The agenda for UNISON Local Government Conference over the past two days has seen a litany of complaints and protests at various dimensions of what is a comprehensive assault upon every aspect of our welfare state.
The Housing Act threatens further to undermine social housing whilst the crisis in…Read more…
Why we censured the NJC Committee and what we should do next
UNISON’s Local Government Conference has voted to censure the National Joint Council Committee for having accepted a pay offer which had been rejected in consultation by our members.Some of those who argued (unsuccessfully) against this motion of cens…Read more…
UNISON Rule H.4.1
This is a blog for readers (Sid and Doris Blogger) who are interested in a blog post with a title like the title of this blog post.
If you don’t want to know more about UNISON Rule H.4.1 (or to have the surprise of what will happen in Brighton next Wednesday morning spoilt in any way) then look…Read more…
Staring into the abyss
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/16/nigel-farage-defends-ukip-breaking-point-poster-queue-of-migrantshttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/06/16/alleged-killer-british-mp-was-longtime-supporter-neo-nazi-national-alliance I was pleased to hear that UNISON General Secretary…Read more…
Local Government Conference gets more interesting
The Standing Orders Committee (SOC) for UNISON Local Government Conference has made the Conference agenda somewhat more eventful by admitting eight emergency motions to the…Read more…
Lessons of the UNISON Service Group Executive elections
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Activity based budgets and the future of UNISON
I won’t blog about the discussions underway between representatives of our National Executive Council (NEC) and of the branches proposing Motions 123 and 124 at UNISON National Delegate Conference concerning a possible Composite motion on branch funding, other than to express the hope that these…Read more…
Solidarity with Barnet Library strikers
http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2016/06/06/for-immediate-release-three-day-strike-called-by-barnet-council-library-workers/
UNISON members in Barnet’s libraries today commence three days of strike action against plans from their right-wing Tory employers to outsource, cut jobs and leave libraries…Read more…
Trade union statistics 2015 – where are we going?
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/trade-union-statistics-2015
Perhaps the most interesting contribution at today’s meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) was from the Assistant General Secretary who drew to our attention the recent…Read more…
Goings on at the UNISON Centre
Today I’ve attended a meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council at the UNISON Centre in the Euston Road.
I’ll blog a proper report of the substantive content of the meeting shortly but thought I would share one or two unusual happenings (for those…Read more…
There is no LEXIT
Comrades whom I respect continue to share the views I held a generation ago and therefore believe that workers in the UK (United Kingdom) should vote to leave the EU (European Union).
They are wrong.
In the 1980s it was possible to believe that it coul…Read more…
I couldn’t possibly comment…
This is a letter which I have received, dated 3 June 2016 from a UNISON employee (whose identity I have redacted) informing me that another UNISON employee (whose identity I have redacted) has been tasked with conducting a disciplinary investigation in…Read more…
Labour activists unite in opposition to racism
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The dirty dozen?
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More questions than answers?
UNISON Branches have until Wednesday to ask questions of the Annual Report to be presented to our Conference next month by our National Executive Council (NEC).
Thus far fewer than a dozen questions have been asked of a Report which (in line with pract…Read more…
SOC – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?
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Why UNISON branch funding matters
Next month more than 1500 delegates, representing 1.2 Million UNISON members, will gather in Brighton for UNISON’s twenty third annual Conference.Delegates will meet against the backdrop of the first year of majority Tory Government this century, which…Read more…
Pay justice 2016 – resources for activists?
Here is what you can order to pursue pay justice now for local government workers from UNISON’s online catalogue (a topic which we will I hope discuss at Local Government Conference in Brighton next month);
UNISON and the EU Referendum
https://www.unison.org.uk/our-campaigns/eu-referendum-23-june/
UNISON members having come out in favour of remaining in the European Union by a convincing majority, the Union has launched its campaign to inform members of UNISON policy.
Activists need …Read more…
UNISON Greater London Regional Council – Nothing to see here
It is disappointing that today’s meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Council doesn’t even have half a quorum. This means that the invited speakers (of whom those present are not permitted to ask questions) are addressing a largely empty hall …Read more…