This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
The article UNISON wins legal pay out for 5,000 low-paid women in schools and nurseries in Greenwich first appeared on the…Read more…
‘Green light’ to bad bosses
Unite is extremely disappointed that the government has rejected recommendations to introduce a maximum working temperature. The Environmental Select Committee published a report in July…Read more…
‘Not just of kings and queens’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey will tonight be calling for the story of Peterloo to be taught in schools, in a speech at a special pre-screening of a new Mike Leigh film that dramatises the…Read more…
New strategy to tackle violence in the NHS welcome, says UNISON
No-one should be abused or attacked at work
The article New strategy to tackle violence in the NHS welcome, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Zero tolerance
Violence against NHS staff is a growing phenomenon that last year reached its peak – one in seven NHS workers reported being attacked. The latest shocking figures show that just over 15…Read more…
How can we make it easier to join trade unions?
What’s the most important page on a union website? I’d suggest it’s not the home page, or even the General Secretary’s biography, but the online joining form. In many unions, a majority of members…Read more…
‘Empty nest’ couples and people without children robbed of benefit boost, says UNISON
Low-paid working couples who receive benefits and whose children have left home will be denied a pay boost by the Chancellor, UNISON said today (Wednesday). Childless people on universal credit will…Read more…
What is austerity?
“There’s a lot of talk about Tory austerity. But what is it? Let’s break it down, brick by brick”.
‘No bonanza’
Economic experts have demolished Tory claims that yesterday’s (October 29) Budget is “ending austerity”. In a damning analysis the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) pointed out that headline…Read more…
‘Time for action’
Workers at Luton Airport will intensify their ongoing campaign for pay justice with a week of strike action planned by passenger mobility assistants and a strike ballot for cleaners. Unite…Read more…
‘Temporary agreement’
Thousands of workers employed by DHL on the Jaguar Land Rover logistics contract in the West Midlands will have their pay protected during the company’s current two week shutdown, following an…Read more…
Fracking threat
Unite the union is calling for an immediate halt to fracking in Lancashire after it was revealed that there had been at least 19 tremors at the Quadrilla site since fracking restarted at the site a…Read more…
Save shipyard plea
Devon shipbuilding workers travelled to Parliament today (October 30) to hand in an 8,000-signature petition calling on the government to step up and save the embattled Appledore Shipyard. …Read more…
‘Budget for the few’
No “end to austerity” was in sight yesterday (October 29), as Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget handed rich families giveaways worth 14 times more than those afforded to the poor. Analysis…Read more…
Budget 2018 – Why austerity is here to stay
The Chancellor wants you to think that yesterday’s Budget was good for working people. It wasn’t.Read more…
Brazilian Presidential Election: Unions Say The The Fight Goes On!
Official note from the Unified Workers’ Central [CUT] note on the outcome of the 2018 elections in Brazil Posted: October 29, 2018 – 11h33 | Last modified: October 29, 2018 – 11:58…Read more…
Blog: What this budget proved is that austerity is far from over
Our country deserves better than this. After eight years of letting down public services and our communities, we need a radical Labour government committed to fundamental change in our economy and…Read more…
UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services
More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
The article UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts
The Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome
The article PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare
Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state
The article Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…