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West Ham Labour Thank You Party 2017 General Election

Jun 30, 2017By John's Labour blog

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Jun 30, 2017John's Labour blog

The benefits of decent work in global supply chains

Jun 30, 2017By Touchstone blog

The importance of decent work in global supply chains continues to be reiterated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the UN’s agency on labour standards. At this year’s 106th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), discussions took place around the need to “further assess…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017Touchstone blog

Refuse workers in jobs slash strike

Jun 30, 2017By UNITElive

Refuse workers at Birmingham city council were on strike today (Friday June 30), as the council swings the axe on 121 waste collection jobs amid claims of ‘a bullying culture’ and financial…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017UNITElive

Public servants don’t care about political games – They just need a pay rise

Jun 30, 2017By Touchstone blog

Will she, won’t she? Theresa May’s position on pay for public service workers has been all over the place this week.  On Wednesday we had a surprise announcement that the government might be considering an end to its policy of capping public sector pay. But hours later, a spectacular double-u-turn…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017Touchstone blog

Pivotal role

Jun 30, 2017By UNITElive

Unite hailed the pivotal role played by its Rolls-Royce shop stewards and members in securing a new large engine test bed facility after the engine maker announced it was investing £150m in its…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017UNITElive

Radical new approach call

Jun 30, 2017By UNITElive

Unite is calling for a radical new approach to construction regulations and safety laws, following the Grenfell Tower fire.   Unite has three key demands: an overhaul of building regulations,…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017UNITElive

BA pay strike to start

Jun 30, 2017By UNITElive

Unite has accused British Airways of seeking to ‘punish’ workers on ‘poverty pay’ as mixed fleet cabin crew geared up for tomorrow’s (Saturday July 1) start of a 16-day strike over pay and the…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017UNITElive

Football and politics can mix…

Jun 30, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

Liam Rosenior is a footballer with a conscious and with some strong opinions about racism, public service workers and the kind of football manager Jeremy Corbyn would be

The article Football and…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Dangerous Times: health and safety protections under attack

Jun 30, 2017By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

30 June 2017

By Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology, Open University

Since 2010, the Coalition, then the Tories, have both continued and significantly extended some of the ‘reforms’ initiated by…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Opportunity to win

Jun 30, 2017By UNITElive

This week Theresa May announced the dodgy deal with the DUP to keep her government afloat.   The Conservatives’ desire to cling to power has served to illustrate the truth of what many of us…Read more…

Jun 30, 2017UNITElive

UNISON member earns top healthcare award

Jun 30, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

Stephanie Morris is recipient of award named after UNISON stalwart Jean Atkinson

The article UNISON member earns top healthcare award first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Jun 30, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Fifteen minute care makeover hell

Jun 29, 2017By John's Labour blog

Watch this clip from Claire Sweeney’s new exploitative ’15 minute Makeover’ show where a care worker has to get a vulnerable person ready for the day in, you guessed it, in just 15 minutes! Find out more https://savecarenow.org.uk/petition

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Jun 29, 2017John's Labour blog

Unions and brands strike an Accord to continue support for Bangladesh’s workers

Jun 29, 2017By Touchstone blog

Global unions and textiles brands have announced a new version of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Safety to continue the original Accord’s work when its remit ends next year. Speaking to delegates to the OECD’s Responsible Business Conduct Forum, IndustriALL and UNIGlobal, represented…Read more…

Jun 29, 2017Touchstone blog

‘Housing emergency’

Jun 29, 2017By UNITElive

Council houses are being sold off nearly three times as quickly as news ones are built, new figures reveal.   Under the Tories’ right-to-buy scheme more than 12,000 council houses – worth more…Read more…

Jun 29, 2017UNITElive

Paying the price of ‘bung parliament’

Jun 29, 2017By UNITElive

Shameless Tory MPs cheered as they blocked a bid to scrap the pay cap for struggling public sector workers including nurses, firefighters and police.   The Conservatives managed to scrape…Read more…

Jun 29, 2017UNITElive

The government must restore the NHS Pay Review Body’s independence, says UNISON

Jun 29, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON is today (Thursday) calling on the government to lift the restrictions and give the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) an open remit so it can be truly independent after ‘shameful’ vote to keep the pay…Read more…

Jun 29, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Take our equality survey and you could win a free holiday

Jun 29, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

Last year nearly 5,000 UNISON members took part in our equality survey. Take part this year and you might win a holiday.

The article Take our equality survey and you could win a free holiday first…Read more…

Jun 29, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Stop ripping us off: Financial Conduct Authority report on pension fund managers

Jun 28, 2017By John's Labour blog

Today Government regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)  issued a final report on the fund managers who manage our pensions and investment savings. 
It is pretty damning. 
My interpretation is that fund managers are making exce…Read more…

Jun 28, 2017John's Labour blog

Government’s refusal to end the pay cap is an insult to public sector workers, says UNISON

Jun 28, 2017By Dave Prentis blog

Responding to the government’s decision to reject a Labour Party amendment to end the one per cent public sector pay cap, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government’s rejection…Read more…

Jun 28, 2017Dave Prentis blog

Austerity’s end days?

Jun 28, 2017By UNITElive

Public support for austerity has collapsed, according to a new survey which found that Britons are overwhelmingly in favour of increasing health, education and policing budgets.   The survey was…Read more…

Jun 28, 2017UNITElive
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