This is the first in a series of blogs exploring how unions can organise in 2023.
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Clarion Housing Group must raise pay and stop pension cuts to avoid strike action, says UNISON
“Clarion is threatening to sack staff and re-employ them on new contracts and an inferior pension scheme. Caretakers, sheltered housing wardens and other staff at Clarion Housing Group – …Read more…
Clarion Housing Group must raise pay and stop pension cuts to avoid strike action, says UNISON
Clarion is threatening to sack staff and re-employ them on new contracts and an inferior pension scheme.
The article Clarion Housing Group must raise pay and stop pension cuts to avoid strike action, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Clarion Housing Group must raise pay and stop pension cuts to avoid strike action, says UNISON
Clarion is threatening to sack staff and re-employ them on new contracts and an inferior pension scheme.
The article Clarion Housing Group must raise pay and stop pension cuts to avoid strike action, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Last chance to nominate for National Labour Link committee
Dear Branch Secretary/Labour Link Officer, There are just 5 working days left for your branch to nominate a candidate to the National Labour Link committee. Don’t miss your chance to influence our work with the Labour Party! Use that influen…Read more…
Review: Terrorism and Communism: A Contribution to the Natural History of Revolution, by Karl Kautsky
When Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd in the first days of November 1917, socialists everywhere greeted the news with delight. But not Karl Kautsky, the German Social Democrat then widely known as…Read more…
UNISON urges pensions regulator to press for stronger data safety
Move comes after outsourcing firm Capita was hacked, affecting information entrusted to it by hundreds of pension schemes
The article UNISON urges pensions regulator to press for stronger data safety first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON urges pensions regulator to press for stronger data safety
Move comes after outsourcing firm Capita was hacked, affecting information entrusted to it by hundreds of pension schemes
The article UNISON urges pensions regulator to press for stronger data safety first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“Housing officers under pressure”
Check out this thoughtful article by Inside Housing but I am afraid it pulls its punches. The simple truth is that many of our mega merger housing organisations ( not all) have forgotten they are landlords in the quest to generate funds to …Read more…
RCPCH members in pay win
Members of Unite employed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have secured significant improvements to their jobs, pay and conditions after a series of strikes. The employer had imposed a 2.5 per cent pay increase last year but the offer has been doubled to 5 per cent alongside bonuses of between […]
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Defence Strategy Refresh
All governments have a defence strategy, which typically outlines the threats and how the government proposes to respond to those threats. The current UK strategy claims to be an integrated review of defence, development and foreign policy. However, it…Read more…
Workington bin chaos to worsen
Council-owned Allerdale Waste Services will not be able to bring in agency staff to cover striking bin workers after August 10. The impact from all-out strikes by workers employed by Allerdale Waste Services, which is 100 per cent owned by Cumberland council, is set to worsen after a High Court ruling banning agency staff. Following […]
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Going hungry in the food factory
Even as production costs fall, staggeringly high inflation continues unabated, in large part driven by skyrocketing prices of the one thing everyone needs – food. Research by consumer group Which? found that in April, own-brand budget items at the UK’s largest supermarkets jumped by as much as 25 per cent in only a month, hitting […]
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Necessity trumps ‘fiscal rules’
We cannot afford NOT to do what is necessary The message from Rachel Reeves is that because of the economic … MoreRead more…
“Who is Mehmood Mirza?”
Check this very good blog by Josephine on Newham 65 blog (which I certainly do not always agree with) and also make it clear that our Labour candidate, Sofia, at the by election was one of the hardest working, capable and all round nice person candidat…Read more…
Review: Zero Days, by Ruth Ware
I love a good, fast-paced thriller and this book showed a lot of promise. In the opening few pages, the heroine — a woman known as “Jack” — returns home from a dangerous assignment (she…Read more…
Blog: The two-child limit is still cruel now and should be abolished
Punishing children to ‘encourage’ parents is wrong and all politicians should reject any policy that’s proven to impoverish families
The article Blog: The two-child limit is still cruel now and should be abolished first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Blog: The two-child limit is still cruel now and should be abolished
Punishing children to ‘encourage’ parents is wrong and all politicians should reject any policy that’s proven to impoverish families
The article Blog: The two-child limit is still cruel now and should be abolished first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON condemns government plans to hike visa fees for migrants
The cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge – a double tax migrant workers have to pay to access healthcare – is set to increase to over £1,000 a year for each person
The article UNISON condemns government plans to hike visa fees for migrants first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON condemns government plans to hike visa fees for migrants
The cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge – a double tax migrant workers have to pay to access healthcare – is set to increase to over £1,000 a year for each person
The article UNISON condemns government plans to hike visa fees for migrants first appeared on the UNISON National site.