Frank Duffy, former Unite Convenor at GKN Driveline Birmingham (Unite), explains how he and his colleagues were able to implement changes that reduced the organisations overall carbon emissions – as well as providing long term cost savings.
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WULF SPOTLIGHT
Wales Union Learning Fund supports probation officers in widening knowledge about gambling-related harms
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Fair pay for young workers: ending discriminatory age bands in the minimum wage
It’s simply unfair that young workers can be paid less for doing the same job as those older than them. It is time to bring an end to outdated youth rates so that all workers earn a fair wage.
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Amazon dispute: GMB pushes for historic recognition
After a long and contentious battle, the GMB union is on the verge of becoming the first recognised trade union at an Amazon warehouse in the UK and Europe.
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Scrapping the three-day wait for sick pay will help millions
Scrapping the lower earnings limit and the three-day wait will be two important steps to making the system fairer.
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A new global agreement on decent work in the care economy
Good news for the world’s 381 million care workers. For the first time ever a major global policy-making body has discussed labour conditions in care – and the measures needed to ensure quality employment for all of the care workforce.
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Sharp rise in number of children growing up in poverty in working households
The Universal Credit is fundamentally flawed and needs to be reformed. No child should live in poverty in our country. We need an urgent economic reset and a government that will make work pay.
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How Labour can govern for working people
The trade union movement will work with Keir Starmer to deliver change.
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The New Deal gets one step closer
The new Labour government has taken the first step in reversing the country’s failed 14-year experiment with ultra-flexible labour markets by announcing plans for a law to boost workers’ rights.
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GB Energy: what did the King’s Speech reveal about the government’s plan?
Public ownership of clean power is set to become a reality in the UK, after Great British Energy was included in Wednesday’s King’s Speech.
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Huge support for Labour’s New Deal workers’ rights plans
A poll commissioned by the TUC shows huge backing across the political spectrum for improving protections at work and for the fundamental policies that underpin Labour’s New Deal for working people.
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How health and safety reps at GKN Automotive worked with the employer to cut waste, carbon, and unnecessary costs
Frank Duffy, former Unite Convenor at GKN Driveline Birmingham (Unite), explains how he and his colleagues were able to implement changes that reduced the organisations overall carbon emissions – as well as providing long term cost savings.
Read more…
WULF SPOTLIGHT
Wales Union Learning Fund supports probation officers in widening knowledge about gambling-related harms
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UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025 – (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black)
UNISON 2015 Black members’ conference resolved to establish a Nelson Mandela award that embodies his attributes and becomes an annual feature of the conference. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president saw in democracy after decades of apartheid rule which for Black people meant living with years of racial segregation and systemic oppression. His vision […]
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UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025– (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black)
UNISON 2015 Black members’ conference resolved to establish a Nelson Mandela award that embodies his attributes and becomes an annual feature of the conference. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president saw in democracy after decades of apartheid rule which for Black people meant living with years of racial segregation and systemic oppression. His vision […]
The article UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025– (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black) first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025– (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black)
UNISON 2015 Black members’ conference resolved to establish a Nelson Mandela award that embodies his attributes and becomes an annual feature of the conference. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black president saw in democracy after decades of apartheid rule which for Black people meant living with years of racial segregation and systemic oppression. His vision […]
The article UNISON Nelson Mandela Award 2025– (open to all Black people in conjunction with UNISON’s defining Black) first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Amazon dispute: GMB pushes for historic recognition
After a long and contentious battle, the GMB union is on the verge of becoming the first recognised trade union at an Amazon warehouse in the UK and Europe.
Read more…
Scrapping the three-day wait for sick pay will help millions
Scrapping the lower earnings limit and the three-day wait will be two important steps to making the system fairer.
Read more…
A new global agreement on decent work in the care economy
Good news for the world’s 381 million care workers. For the first time ever a major global policy-making body has discussed labour conditions in care – and the measures needed to ensure quality employment for all of the care workforce.
Read more…
Sharp rise in number of children growing up in poverty in working households
The Universal Credit is fundamentally flawed and needs to be reformed. No child should live in poverty in our country. We need an urgent economic reset and a government that will make work pay.
Read more…