The last item of the National Seminar was our keynote speaker, Rt Hon Mark Drakeford AM, First Minister of Wales.
Mark began by thanking public sector workers in North and South Wales for battling the recent floods and also all the community and …Read more…
“Find out what is happening to your pension & how to organise to improve it” #UCommunity20
Today is day 2 of UNISON Community Seminar & Conference in Cardiff.
There was 9am start for workshops on 1. Mental Health & Hidden Disabilities 2. Pensions 3. Deepening Engagement in your UNISON.
I went to the workshop run by the UNISON Pensi…Read more…
‘Thank you for your work dealing with floods’
‘I want to thank you and through you all UNISON members,’ Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford says as he welcomes community delegates to Cardiff
The article ‘Thank you for your work dealing with…Read more…
FTSE100 corporate governance failure
UPDATED: Very useful info from Chris Hodge added – the ownership disclosure requirements are weaker for non-UK issuers.
It’s not surprising, given the market turmoil, that the crisis at NMC Health has attracted less attention than it would norma…Read more…
UNISON Community Seminar/Conference 2020
Today is the start of the UNISON annual seminar and conference for Housing Associations & Voluntary Sector (called the Community Service Group)
This is taking place in the magnificent Cardiff City Hall. There was an early morning meeting of the se…Read more…
Taking ‘pride’ in procurement
UNISON urges stronger attention to ethical procurement practices in the light of companies’ pursuit of ‘the pink pound’
The article Taking ‘pride’ in procurement first appeared on the…Read more…
Stoke-on-Trent council scraps care pay cuts
UNISON regional organiser Tony Jones said the plans were in effect a 20% pay cut for members
The article Stoke-on-Trent council scraps care pay cuts first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Common sense prevails’
The decision by Attleborough town council last night (Thursday 27 February) to uphold a complaint that staff were bullied by a minority of councillors has been welcomed by Unite. Unite, which…Read more…
Clean energy park welcomed
Unite today (February 28) welcomed plans by the Westinghouse Electric Company to establish the Clean Energy Technology Park at the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing site in Lancashire. …Read more…
Luggage ‘black hole’ looming
Unite is warning passengers who are separated from their luggage at Heathrow next month, that they are unlikely to be reunited with it, as specialist baggage handlers take fresh strike action over…Read more…
Joint Trade Budget Update – 28 February 2020
A thank you from your joint trade union representatives You have worked to achieve something that has never been achieved before. You may be aware that at yesterdays Full Council meeting the budget proposals for 2020/21 were VOTED DOWN. This … C…Read more…
Love, LGBT+ history and more wins
February may have been cold and wet but the UNISON fires burned brightly this month
The article Love, LGBT+ history and more wins first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Angela Rayners UNISON Story
How can you not want Angela as our Deputy Leader?Read more…
Homelessness crisis
The ‘disgraceful’ number of rough sleepers across the country demands a joined-up government response which has been lacking over a decade of Tory rule, Unite said today (February 27). Unite…Read more…
London bus drivers ‘sick and tired’
Unite has warned London’s bus operators that they must swiftly agree capital wide programmes to tackle the chronic problem of fatigue and exhaustion being experienced by bus drivers. Earlier…Read more…
Heathrow third runway at risk
Unite, which represents thousands of workers at Heathrow airport and throughout the airline industry, is urging the government to take immediate action to ensure that the planned construction of a…Read more…
‘We’re being set up to fail’
Last week, the government announced the biggest shake-up of immigration policy in decades. In part two of our series investigating this new post-Brexit points-based immigration system, we look at the…Read more…
Cashpoint system on brink of collapse
The UK’s free-to-use cashpoint system is collapsing amid continuing bank branch closures, leaving many underserved communities, vulnerable people and small businesses behind. New…Read more…
Media North Meeting: UK and UK Care Perspectives
Heading For No Deal As Johnson Blocks Level Playing Field
From Stephen Bush – the New Statesman. February 27th Boris Johnson will formally abandon his commitment to a level playing field with the European Union after Brexit, the Telegraph reports. …Read more…