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euThis afternoon I chaired a meeting of a UNISON working group on industrial action at our headquarters in Euston, London (with an NEC member from the West Midlands video conference into the meeting).
While taking industrial action (strikes, overtimes…Read more…
It’s been a good start to British Airways 2019 – the year in which the airline marks its 100th anniversary. Kicking off the celebrations with a star studded ad campaign featured luminaries of the…Read more…
Unite is asking for a meeting with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over its ‘catastrophic failure’ to contact the estimated 1,000 former employees, who could have been exposed to asbestos while…Read more…
Welcome for reforms which could remove NHS competition
The article New proposals could help protect the NHS from an uncertain world post-Brexit, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Over 400 employees at Delphi Technologies are being balloted for industrial action over the closure of their final salary pension scheme which could cost some workers tens of thousands of pounds….Read more…
In the latest chapter of the Birmingham bin strike saga, Unite met Birmingham council yet again at the High Court this morning (February 28) as the council now seeks an injunction – using Tory…Read more…
Russell Holland’s extraordinary outburst reported in the Advertiser ( £400k for no houses ‘money down the drain’) shows his prejudice … MoreRead more…
Launch comes on national RSI awareness day as research reveals another cost of austerity
The article UNISON launches campaign to combat musculoskeletal injuries first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Living Wage Foundation data shows extent of low wages
The article Public service workers deserve better than poverty wages, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Commenting on the government’s announcement of £24 million in additional interim funding for maintained nursery schools, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This additional funding gives…Read more…
UK workers gave their employers £32 billion of free labour last year – a staggering total of two billion unpaid hours.Read more…
On Monday evening I went to the launch of the “Newham Word Festival” with the Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and my fellow Deputy Mayor Charlene McLean. It was a lovely launch and great to meet lots of Newham residents who are so passionate about literature, art …Read more…
A shocking two-thirds of NHS workers have become ill from stress on the job in the last year, a new staff survey has found. The poll of nearly half a million workers at more than 200 NHS…Read more…
There is no way the UK can prepare for a no deal Brexit, and growth is “guaranteed” to fall if the country crashes out of the EU, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told MPs yesterday…Read more…
Last week’s announcement from car manufacturer Honda, which said that it was planning to close its only European factory in Swindon sent shock waves throughout the UK. It was the latest in a series…Read more…
‘Simply put, Parliament needs more time to avoid chaos,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
About 400 lift engineers, employed by Otis Ltd, have pressed the button on six weeks of strike action over the next three months after rejecting ‘a paltry pay offer’ of 1.5 per cent. Unite…Read more…
A campaign to tackle the alarming surge in far right extremism in the UK and across Europe will be launched by trade unions and party members at the London Labour regional conference this weekend…Read more…
UNISON backs petition launched by We Own It for probation services in England and Wales to be brought back in house
The article Tell David Gauke to make probation public again first appeared on the…Read more…
Unite is today (February 27) launching a campaign to end the mistreatment of construction workers operating on the High Speed Two (HS2) project. To coincide with the campaign’s launch Unite…Read more…