“I’ve voted – have you? Please share if you’ve #VotedRokhs so we can show Labour members that it’s time for a change, a new vision and a new way of doing things for the people of Newham. Really pleased that I am the official UNISON backed can…Read more…
About BAE: From the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT)
https://www.caat.org.uk/resources/companies/bae-systems BAE Systems is the world’s third largest arms producer. It is headquartered in the UK, but considers the US, UK, Saudi Arabia and…Read more…
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Thousands of workers at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s face ‘a robbing Peter to pay Paul’ pay offer, Unite said today (March 6). Unite said that that the firm’s proposal to increase pay to…Read more…
‘Wake-up call’
Apprenticeships started during the present academic year have dropped by 26.5 per cent compared to the previous year – a drop Unite says is due to the botched rollout of a new apprenticeship levy….Read more…
MPs grill Melrose bosses
MPs grilled Melrose executives today (March 6) over their takeover bid of engineering giant GKN at a business select committee hearing, where Unite representatives also gave evidence. The…Read more…
NHS Staff Survey results show that woeful pay has taken its toll, says UNISON
Only 31% of NHS staff were satisfied with their level of pay in 2017
The article NHS Staff Survey results show that woeful pay has taken its toll, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Silicosis sufferers in South Africa are unlikely to obtain genuine justice
There is likely to be a settlement of the silicosis and tuberculosis (TB) class action litigation, initiated on behalf of Southern African ex-gold mineworkers. But will it be truly comprehensive and…Read more…
‘It’s a disgrace that housing workers live in worse conditions than those they are trying to house’
Access to good, affordable social housing is key to family and social health, community service group conference hears
“It is a disgrace that housing association workers are living in worse conditions than the people they are trying to house.“
That wa…Read more…
Two interesting things
1. There are two different pieces about shareholder primacy, and why it might be a bad idea, in the FT today. One from the City editor of the FT and one from Rana Foroohar. Meanwhile Theresa May (remember her?) has criticised directors getting paid in …Read more…
Car figures down
The latest car figures out today are a cause for deepening anxiety with the government’s confusion over diesel cars compounding faltering consumer confidence and Brexit uncertainty, Unite warned…Read more…
‘Catalogue of failure’
The government was informed of a plan to retrieve more than £360m from Carillion – helping to shield the public purse from the cost of the firm’s collapse and preventing losses to workers’ pensions –…Read more…
‘Burning injustice’
The government’s green paper on transforming children and young people’s mental health provision in England lacks the boldness and scope needed to address the ‘burning injustice’ of young people’s…Read more…
National Apprenticeship Week – raising the standard
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and UNISON is celebrating the good, while protecting against the bad and the ugly side of apprenticeships
The article National Apprenticeship Week – raising…Read more…
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Privatising overnight supervision in probation hostels risks public safety
With this dangerous experiment, ministers are gambling with public safety
The article Privatising overnight supervision in probation hostels risks public safety first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Agency workers are being paid less for doing the same jobs – ministers must act now
It’s a simple principle: two people working alongside each other doing the same job should get the same pay rate.Read more…
How the Conviction of the Women to Fight for the New Society is Being Strengthened in the NHS
The brutal way in which the ruling elite are destroying public authority and civil society in favour of imposing direct control of the monopolies over public services, health, education and culture…Read more…
International Women’s Day on March 8
As International Women’s Day Approaches 2018 marks the centenary of a section of the women in Britain gaining the vote. After a lengthy struggle and widespread political movement for…Read more…
15th Anniversary of Worldwide Day of Action: “No to War!”
The Necessity for an Anti-War Government Hyde Park anti-war rally, February 15, 2003 February 15 was the 15th anniversary of the massive 2-million march in London, 2003, as part of so many worldwide…Read more…
Impending internecine struggle of monopolies in ownership battle could end up with the end of GKN due to takeover
A bidding war is developing over a potential takeover of British-based engineering giant GKN. On October 13 last year, GKN, which employs 58,000 people across 30 countries in aerospace and automotive…Read more…