Police Scotland members say ‘yes’ to 3.5% pay rise this year and 3% next year
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Police Scotland members say ‘yes’ to 3.5% pay rise this year and 3% next year
The article Police staff agree two-year pay deal in Scotland first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
This morning I attended yet another beautiful Remembrance Sunday service at the historic 12th Century West Ham Parish Church. I am a local West Ham Ward Councillor but I was there today to represent Newham Council as Deputy Mayor together with Deputy C…Read more…
One thing I loved about this book is that it tells a much bigger story than one might imagine. At the heart of Lewis’ tale is the heroic raid by British paratroopers in early 1942…Read more…
West Ham on tour: Peterborough, Hull, Cities & Westminster and Chipping BarnetThis morning West Ham Labour members met up outside Stratford Station to go to the launch rally of Labour candidate, Gordon Nardell QC, in the Cities and Westminster seat…Read more…
Tomorrow (Saturday 9 November) West Ham Labour members are going to support our key marginal Cities & Westminster campaign launch. Meet at STRATFORD STATION (outside main ticket barrier in concourse) at 9.30 to travel to together to Westminster Nap…Read more…
Hostile Tory policies have left overseas staff feeling unwanted and anxious about their futures
The article Visas for overseas NHS staff just ‘window-dressing’, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
We need to end this highly exploitative model of public service delivery.Read more…
The bold vision launched by business and political leaders today can unlock the economic potential of the whole of the North.Read more…
A recent study reveals some uprising – and some less uprising – insights into union membership in Wales.Read more…
At this general election, the TUC urges working people to use our votes to fix Britain and make politicians put working class families first.Read more…
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union is now £10.63 an hour
The article Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2020 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Commenting on Labour’s proposals to improve the workplace for women, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said today (Thursday): “Balancing work with caring for children or…Read more…
Research published today by the Centre for Health and Public Interest shows what UNISON members have been saying for decades: residential care homes are being run irresponsibly.
The article Exposing…Read more…
Today is the 102nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution (also known as the October Revolution due to the Russian Gregorian Calendar ) and it is also Leon Trotsky’s 140th birthday as well.
This morning at the start of a 5 hour budget meeting the ele…Read more…
Ken Loach’s new film Sorry We Missed You confronts the viewer with the depressing reality of being caught in the grinding poverty of low paid insecure work.
The post Evils of insecure work appeared…Read more…
Chancellor’s pledges nowhere near enough to tackle nine years of austerity
The article Sustained investment needed to fix years of Conservative cuts, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Could YOU be one of our Christmas stars on film? We’re looking for film clips of members
The article Lights! Camera! Action! first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Can we afford a four-day week? Microsoft certainly think so. This week, the tech giant announced that a four-day week trial in their Japanese office had boosted productivity by 40 per cent.Read more…
Individual insolvencies have drastically risen over the past year as the UK’s household debt crisis continues to grow.Read more…
Today is National Stress Awareness Day. It’s an opportunity to think about the issue of work-related stress and its underlying causes, how we can help individual workers and businesses deal with it,…Read more…