Britain’s divisions along cultural, education and economic lines were laid bare in a new wide-ranging study by anti-extremism campaigning group Hope Not Hate. The study, which is based on six…Read more…
‘Back the bill’
Unite members are being urged to write to their MPs and ask them to support legislation to reform outdated abortion law in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Next week, Labour MP for Hull…Read more…
‘Vigorous’ case
Unite will be making ‘a vigorous and well-argued response’ to the consultation on the future of wholly owned subsidiaries (WOSs) set up by NHS trusts and designed to avoid paying tax. Unite,…Read more…
Planned approach call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for car workers, cautioned that a call to bring forward the government’s target to ban new sales of petrol and diesel vehicles to 2032 could be undeliverable because of…Read more…
Is your accident book up-to-date?
The Health and Safety Executive has produced a new accident book – check yours is current and don’t let your employer claim GDPR stops you getting the information they needRead more…
Liam Fox's fantasy Brexit plan: dodgy trade deals and a race to the bottom on workers’ rights
Workers deserve a Brexit deal that delivers for them – not a hard Brexiteer fantasy that will put jobs, services and workers’ rights at riskRead more…
Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz delivering on election manifesto promises and shares power
On Monday evening Newham Council Cabinet & Mayoral proceedings was important, historic, a little exciting yet also reassuringly mundane. In the finest tradition of UK Local Government.
There was a mass of important Council business to wade throug…Read more…
Changes to the way universal credit is introduced are a sensible move, says UNISON
UNISON welcomes assurances that ‘in work conditionality’ will be put on pause
The article Changes to the way universal credit is introduced are a sensible move, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
‘Hostile environment’
Tens of thousands of sick and disabled people are owed more than £1bn in back benefits after they were underpaid by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP said an “historic error”…Read more…
Let’s show racism the red card
Trade unions including Unite, schools, workplaces and individuals across the UK will be wearing red tomorrow (October 19) in a show of support for vital anti-racism campaigning that’s fighting back…Read more…
European unions call for solidarity with Glasgow women
Equal pay victory ‘would be an inspiration to millions of other women fighting for better pay’.
The article European unions call for solidarity with Glasgow women first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Further education cuts threaten sustainability of UK businesses, says UNISON
Further education should not be at the bottom of the pecking order when it comes to investment.
The article Further education cuts threaten sustainability of UK businesses, says UNISON first…Read more…
Staff with caring responsibilities need supporting at work, says UNISON
UNISON research shows parents and carers struggle to stay in work because of inflexible working conditions
The article Staff with caring responsibilities need supporting at work, says UNISON first…Read more…
UNISON LGPS Seminar – Tuesday 11th of December 2018 – 10.30am to 4.30pm
The union’s Capital Stewardship Programme is holding our annual seminar for all LGPS Board members, branches and activists on the governance and economics of the LGPS. There are major reforms being implemented England, Wales and Scotland and these will…Read more…
‘Massive impact’
Conservative controlled Derby council’s, plans to cut jobs, will target the most vulnerable residents in the city, Unite has warned. Unite’s representatives were yesterday informed that the…Read more…
NEC gears up for growth
Two months of industrial action and campaigning shows why we need to go for growth, executive hears
The article NEC gears up for growth first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Communities or regions?
Boundary change in local government is usually shunted into the ‘too difficult’ box, for good reasons. Local identity can get everyone excited. I painfully recall spending three days at Boundary…Read more…
Investment freeze threat
Theresa May should stand up to the warring factions in her party to avoid a job destroying hard Brexit, Unite said this week (October 16). The call came ahead of a crunch 48 hours for Theresa…Read more…
‘Tax on going to work’
NHS staff in England are being hit with substantial parking fees which totalled nearly £70m last year – a situation that Unite has slammed as a ‘tax on going to work’. New figures from NHS…Read more…
‘Betrayal of children’
Health visitors and school nurses face “savage” cuts Labour’s shadow health secretary told delegates at the Unite and Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association conference today…Read more…