A useful report from the TUC on a PensionWatch survey showing the yawning gap between pensions for top company directors and those of ordinary employees. They survey covered 329 directors from 102 top UK companies. Despite all the attacks company bosses have made on workers' pensions, most ...

The briefing on the last Executive Council meeting is now available. I will send it to UNITE members on request. My own report is here.

UNISON, along with other trade unions will be demonstrating at the Liberal Democrats' September conference in Liverpool

On 23rd July 2010 the Joint General Secretaries wrote out to Regional Secretaries and Executive Council members to consult about the future of branches. At the July EC meeting, a few days later, concerns were raised that this had not been adequately circulated, and the Executive was assured that...

Congratulations to UNITE members and their colleagues in the NUJ and BECTU for an impressive result in the strike ballot over plans for savage cuts to their pension provision. It is reported in The Guardian and elsewhere that members of the three unions returned a majority of over 90% for strike...

NWAS staff, members of the NWAS LGBT Staff Network & NHS colleagues marched proudly through the streets of Manchester for the annual pride parade. Here's a selection of pictures from the day...

PC Pro is reporting concerns about whether the 700 "new" jobs HP is creating in Scotland are really new at all, or whether the company is merely making redundancies and then pocketing public subsidies to hire new staff. This is not a new issue. Back in 2005, the Amicus Policy Conference passed...

UNISON has started legal action against the Secretary of State for Health, challenging his refusal to consult the public on proposals in his White Paper, Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.

Today is the first pay-day since the implementation of the 2010 pay review, and you should by now have received...

NWAS UNISON is beginning preparations to hold its first ever 'online' Annual General Meeting next year, after members voted for an online dimension to the annual event last February in order to widen...

I was pointed in the direction of the Youtube link above by a friend of mine. Watch and learn and weep. Its all true, the ruling classes of the world use us to look after their interests, whether it be foreign wars for oil or cuts in services for bankers bonuses. Come to the demonstration organised...

Please see a local copy of our national "one per desk" newsletter here. A version internal to Fujitsu is available...

Fujitsu has opened nominations for employee reps on “Fujitsu Voice”, its new structure for informing and consulting UK employees, replacing...

On Friday, Andy Mears, the Director of Engineering Services, wrote to his staff outlining further cost-cutting, including a reduction in...

UNITE’s reps and contacts are the bedrock of union organisation and support for members. One of the benefits of union...

Nominations have opened for employee representatives on "Fujitsu Voice", the company's new body for informing and consulting its UK employees,...

The North West Ambulance Service's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Staff Network is gearing up for its entries at Liverpool and Manchester Pride events in 2010.

A recent memo put out by the management team in Manchester has created some confusion amongst Planned Care Staff. The document outlines, amongst other things, the requirements set out in the A4C...

Ian Allinson’s report on UNITE Executive Council 26-28th July 2010 N.B. This is not an official Unite Report; it is based on my notes of the Executive Council (EC) meeting. I believe it to be a fair account of some of the key points and decisions taken (where I give my views about them I make this...

The Trust has now confirmed that Annual Leave requests for the Christmas Period 2010 will be honoured as agreed in previous years for the Cumbria and the Morecambe Bay areas.