UNISON represents 10,000 staff at Derbyshire County Council (DCC) and the local branch have called a public demo in support of council services.  The demo is at: 1pm on Wednesday 8 September at 1pm...

In 2002 the Council’s Home Care service was outsourced to Housing 21 with the existing staff complement TUPE’d over to this new employer. read more

Dockers demand worldwide lobby on health and safety 9 August 2010 Calls by dockers’ unions for a global union response to growing health and safety concerns in ports following several fatalities over...

Dockers demand worldwide lobby on health and safety 9 August 2010 Calls by dockers’ unions for a global union response to growing health and safety concerns in ports following several fatalities over...

There are two central London based events this week to help fight back against the ConDem’s cuts agenda. Protest in Parliament Square, Tuesday 7th September, 12.00 – 13.30 Tuesday sees...

Extremists plan Roma concentration camps Friday 03 September 2010 Tom Mellen, Morning Star Opposition politicians have rounded on Hungary’s populist Jobbik party following its proposal to force...

Defend our Roma! Europe’s oldest integration challenge… Defend our Roma! “Despite hundreds of years having passed, this group of “travelling people” has remained nomadic, poor and...

Could an ordinary member win the election for General Secretary of the Country’s biggest union? Posted by jerryhicks4gs on August 17, 2010 Unite the Union Britain’s largest and most influential Trade...

UNISON members who pay into the union's Affiliated Political Fund will soon be receiving ballot papers for the Labour leadership election. UNISON's national Labour Link Committee has endorsed Ed...

Thursday 02 September 2010 Ports & Logistics PEEL Port’s plans to build a £200m ($307.9m) container terminal to handle post-panamax boxships in Liverpool have met a potentially significant...

It's all about communication! Whether you want to learn how to communicate in French, Spanish or Sign Lanugage, come along to the taster sessions at Ashford for some enjoyable learning! Contact Richard Daniels (click on the poster above) for further details.

update: Jerry Hicks, Former Convener at Rolls Royce in Bristol, is standing for General Secretary of the UNITE union. This is a most significant event in the life of the Trades Unions. We welcome...

Tory run Nottinghamshire County Council recently announced that they need to make £69m of cuts next year. Last year they said they needed to cut £33m but UNISON showed comprehensively that there was...

Last Friday the Chief Executive at Derby City announced the council are to cut 244 full time equivalent (FTE) jobs by 31 March 2011 as part of a 4 year plan to make cuts of £28m and reducing the...

Leicester City branch have been hard at it campaigning for public services. Since the start of the summer the branch supported the Academy Lobby in London with five branch reps attending. They...

Unnecessary and ideologically driven central government cuts to councils means that Leicester City Council are now planning to cut over 350 jobs in the next year. A report in the Leicester Mercury...

All public services will be hit by the unnecessary ConDem cuts. The Police Service will be particularly badly hit. There are 5 police forces in the East Midlands and all of them will be hit by cuts....

Would you like to learn some useful BSL signs for use when at work, to assist you in dealing with people who use BSL as their first language? We are offering you an opportunity to join us for a day of fun and learning at ASHFORD TRAIN CREW DEPOT See the poster for details and who to...

Waterloo Branch have invited the candidates on the 30th September 2010 who are looking for Branch support for the Council of Executives position 2011-2013....the candidates will address the Branch...

2 more ship to shore cranes arrived this afternoon to join the other 3 cranes on F.S.R