07 December 2018
By Eileen Turnbull and Harry Chadwick, Shrewsbury 24 Campaign
On Friday 9th November 2018 the Shrewsbury pickets won an important victory in their long struggle to overturn their…Read more…
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07 December 2018
By Eileen Turnbull and Harry Chadwick, Shrewsbury 24 Campaign
On Friday 9th November 2018 the Shrewsbury pickets won an important victory in their long struggle to overturn their…Read more…
UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding
The article England’s school staff asked to vote on effect of cuts first…Read more…
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union is now £10.20 an hour
The article Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2019 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Cash-strapped police forces are filling some key job vacancies with unpaid volunteers amid ongoing cutbacks, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The number of police support volunteers…Read more…
While Tory Brexiteers scramble to get their millions out of the UK before we leave the EU, workers are already counting the cost from years of economic uncertaintyRead more…
Just a “workers on boards” nugget, but Capita has announced it is seeking to recruit two employee directors. You can read the press blurb here or the story in the Times here.
When I dug around a bit I discovered that this had actually been announ…Read more…
Reassurances are being sought on the future of the Derbyshire psychotherapy service that works with adults traumatised as children by severe abuse, such as sexual and physical abuse, following a…Read more…
UNISON’s final NEC meeting of 2018 opened with “good news to end the year on and a great way to start 2019”. A report on the month-long campaign for growth that the union ran in November – or…Read more…
Unite has welcomed Labour’s commitment to restore legal aid for those appealing against cuts to their benefits.
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon yesterday (December 5) announced that a…Read more…
We did it – UNISON is officially the biggest union in the UK. It makes me incredibly proud to say that, because I know what it means. It means that despite a decade of austerity, pay cuts, job losses…Read more…
Luton airport cleaners are on a week-long strike as part of a campaign against their “Scrooge” bosses’ pay policies.
Luton airport cleaners are on a week-long strike as part of a campaign against…Read more…
UK’s largest union poised to show annual growth for first time in 10 years
The article UNISON celebrates historic month of growth first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Government refuses to provide additional funding for colleges to make better pay offer
The article FE members to be consulted over pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Repeal the two child limit to Tax Credits and Universal Credit.It is a glaring injustice. It breaks the link between the assessment of children’s needs and the support they receive.
It will worsen child poverty. Not all women have control over the…Read more…
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
The article Save Our…Read more…
New TUC research shows over half of workers have experienced some form of harassment from the public while going about their jobs – and young workers are especially affectedRead more…
This is my update to Newham Full Council meeting last week in Stratford Town Hall on our Housing Services as the Cabinet lead. I had 3 minutes for the update and I didn’t quite get all of this out in the time allowed.
· Newham Council Housing Services…Read more…
For SOS Day on 6 December, we asked our members working in safety related roles to tell us about the reality of working to keep their communities safe under years of austerity.
The article Save Our…Read more…
Unite said the government is “throwing good money after bad” after it was revealed the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent more than £4m advertising Universal Credit. The HuffPost…Read more…
UNISON prepares to defend members as staff are asked to pay the price for funding crises at two universities
The article Redundancies raise their heads first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…