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‘Wholly inadequate’

Aug 31, 2018By UNITElive

Unite the union has described a pay offer made to the union’s nursing members working on Jersey as wholly inadequate.   Unite has described the proposals as being overly complicated and that the…Read more…

Aug 31, 2018UNITElive

Review: Vox by Christina Dalcher

Aug 31, 2018By Eric Lee

In the near future, a populist demagogue comes to power in America and rolls back decades of progress on women’s rights. In the end, women are forced to wear bracelets which limit the number…Read more…

Aug 31, 2018Eric Lee

Wonga collapses

Aug 31, 2018By UNITElive

Payday lender Wonga — which gained notoriety over the last decade for its aggressive debt collection practices, eye-watering interest rates and dogged tax avoidance — collapsed into administration…Read more…

Aug 31, 2018UNITElive

August: it was no holiday

Aug 31, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work

The article August: it was no holiday first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Aug 31, 2018Dave Prentis blog

Pay Up Now! – for the full NHS team

Aug 31, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

If health workers are one team, then all should receive the same pay rise: UNISON is campaigning to bring this about

The article Pay Up Now! – for the full NHS team first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Aug 31, 2018Dave Prentis blog

‘Solidarity not charity’

Aug 31, 2018By UNITElive

Mary*, mother of three children ages 7,5 and 2, has little faith in the social safety net that’s supposed support her and her family.   “The Job Centre just isn’t interested in helping someone…Read more…

Aug 31, 2018UNITElive

‘Draconian’ dress code

Aug 30, 2018By UNITElive

Unite has described a new ‘appearance and standards’ code for all staff employed by south Yorkshire police as being ‘draconian’ and not reflecting society.   The code was introduced without…Read more…

Aug 30, 2018UNITElive

‘Seriously out of line’

Aug 30, 2018By UNITElive

Private tenancies are “unaffordable” for the majority of low income families because housing benefit is “so seriously out of line” with renting costs, new research has found.   Struggling…Read more…

Aug 30, 2018UNITElive

‘Cliff edge’ Brexit threat

Aug 30, 2018By UNITElive

UK car manufacturing output fell by 11 per cent in July compared to the same month last year new figures show – as Brexit uncertainty continues to plague the automotive sector.   The latest…Read more…

Aug 30, 2018UNITElive

Disability Pay Gap Reporting – It’s all about informed choice

Aug 30, 2018By TUC blogs

Today the EHRC has formally recommended to the government that they put in place legislation to force employers to monitor and address their disability related pay gap.Read more…

Aug 30, 2018TUC blogs

Ensuring migrants’ rights are respected helps to ensure a fair deal for all workers

Aug 30, 2018By TUC blogs

Today the Migration Observatory released a report highlighting how the introduction of work permit schemes after Brexit could increase the risk of exploitation of migrant workers and undercutting.Read more…

Aug 30, 2018TUC blogs

Mental health first aid. Does it work?

Aug 30, 2018By TUC blogs

The Health and Safety Executive have published a research report on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training that backs TUC concerns that more evidence is needed of whether it works or not.Read more…

Aug 30, 2018TUC blogs

‘Think again’ UNISON tells North East health trust over subco plans

Aug 29, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

Packed Teesside meeting highlights health staff’s anger and worry of plans to hand them over to a private company

The article ‘Think again’ UNISON tells North East health trust over subco plans…Read more…

Aug 29, 2018Dave Prentis blog

Gambling with workers’ livelihoods

Aug 29, 2018By UNITElive

Gig economy baron Mike Ashley has been told by Unite to stop gambling with workers’ livelihoods after he attempted to pin blame on landlords for any future job losses at House of Fraser stores….Read more…

Aug 29, 2018UNITElive

Blog: Standing with home care workers every step of the way

Aug 29, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

As a Labour member, I’m appalled to see a Labour council put these incredible public service workers in such an impossible position. And as your General Secretary, I’ll stand with home care workers…Read more…

Aug 29, 2018Dave Prentis blog

Prentis tells Birmingham care strikers ‘we will win’

Aug 29, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

Birmingham council wants to cut the hours – and pay – of its enablement team that works to help vulnerable people stay in their homes

The article Prentis tells Birmingham care strikers ‘we will win’…Read more…

Aug 29, 2018Dave Prentis blog

Bolton hospital workers’ pay ballot opens

Aug 29, 2018By Dave Prentis blog

Voting papers dispatched today in vote over action on pay parity

The article Bolton hospital workers’ pay ballot opens first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Aug 29, 2018Dave Prentis blog

‘Cop-out option’

Aug 28, 2018By UNITElive

Tory-controlled Westminster Council has spent more than £1m on ‘gagging’ orders, prompting criticism from many including Unite.   According to information obtained by Left Foot Forward in a…Read more…

Aug 28, 2018UNITElive

‘Joke’ insolvency plans

Aug 28, 2018By UNITElive

Planned government action on dodgy bosses who use insolvency to avoid paying wages and pensions are a “joke”, Unite has said.   Bosses who dissolve their companies to get out of paying workers…Read more…

Aug 28, 2018UNITElive

‘Daily trauma’

Aug 28, 2018By UNITElive

Ambulance crews are not getting enough mental health support Unite has warned, as new figures reveal that one in ten staff at one of the UK’s largest ambulance services have taken time off in the…Read more…

Aug 28, 2018UNITElive
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