose as much…Read more…
West Ham Labour offers group therapy to get over Trump – also trigger ballot, street stall, door knocking & crimbo social
Dear Member
Canvassing, street stalls, Christmas quiz and ‘affirmative nomination’ meetings
I have no idea what to say about President-elect Trump. So I won’t…
1. If you’ve been a member for over six months you should have received a letter n…Read more…
Demolition of the Monument to Mendelssohn in Leipzig under the Nazis.
Cultural Liquidation In The Third Reich posted by Morning Star KEITH BARLOW tells the story of the demolition of the monument to Mendelssohn in Leipzig under the nazis. THE night of November 9-10…Read more…
On a challenging day, Durham TAs show that there’s so much to fight for
We face huge challenges on so many fronts. At times they can seem insurmountable. But today let’s remember what we stand for. And why we must keep fighting all of those challenges that still lie…Read more…
Top US trade unionist responds to Trump election
Richard Trumka, President of the TUC’s equivalent in the USA, the AFLCIO, had this to say about the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election: Donald Trump has been elected president. America…Read more…
British steelworkers take #SaveOurSteel message to Brussels
Steel union members from Scunthorpe, South Wales and other parts of the UK joined over 10,000 steelworkers from all over Europe to demonstrate in Brussels today against Chinese steel dumping, ahead…Read more…