Staff at UPS Parcels in central London will strike for two days next week, which will disrupt the firm’s deliveries in the run-up to Christmas, over alleged bullying, harassment and racism. …Read more…
‘Scrooge’ council
Barnsley council is frontrunner for the UK’s most Scrooge-like local authority, after it denied health visitors and community nurses an extra day’s holiday given to the rest of the workforce for…Read more…
Cashing in on austerity
Council austerity cuts have over the last six years decimated public services and have cost more than half a million jobs, with local authorities in the poorest areas being hit the hardest. …Read more…
Our Health Heroes
Last night the winners of the inaugural Our Health Heroes were announced at a glamorous event in London
The article Our Health Heroes first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Bristol NUJ Christmas Gathering 2016
It’s the time of year to make merry and so on, so I hope you’ll be able to join us for an NUJ Christmas get-together on Wednesday December 14th. This year we’ll be at the King William ale house in…Read more…
UK’s health heroes revealed
An ambulance worker from Berwick and a day centre receptionist from Belfast are the first ever winners of the Our Health Heroes awards, set up to celebrate the work of the thousands of support staff…Read more…
Automatic Barriers Underground 1964
January 1964 Stamford Brook (West London) experimental automatic barriers on London underground – used yellow tickets.
Introduced with agreement with the trade unionsRead more…
British Rail Uniforms 1964
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‘Rotten system’
The UK’s burgeoning “gig economy”, which often relies on exploitative zero-hour contracts and questionable definitions of self-employment, will cost the Treasury £3.5bn in 2020/21, new figures show….Read more…
Derby teaching assistants give a resounding “no” to city council offer, says UNISON
Derby teaching assistants have voted by nine to one to reject the latest offer from the council to settle the long-running dispute over their new contracts. School support staff across the city have…Read more…
City Council Budget 2017-2018
If you are affected by the budget or have any questions relating to this, please telephone or e-mail the Convenor who covers your directorate. City Director & Governance – Amber Robinson – Branch Secretary – mobile 07786 330404 email amber.robinson@stoke.gov.uk ……Read more…
High hopes for the Taylor review?
Matthew Taylor’s independent review of working practices launches today. We’re looking forward to working with him. Here are the things we think his review has the potential to change for working people: Making sure everyone can access decent rights at work Access to key workplace rights…Read more…
West Ham Labour Branch votes 20-8 for change at Newham Town Hall
Great result tonight from West Ham Labour Party Ward meeting.
20-8 vote in favour of change
I now think that the popular vote of members is for change but we will see.
Members voted for an open selection process for the next candidate to stand in…Read more…
Good cheer for South Africa’s winery workers
… how to apply ethical norms to a global supply chain for decent work …Read more…
Celebrating Our Health Heroes
As Britain’s biggest union for health workers – with half a million members in the NHS and other healthcare organisations – we’ll take any opportunity to praise the remarkable people who consistently…Read more…
‘Exceptional’ deal
Workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) have overwhelmingly backed an ‘exceptional pay deal for an exceptional workforce’ in a consultative ballot, Unite announced today (November 29). Over three…Read more…
‘Empty proposals’
The collapse of retailer British Home Stores (BHS) earlier this year will go down in history as one of the biggest business scandals of all time, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ cuts
A campaign to safeguard the pay and terms and conditions of Newham council’s workforce and, ultimately, the council services for the more than 300,000 residents in the east London borough is being…Read more…
Post office strike
Overseas Christmas mail and parcels are set to be disrupted on Saturday (December 3) – the peak day for such international post – when about 720 managers stage a third 24-hour strike in their…Read more…
The pensions triple lock is for youngsters
One of the myths about the State Pension triple lock is that it is somehow a subsidy of the wealthy old by the impecunious young. A report released this afternoon by the studiously neutral, Pensions Policy Institute shows two key things: The triple lock has done the vast bulk of the work in…Read more…