This is great but I am still trying to find out why in Newham we did not have a Black History month? Anyone know?Read more…
Pay Up Now! – a serious campaign and it’s working, NEC hears
UNISON executive receives update on work around pay and agrees next steps
The article Pay Up Now! – a serious campaign and it’s working, NEC hears first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Wake up call
Unite is urging Heathrow bosses to recognise the sizeable discontent that remains among security staff, engineers and firefighters at the UK’s largest airport over holiday pay and imposed cuts to…Read more…
Address injustices call
Members of Unite employed by Mears in Manchester are set to renew strike action in a longstanding dispute over pay after overwhelmingly voting for fresh strike action, the union announced today…Read more…
‘Bucks not burgers’ strike
Widespread disruption is expected at Gatwick airport later this month after over 200 workers employed on the Norwegian airline baggage handling contract voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a…Read more…
Capita pensions strike
Unite, the union representing staff at Capita, has announced the breakdown of last minute talks at ACAS in the pensions dispute. Staff will now be taking part in nine days of industrial action…Read more…
Empty promises
Unite accused the government of making empty promises over increasing the number of health visitors after shock figures released by the Labour party on Tuesday (October 17) showed a major fall in…Read more…
‘Jobs first Brexit’
Members of Unite (pictured) lobbied MPs yesterday (October 17) for a ‘jobs first Brexit’ and certainty so that long-term investment decisions can be made. The Unite members are employed in the…Read more…
Cautious welcome
Airbus’ decision to take a majority stake in Bombardier’s C-Series jet after the US imposed “crushing” tariffs on the aircraft has been given a cautious welcome by Unite, which warned there is still…Read more…
Just ‘grow more food’?
Ministers need to stop misleading the public over the impact of a hard Brexit, Unite has said, after transport secretary Chris Grayling claimed farmers could simply grow more food if the UK crashes…Read more…
‘Toxic mix’
A ‘toxic mix’ of falling wages, a freeze to in-work benefits, along with cuts to Universal Credit and its botched introduction will hammer the incomes of workers this winter, Unite warned today…Read more…
Blog: Now is the time to stand strong, stand united and put public services first
Together, united, we can break this immoral pay cap for all public-sector workers. All deserve the pay rises they’ve been denied. All deserve an end to attacks on their jobs, their services and their…Read more…
Emergency service workers need greater protection
No one should face violence, abuse and sexual harassment at work
The article Emergency service workers need greater protection first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Post Grenfell Fire: Dispelling Sprinkler Myths
This evening I took part as a Newham Councillor in a “Fire Safety in Tower Blocks Scrutiny Commission” meeting. It was actually a mostly positive and constructive meeting but for some bizarre reason was held in secret and I cannot report on it.
I…Read more…
German Union Submits 6% Pay Claim And Demands Shorter Hours
Germany’s largest trade union, IG Metall which represents engineering, automotive, electrical, aerospace, steel and manufacturing workers is preparing to submit a 6% pay claim to German engineering…Read more…
Scrap the cap and give workers a proper pay rise, says UNISON
The government’s pay cap is cutting deep for public service workers
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UNISON takes Pay Up Now! campaign to MPs
As rising inflation increases the pressure on public service workers’ pay, UNISON tells MPs rises must be funded properly and be for the whole team
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The Strange Death of Municipal England
Tom Crewe https://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n24/tom-crewe/the-strange-death-of-municipal-england Britain is the most centralised country in the Western world. Its political system is weighted overwhelmingly…Read more…
Today at Parliament…
A Labour Party commitment will keep me from today’s marchand lobby of Parliament in support of fair pay for public servants.
This is a shame since I am fascinated by the novel approach of relying upon lobbying and petitioning in order to secure a pay r…Read more…
Inflation rise means pay cap is cutting deep, says UNISON
All public servants have seen the value of their pay fall year on year
The article Inflation rise means pay cap is cutting deep, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…