‘The dedication to the cause of UNISON members has been incredible, and it’s been matched by the incredible strength shown by those taking action’.
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‘The dedication to the cause of UNISON members has been incredible, and it’s been matched by the incredible strength shown by those taking action’.
The article Glasgow equal pay talks resume after…Read more…
26 October 2018
By Paul Scholey and Tony Rippon, Morrish Solicitors
Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2214
Following a recruitment agency’s Christmas party, to which all…Read more…
26 October 2018
By Paul Scholey and Tony Rippon, Morrish Solicitors
Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2214
Following a recruitment agency’s Christmas party, to which all…Read more…
Unite members at Cammell Laird will be balloted for industrial action over the bosses’ plans to slash the workforce by 40 per cent – despite having work for the next decade on the order books. …Read more…
Unite, the UK construction union, has warned that the announcement today (October 26) that Laing O’Rourke has been appointed as the managing contractor to complete the troubled Royal Liverpool…Read more…
When the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) in England was first abolished in 2013, the government at the time said scrapping it would cut ‘red tape’. But five years on, all that’s been cut is the…Read more…
Labour has called on the chancellor Philip Hammond to use next week’s budget to make good on the prime minister’s pledge to end austerity. In a speech to trade union and business…Read more…
Care staff are often too overworked to have time to take elderly people to the toilet, give them a wash or console those in distress, according to a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The…Read more…
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Newham Council and the Unite trade union are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached that ends the threat of industrial action over concerns at how a job evaluation process was carried…Read more…
As an ex-military captain who witnessed the horrors of the Bosnian War, Katie Watson, now a chaplain at one of the largest trusts in the UK, has seen humanity at its worst. It was this…Read more…
“The performance of the NHS continues to decline, while demands on the service from Scotland’s ageing population are growing. The scale of the challenges facing the NHS means that decisive action is…Read more…
This new insight from those at the heart of decision-making on where money is spent – and axed from budgets – is deeply concerning.
The article Residents face losing essential services as council…Read more…
It’s shocking that so many people in jobs are still struggling financially and living in poverty.
The article Council workers pawning belongings to make ends meet, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Diesel exhaust is one of the biggest workplace killers, yet British health and safety regulations don’t recognise it as a carcinogen.Read more…
The Chancellor has his work cut out to show that there’s “light at the end of the tunnel” for our cash-strapped public servicesRead more…
The most authoritative assessment of pay in the UK confirms Britain’s pay squeeze isn’t over yetRead more…
The government must reverse its cuts to universal credit so that workers are allowed to keep more of the money they earn every month, says UNISON today (Thursday). Millions of workers on the minimum…Read more…
I have just made my first ever complaint to the press regulator https://www.ipso.co.uk/complain/ about the article yesterday in The Sunday Times about suicide bombers blowing themselves up in Tower Hamlets.
I have worked in Tower Hamlets for 25 y…Read more…
Strike action is on cards over the lack of split shift payments for Hackney drivers and escorts who take disabled children to and from school, Unite the union has warned. Unite members,…Read more…