“The money we propose to spend on housing is an insurance against Bolshevism and revolution” Introduction The year 2019 marks … MoreRead more…
Outsourcing iceberg
A plan to rescue to beleaguered public sector outsourcing giant Interserve announced by the firm’s bosses today (6 January) is not guaranteed to work, Unite has warned.
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UNISON seeks peaceful resolution in Venezuela
Union issue statement on the current situation in the south American country
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UNISON spells out Brexit concerns
National executive council highlights three issues that need to be addressed to avoid ‘falling off a cliff’ next month
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George Orwell’s pay ratio
This, from The Lion and the Unicorn, popped into my head the other day:
II. Incomes. Limitation of incomes implies the fixing of a minimum wage, which implies a managed internal currency based simply on the amount of consumption-goods availab…Read more…
Recognise our hard work
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a fourth day of strike action on Wednesday, February 14. Unite pledged…Read more…
Fee hike petition
A 38,000-signature petition protesting at the proposed 18 per cent fee hike for registration to the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) will be handed into the council’s chief executive on…Read more…
Groundhog Day dispute?
Workers, who operate the Woolwich Ferry used by an estimated 2.6m passengers a year, are to hold a ballot for strike action in a dispute over pay, health & safety, and lack of staffing. …Read more…
‘We can’t drop the ball’
Stitched into many trade union banners across the country and around the world are the words: “Celebrate our past, fight for our future.” If we don’t know where we have come from how do we…Read more…
What have the trade unions ever done for me?
Men's mental health at work: how unions can help men to open up
There is a national crisis of mental health, yet men are far less likely than women to seek help for their mental health issues.Read more…
Shareholders vs Ryanair: Gone-derman
I think that’s called a win:Having agreed this group strategy as the best way to grow Ryanair, Sun, Lauda and other possible airline brands, Michael O’Leary has agreed a new 5 year contract as Group CEO, which secures his services for the group until a…Read more…
Protect our auto industry
The government must not pull promised financial support for skills and innovation from Nissan following the firm’s decision to scrap plans to build X-Trail cars in the UK because of Brexit…Read more…
North-west members vote for action over pay
Ballots of low-paid health and care workers employed by private companies see majorities for strikes
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Care workers vote to strike over threat to sleep-in payments
UNISON members could lose £2,000 a year under plan by private company
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Making David Attenborough proud
UNISON’s very own holiday resort is taking the lead and going green by taking massive steps and reducing its plastic consumption. In news that would hearten Sir David Attenborough himself, the…Read more…
Union vows to resist Bangor university pension threat
Move against value of support workers’ pensions is ‘pretty shabby’, says UNISON
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UNISON wins pay out for low-paid staff at Solihull Sixth Form College
Administrative staff, career advisors, science and art technicians, and library assistants working for Solihull Sixth Form College are to receive eight days additional pay a year as a result of…Read more…
Government delays to pension reform could cost poorest workers £12,000
Delays in implementing government plans to overhaul a pension rule that penalises low earners could cost Britain’s poorest workers as much as £12,000Read more…
Sunday Stroll to Wanstead
Off message but picture collage from a local winters walk yesterday from Forest Gate to Wanstead and back. It was cold but lots of sunshine and blue skies. We stopped off to feed the birds at Jubilee Pond with defrosted green peas (bread makes their st…Read more…