Smooth handover now needed and assurances about jobs after privatisation failure
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Liverpool University agrees to apply for living wage status
University’s move comes just days after University of Manchester becomes 5,000th living wage employer
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Lanarkshire college earns living wage accreditation
Announcement comes as Manchester University becomes 5000th living wage employer and UNISON names and shames colleges over pay
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Interserve contracts must be bought back in-house, says UNISON
Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation
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Standing up to racism on UN Anti-Racism Day
Tomorrow (Saturday) the streets of three UK cities – London, Cardiff and Glasgow – will be full of people standing up to racism as they take part in marches and rallies in support of UN Anti-Racism…Read more…
Glasgow women win again
They take the editor’s award in the city’s Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year awards
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Tuberculosis – making sure you don’t have latent TB
UNISON is working with TB Alert to let members know that latent TB can be diagnosed and treated before it wakes up
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Employers urged to help lone workers stay safe
UNISON health and safety seminar hears 66% of lone workers have faced violence and aggression
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UNISON urges vigilance as new minimum wages rates are due
Union says stewards need to make sure employers are paying the proper amounts when the new wage rates come into force on 1 April
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UNISON says Spring Statement housing proposals don’t go far enough
The union welcomes government’s proposals, but is concerned that no further funds are being made available for genuinely affordable homes
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The UK is sleepwalking towards a disastrous no-deal Brexit, says UNISON
Commenting on today’s votes in Parliament (Thursday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The UK is sleepwalking towards a disastrous no-deal Brexit. “Unless MPs can get their act together…Read more…
Environment Agency staff vote on strike action over pay
The Environment Agency has refused to make a better offer – or even to reopen talks
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Blog: Why we’re balloting Environment Agency members on industrial action
We’re balloting our Environment Agency members on industrial action. Our members are dedicated and hard-working and devoted to their jobs, keeping us all safe. They feel – with much justification -…Read more…
Little today for struggling local services, says UNISON
Chancellor’s spring statement fails to tackle the issues that will cast a shadow over generations
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No deal rejection welcome, but we’re miles away from the agreement the UK needs
Crashing out of the EU in just over two weeks would be a disaster
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PM is still serving up a bad Brexit deal, says UNISON
Government failure in Commons defeat over PM’s EU deal still leaves huge uncertainty and catastrophic risks
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Blog: It’s time to Bridge the Gap
It will take all of us who care about equality and fairness playing our part to overturn these structural inequalities in our society. Yet the work our union and others have done already shows we can…Read more…
Chancellor should ditch the two-child limit to universal credit and tax credits, says UNISON
The chancellor should use tomorrow’s spring statement to scrap the rules that penalise low-income families applying for universal credit and tax credits, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Any parents…Read more…
Please help stop another cruel right to stay refusal
Home Office continuing to reject application even though married couple meet the government’s stringent demands
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital staff escalate strike over unfair pay
Second week of action as private company refuses to pay agreed national NHS rate of pay – despite managers’ pay having risen
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