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Stop the decline spiral

Mar 9, 2017By UNITElive

In the wake of the sharpest and most sustained drop in the price of oil in decades, the UK oil industry is staring into an abyss as more than a hundred thousand jobs have gone in the last two years…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017UNITElive

‘Best decision you’ll make’

Mar 9, 2017By UNITElive

When Nikita Taylor began her four-year electrical engineering apprenticeship at the Vauxhall plant in Luton she was one of only a handful of women working at the site.   “Over the six years that…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017UNITElive

Funding care can lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged

Mar 9, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON Cymru/Wales writes to all country’s councils on International Women’s Day

The article Funding care can lift women workers out of poverty, Welsh councils urged first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Prosegur IPO – potential investors should take note of labour risks

Mar 9, 2017By Labour And Capital

Just a quick plus for UNI and their excellent work exposing poor labour practices at Spanish-listed security firm Prosegur. The company is about to carry out a partial float of its cash-in-transit business, which makes this a very timely issue for inve…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017Labour And Capital

Print jobs at risk

Mar 9, 2017By UNITElive

Unite said today (March 9) that it would mount a strong campaign to retain the estimated 120 jobs under threat at Suffolk book printer, Clays.   “Clays is the heart of the local community…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017UNITElive

‘Nothing more than PR’

Mar 9, 2017By UNITElive

Plans outlined today (March 9) by the embattled retailer Sports Direct, to choose a worker representative to sit in on its board meetings, drew a sceptical response from Unite.   The union which…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017UNITElive

UK Budget 2017 – still no coherent economic plan

Mar 9, 2017By Dave Watson

The UK Budget does little for hard pressed households in the short-term, and even less for the long-term health of the economy.
Let’s look at the issues that matter to UNISON members.
Austerity is…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017Dave Watson

UNISON Housing Association Branch AGM – 21 March 2017 UNISON Centre. Keynote speaker Tom Copley AM

Mar 9, 2017By John's Labour blog

Looking forward to my Branch AGM on the 21st March. Our keynote speaker will be Tom Copley AM. We are holding the AGM at the UNISON Centre (our national headquarters) in Euston Road during lunchtime and also the evening to maximise attendance. Read more…

Mar 9, 2017John's Labour blog

OECD must involve workers in developing global rules on investment

Mar 9, 2017By Touchstone blog

On Tuesday I spoke at a conference held at the OECD in Paris on the costs and benefits of investment protection agreements like Investor-State Dispute Settlement. In the morning  conference participants had heard something important – the experts gathered by the OECD had, in all their…Read more…

Mar 9, 2017Touchstone blog

SERTUC HEALTH CONFERENCE:

Mar 8, 2017By Rtuc's Blog

PLEASE SUPPORT / CIRCULATE ALL WELCOME (FREE ADMISSION – PLEASE REGISTER) SERTUC HEALTH CONFERENCE NHS in Crisis – How do we sustain its future? TUC CONGRESS HOUSE (Free lunch – vegetarian…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Rtuc's Blog

West Ham Women’s Forum Councillor Training and AGM

Mar 8, 2017By John's Labour blog

Hat tip West Ham Labour blog on Women’s International Day.

“On Monday, West Ham women gathered to boost the sisterhood for the 2018 local government elections.

It was so wonderful to see a group of women from all walks of life dedicated to makin…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017John's Labour blog

A decade of blogging

Mar 8, 2017By Labour And Capital

I realised recently that I’ve just completed a decade of blogging. Although the arrival of two kids means I blog a lot less often than I used to, and read a lot less to blog about, I still feel the urge to communicate. Partly I just enjoy writing, but …Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Labour And Capital

Did #Budget2017 deliver for public services?

Mar 8, 2017By Touchstone blog

This blog takes a look at what this Budget delivered for social care, health and education. In our pre-Budget blog we looked at what the Budget needed to deliver for public services, creaking after almost a decade of austerity. Social Care Few could de…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Touchstone blog

‘The insulting Budget’

Mar 8, 2017By UNITElive

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn summed up Philip Hammond, the Chancellor’s first and last spring budget – it was a budget that was complacent and out of touch he said.   He could also have…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017UNITElive

The ‘failure Budget’

Mar 8, 2017By UNITElive

Chancellor Philip Hammond brushed Brexit under the carpet as he laid out the last Spring Budget today, delivering paltry policies that will do nothing to alleviate austerity, low wages or job…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017UNITElive

#Budget2017: Boost for technical skills funding

Mar 8, 2017By Touchstone blog

As with much of the Budget, the package of skills measures contained few surprises as the various announcements had been trailed extensively beforehand. Nevertheless, there is much to welcome in the Budget on technical education and skills, in particul…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Touchstone blog

Under pressure

Mar 8, 2017By UNITElive

Today on International Women’s Day (March 8), much is made of the overall pay gap between men and women in the UK – now standing stubbornly high at 19 per cent.   But what’s not as often talked…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017UNITElive

Barclays closure slammed

Mar 8, 2017By UNITElive

Unite has today (March 8) condemned Barclays Bank for the announcement of the closure of their mortgage centre in Llanishen, Cardiff with the loss of over 180 jobs. The centre will close by the end…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017UNITElive

AWE dispute ramps up

Mar 8, 2017By UNITElive

Angry workers at AWE plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are ramping up their long-running pensions’ dispute with eight more days of strike action this spring.   Unite,  which represents…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017UNITElive

#Budget2017: Self-employment tax changes

Mar 8, 2017By Touchstone blog

Increases in taxation of self-employment may raise more money for the exchequer but will do little to clamp down on bad employers who force staff into bogus self-employment to lower their tax bill Today’s standout Budget measure was the increase in the tax paid by the self-employed, with the rate…Read more…

Mar 8, 2017Touchstone blog
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