I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather be today than Cardiff, where I’ll be attending the Annual UNISON Cymru/Wales Regional Health Awards. I’m looking forward to talking to – and thanking – some of…Read more…
‘Ban zero hours’ call
Young zero-hour contract workers are more like to have worse mental and physical health than people of the same age in stable work, a study has found. The University College London study…Read more…
‘The world is watching’
Striking members of British Airways’ mixed fleet cabin crew today (July 5) protested outside the headquarters of Qatar Airways as Unite announced it had launched legal action over the ‘wet leasing’…Read more…
‘Until we get what we deserve’
More than 700 Unite members walked out of their jobs yesterday during the biggest NHS strike of the year. Hundreds of cleaners, porters and security guards began four days of industrial action…Read more…
SGE by-elections: local government and higher education
Nominations open on 11 July and close on 18 August
The article SGE by-elections: local government and higher education first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Keir Hardie 125th & UNISON NEC
July 4th is a great day to hold a trade union meeting. This day is the 125th anniversary of the election of Keir Hardie, the first ever Labour MP in my home in West Ham, East London as well as the anniversary of the only successful British Revolu…Read more…
‘No pick and mix’
Downing Street has been forced to clarify that it is not removing the 1 per cent public sector pay cap, after pressure from several Tory ministers to do so sparked chaos across the administration….Read more…
Union gears up for a summer of campaigning
First meeting of new national executive council gets straight down to business
The article Union gears up for a summer of campaigning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A ‘tribute to worker solidarity’
The long-running Woolwich Ferry ‘bullying culture’ dispute has been settled, following ‘a remarkable display of worker solidarity’, Unite announced today (Tuesday July 4). The deal hammered…Read more…
Justice must be done
Unite announced today (Tuesday July 4) that it was providing legal representation for a number of the families involved in the Grenfell Tower tragedy and would be applying for core participant status…Read more…
Health unions call for the government to act on public sector pay
Seventeen unions representing employees across the NHS have today (Tuesday) expressed anger and deep disappointment at the government’s failure to deal with the ongoing public sector pay…Read more…
“The functions of the British Transport Police in Scotland will be a devolved matter”
That’s what the Smith Commission had to say about the future of railway policing in Scotland. The British Transport Police comes within the purview of the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish…Read more…
All public sector workers deserve a pay rise – including backroom staff
The cabinet may be divided, but public sector workers shouldn’t be. Having learned the hard way that cutting public sector pay is unpopular with voters, Conservative cabinet ministers are finally changing their tune. In the last few days, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Gove and Justine…Read more…
It’s not just the public sector that needs a pay rise – we all do.
The government’s unfair public sector pay cap is currently coming under criticism from all sides. Rightly so. Those in the public sector have now faced years of pay freezes and real wage cuts. Vital public sector workers are unfairly receiving less and less money for their hard work. Don’t forget…Read more…
How too much insecurity at work is bad for business
New research from Learning and Work Institute shows that insecure work grew between 2011 and 2016 and may be reducing productivity growth. Insecure work is one of the topics of our time. For some, increased flexibility over work can be a real benefit. …Read more…
Theresa May: Stop cutting public servants’ pay
The government must abandon their policy of real terms pay cuts for public servants. Sign the petition.Read more…
“Ripping off customers is nothing new for asset managers… “
Check the FT article here 30 June 2017
The FCA’s report is a travesty that is bereft of remedies, writes Gina Miller
In 2002, the Sandler Report on the UK retail investment market found “the reporting of product charges is typically neither clear nor consistent”. More than 15 years on and…Read more…
‘Stepping up’ action
Unite announced today (July 3) a dramatic escalation in strike action as part of a long running dispute with private contractor Mears and joint venture company Manchester Working (operated by Mears)…Read more…
‘Get your house in order’ call
Staff at the Bank of England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a ballot calling on their employer to give them a decent pay deal. In the industrial action ballot 95 per cent…Read more…
‘Pack your bags May’
“Tories out” was the defiant message delivered by thousands of anti-austerity protesters, as well Labour politicians and trade union leaders, who marched on Parliament this Saturday (July 1). …Read more…