The recent election showed how much impact our union can have. Our issues became the country’s issues, and our policies were integral to Labour’s manifesto. Now, thanks in great part to the work of…Read more…
Unappealing…
I see that some of my fellow complainants in the recent case at the Certification Officer concerning the last General Secretary election in UNISON havelodged an appeal with the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).
I haven’t.
I don’t want to comment on the legal merits of an appeal. I’m not a lawyer…Read more…
The Taylor review: what should it say?
The long-awaited Taylor Review into “modern employment” practices is just days away from publication. It’s been talked up a great deal by ministers and cited numerous times by the Prime Minister, so it’s fair to say that expectations are high. Matthew deserves credit for his willingness to…Read more…
We can afford to give public servants a pay rise. In fact, we can’t afford not to.
Boris Johnson has now u-turned on his own rebellion on public sector pay. On Monday, sources close to the foreign secretary said he supported a better pay deal for public sector workers, and “strongly believes the rises can be done in a responsible way and without causing fiscal…Read more…
The Future of the NHS – Composite B #LabLink17
This is the speech from yesterday’s debate at UNISON Labour Link Forum on “The Future of the NHS”.
Mitsy is a a care worker, NHS nurse, branch, regional and national UNISON activist. . “Chair, Forum, Mitsy Harmon-Russell, Greater London…Read more…
Regulation is not ‘Red Tape’
If the Grenfell tragedy teaches us anything, it must be that regulation is not ‘Red Tape’, it is an essential safeguard for a civilised society. Scotland has escaped some of the worst examples of…Read more…
Can increased public spending pay for itself?
Since the election, we have seen several proclamations of the ‘end of austerity’. As TUC post election polling (among others) has showed, there is now a clear majority in favour of ‘Maintaining decent public services even if that means my taxes go up’. This is a far cry from some of the rhetoric…Read more…
Government and employers must end poverty pay, says UNISON
Minimum hourly pay for workers must be increased substantially to reflect the rising cost of living, said UNISON today (Friday). The union is calling on the government to raise the current legal…Read more…
Brexit Chickens Coming Home To Roost
“The Brexit chickens are coming home to roost” a prominant person in the automotive industry told me during a discussion about the announcement by Michel Barnier that the UK would not…Read more…
Solidarity needed – housing, BA, NHS and finance
Four groups of Unite members are currently engaged in pretty serious industrial action at the moment. They deserve our support.
I’d previously posted about the outsourced Manchester housing maintenance workers. They are now escalating their action wit…Read more…
Angela Rayner MP speaks at UNISON Labour Link Conference 2017
Our first guest speaker was former UNISON activist and now Shadow Secretary for Education, Angela Rayner MP, who gave a relaxed and inspiring speech on her politics, the recent General election campaign and how proud she was to be a UNISON member.
I p…Read more…
Scottish FE workers vote on £450 a year pay rise
UNISON recommends members accept ‘cap-busting’ offer in ballot which closes on 26 July
The article Scottish FE workers vote on £450 a year pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Strike A Light – Tory Trade Union Act Is Already Backfiring
06 July 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations, The University of Bradford
Although it’s still early days, the evidence is that the Tory Trade Union Act 2016 is already backfiring…Read more…
Sellafield firefighters to strike in pay row
The Sellafield site employs about 10,000 people and is in the process of being decommissioned Firefighters at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant are to strike after “last-chance”…Read more…
Blog: Pay up now!
We’re launching a new campaign, which we’ll be rolling out over the summer, to win all public sector workers the pay rise that you have for so long been denied.
The article Blog: Pay up now! first…Read more…
Nex Group chair costs himself £25,000
Next Group, the successor company to ICAP, just managed to publicly humiliate itself by spending company funds on political campaigns.
The company has its AGM next Wednesday and disclosed in the notice of meeting that it had spent £25,000 funding five Conservative Party candidates facing Liberal…Read more…
I’m committed to public service, but for seven years the government has been holding down my pay
Ashley, a medical clerk, writes about the real-life impacts of the public sector pay squeeze. Sign our petition to support workers like Ashley. I enjoy my job because I’m making a difference, even if…Read more…
Out at Work – More than one in three LGBT people have been harassed or bullied at work
Out at work? Those of us who hoped that homophobia at work was a thing of the past will be disappointed to read a new TUC report, ahead of the TUC’s LGBT conference and Pride in London this weekend. Earlier this year the TUC carried out an in-depth piece of research to find out whether…
The…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link National Forum 2017
Picture from this evenings UNISON Labour Link London region delegation meal.
This morning I took part in the National Labour Link Committee pre-Forum meeting. The number one issue was of course the General election and its aftermath.
Our National For…Read more…
Union gears up for a summer of campaigning:
First meeting of new national executive council gets straight down to business UNISON’s new national executive council lost no time in outlining plans for a hot summer of campaigning when it…Read more…