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UNISON members are being urged
to help make Scotland’s new Climate Change Act as strong as possible.
With other members of Stop
Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), we are disappointed that the Scottish
Government’s proposals for the new Bill are not ambitious enough.
The SCCS Act for our Future
campaign has an easy online E Action. You can click here to email First Minister Nicola SturgeonRead more…
Construction unions Unite and GMB have warned that further protests are likely in a dispute over companies failing to pay industry rates and employ local workers on the £175m energy from waste…Read more…
A freedom of information request has uncovered a major government scandal AUGUST 24TH, 2016 STEVE TOPPLE UK The Canary UK The miners’ strike of 1984/85 is a well-documented event, and is one of…Read more…
Protecting workers’ rights in trade deals is essential to ensure trade is fair. If trade deals don’t contain effective protections for workers’ rights, they just make it easier for companies to locate themselves in countries where wages are lower and workers are less able to resist…Read more…
‘Some days I feel like I’ll drop dead’ – Britain’s biggest cleaners’ strike Cleaning staff working at four London hospitals are engaged in industrial action for better pay and conditions. Will…Read more…
With the economy showing increased signs of weakness, it is welcome that that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted today to keep interest rates on hold. More surprising perhaps has been the recent positioning of MPC members that has fostered specu…Read more…
A strike by British Airways’ mixed fleet cabin crew will stretch to the end of August unless the airline hammers out an agreement in the long running dispute over pay and the sanctioning of striking…Read more…
In 2013 the Tory-led government attacked one of the UK’s most fundamental principles – the ability to pursue justice through the courts. Ministers introduced reforms that meant people looking…Read more…
This looks like a really good event. Well done to the new Newham Fabians Officers for organising this. Thankfully we now have a local Fabian society that actually does stuff! Tom will be a great speaker. Read more…
Good luck to Unison members about to start a further bout of strike action tomorrow. I will be sending a message of support both as a Unison NEC for such community members and behalf of our branch executive. See letter below explaining the dispute in local newspaper.
“THERE’S a critical…Read more…
Together, UNISON can win for all public sector workers, wherever you work, and deliver that long-overdue pay rise.
The article Pay Up Now: We need all UNISON members involved first appeared on the…Read more…
UK catalogue retailer Argos faces three weeks of strikes across its distribution network in a dispute over the failure of the company to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and…Read more…
Striking hospital workers, cabin crew and Bank of England staff will be coming together for a series of protests in London tomorrow (August 3) to highlight their fight for better pay. …Read more…
Last month the Government issued a Five Year Tobacco Control plan for England. Several newspapers reported that this proposed that routine bans of vaping products at the workplace or in public spaces…Read more…
Our Save Our Services campaign day of action this year takes place on 19 October and is focused on libraries. Libraries are a hub and a haven in our communities. They offer a place for people to…Read more…
A great article by Henry Tapper in his blog “Pension Playpen” about the nonsense being spread about the “fantasy deficits” reported by the huge pension fund, University Superannuation Scheme (USS).
The USS has produced investment returns of 21% increasing its assets to £60 billion in the last year…Read more…
31 July 2017 Britain’s largest union, Unite today (Monday 31 July) called on employers to urgently get their ‘house in order’ over holiday pay after it secured a landmark legal victory meaning…Read more…
Gender segregation within Scotland’s flagship Modern Apprenticeships (MA) programme is increasing, new figures reveal. Out of the 50 MA roles analysed by Scottish Labour, women made up less…Read more…
Unite yesterday (July 31) called on employers to urgently get their ‘house in order’ over holiday pay after it secured a landmark legal victory meaning employers must now include voluntary overtime…Read more…
Today (August 1) Unite members at the Bank of England began a three day strike. All they are asking for is fair pay. Without consulting the union or staff, the bank imposed a one per cent…Read more…