Everyone who works in the NHS has a vital role to play in our health service, and this strike action has shown that those subjected to the subco regime are still NHS workers, and willing to fight for…Read more…
Hospital workers celebrate as iFM Bolton agrees to pay NHS rates in full
The victory in Bolton should send a strong signal to any NHS trusts who think creating a wholly owned subsidiary will allow them to short-change their staff over pay
The article Hospital workers…Read more…
Plymouth City Council signs UNISON’s ethical care charter
Plymouth City Council will become the latest local authority to sign up to UNISON’s ethical care charter today (Monday). Council leaders will join UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis to formally…Read more…
Unlocking our potential
UNISON’s disabled members are working hard to combat unfair treatment at work
The article Unlocking our potential first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Treasury plans for public sector pay will “hammer” workers, says UNISON
Commenting on media reports today (Monday) that the Treasury is planning a new approach to public sector pay, with wage increases based on performance and location, UNISON general secretary Dave…Read more…
Glasgow: strikers speak out
‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike
The article Glasgow: strikers speak out first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Non-runner’
The BEIS Select Committee is right on the Government’s confused government auto stance, but wrong on bringing forward a diesel ban to 2032 – we need an industrial policy if a just transition to…Read more…
Never too big to care
UNISON is proud to be unique among unions in having a dedicated charity, There for You, which supports our members when life gets tough.
The article Never too big to care first appeared on the…Read more…
Cleaners at the forefront of needlestick injuries
Figures show the importance of controlling hazards, as European Health and Safety Week gets under way.
The article Cleaners at the forefront of needlestick injuries first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Extortionate parking charges and fines for health staff, patients and visitors must stop, says UNISON
Exorbitant hospital parking charges have increasingly become the norm in England because the NHS is so starved of funds.
The article Extortionate parking charges and fines for health staff,…Read more…
Austerity won’t be over until…Theresa May tackles the wage growth crisis
If the government really wants to stand up for working people, next week’s Budget must address the longest squeeze on real wages in two centuriesRead more…
Austerity won’t be over until…the government starts investing again
With a week to go until the Budget, we’re clear that austerity won’t be over until the Chancellor starts to invest properly in the UK economyRead more…
On having missed the “People’s Vote” demonstration…
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Boleyn By Election canvass: Brexit demo dodgers, Daily Worker, ASB, West Ham FC, The Boleyn Pub….having a Labour Doorstep laugh
Picture collage from yesterday’s campaigning in Boleyn Ward by-election, Newham. There had been 3 teams out in the morning and I joined our truly exceptional candidate, Moniba Khan, for the 3pm session with as it happens, all West Ham CLP comrades.
Tw…Read more…
Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from represession
Dear Colleagues,
Apologies for an absence since my last post. I have needed to concentrate on getting the first full thesis draft submitted This is now book and am working on editing and then (all being well) submitting the final version.
Also, the d…Read more…
Save Jobs At Cammell Lairds
Sign the petition to help save jobs in shipbuilding in the UK. Cammell Lairds has just won £619million’s worth of contracts to build the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Ships, but in stead of…Read more…
10,000 Housing workers face threat to their pensions because: “The whole yardstick for measuring the cost of liabilities in pension schemes is broken”
This is my message to UNISON members of the Social Housing Pension Scheme, who will no doubt be worried about their families pension futures.
Inside Housing magazine has reported on this completely unwarranted attack on the Social Housing Pensio…Read more…
Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list
MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s … MoreRead more…
Giving ‘gig’ workers rights isn’t radical, it would bring the UK up to international ‘norms’
19 October 2018
By John Hendy QC, Professor Keith Ewing and Carolyn Jones
This week has seen ‘gig’ workers and people on zero-hours contracts take a stand against low pay and insecure jobs, with…Read more…
Giving ‘gig’ workers rights isn’t radical, it would bring the UK up to international ‘norms’
19 October 2018
By John Hendy QC, Professor Keith Ewing and Carolyn Jones
This week has seen ‘gig’ workers and people on zero-hours contracts take a stand against low pay and insecure jobs, with…Read more…