UNISON also calls on the Scottish government to ensure its fair work standards are applied at the Edinburgh university
The article Napier staff to be balloted over planned redundancies first…Read more…
HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze
Executive members ‘angered, dismayed and disappointed’
The article HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We will overcome’
This year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival 2020 starts Friday, July 17 and runs through till Sunday July 19. The festival is for many the highlight of the trade union year, and has special resonance for…Read more…
Be smart – wear a Unite-branded face covering
Unite has welcomed the government making face coverings in shops in England mandatory from July 24 in the same way that they have been required on public transport since June 11. Unite-branded face…Read more…
Blog: Let’s have an informed discussion about working from home
Graeme Ellis and Tansaim Hussain-Gul are co-chairs of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee. Here, they look at how COVID-19 has disproved myths about home working being unproductive
The…Read more…
‘Nervous, sceptical and divided’
Government measures intended to support workers have failed to boost public confidence as the jobs retention scheme recedes, according to a major poll commissioned by Unite, issued today (July 15)….Read more…
Women Chainmakers Festival – slavery statement
During the planning of this event, the issue of Birmingham and the Black Country’s relationship with the transatlantic slave trade was raised. Read more…
Dychwelyd i Weithleoedd Diogel yng Nghymru
P’un a ydych chi’n gweithio gartref, eisoes yn ôl yn y gwaith neu’n paratoi i ddychwelyd, rydyn ni i gyd yn wynebu cyfnod heriol. Mae agor siopau, busnesau ac ysgolion yn golygu nid yn unig bod angen…Read more…
Creating safe workplaces is more urgent than ever
The number of deaths at work is still shockingly high in some industries. Insecure work is part of the problem.Read more…
The chancellor must set out a bold plan to save jobs
The chancellor must act decisively to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
Far more needed to protect the UK against mass unemployment
The chancellor’s statement on jobs doesn’t go far enough to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
How to make the new Kickstart programme work for young people
The Chancellor’s Kickstart programme could help prevent avoid mass youth unemployment. But we need to make sure it delivers real jobs with training opportunities.Read more…
Government support is being stripped away when it’s needed more than ever
An overhaul of our social security system, not more temporary government measures, is what we need to create a real safety net.Read more…
A better recovery for the West Midlands
A better recovery for the West Midlands’ sets out a roadmap to ‘build back better’ and prevent mass unemployment with secure jobs and decent pay for working families.Read more…
As GDP shrinks, mass unemployment looms
July’s GDP figures reveal that the government needs to take urgent action to avoid a wave of job losses.Read more…
“Health inequality and the impact on Newham”
Join the Newham Fabian Society this Saturday for debate and discussion on health inequalities. We’ll be joined by Dr Martin Edobor and Cllr James Beckles who, along with Newham Fabians Vice Chair Cllr Mumtaz Khan, will lead a discussion on health inequ…Read more…
Council outsourcing firms told to ‘come clean’
Companies with council outsourcing contracts are being urged to open their books so that Unite the union can check that they won’t be using Covid-19 as a smokescreen to shed jobs, and cut pay and…Read more…
Take action govt before ‘it’s too late for West Mids’ call
Unite is demanding political support for businesses and workers striving to stem the West Midlands jobs loss tsunami, that has seen at least 8,000 jobs vanish from the region in the past week…Read more…
‘There must be no delay’ in crane accident investigation
Unite has written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demanding answers after a Wolffkran crane in east London collapsed onto two terraced houses last week, killing one person and leaving four…Read more…
‘Losing a lifeline to the outside world’
For many there’ll be a choice. The TV, paying bills or putting food on the table. We’re talking about a generation here that fought in the war, that built our NHS. People that have paid taxes all…Read more…