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…
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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…
Executive members ‘angered, dismayed and disappointed’
The article HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 act decisively to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
The chancellor’s statement on jobs doesn’t go far enough to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
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…
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’ sets out a roadmap to ‘build back better’ and prevent mass unemployment with secure jobs and decent pay for working families.Read more…
July’s GDP figures reveal that the government needs to take urgent action to avoid a wave of job losses.Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…