Union will seek to use Agenda for Change to protect apprentice pay and conditions
The article NHS employers tempted to view apprentices as ‘cheap labour’, warns UNISON first appeared on…Read more…
Health members look to ballot box and beyond to win battle over pay
UNISON’s health conference approves a renewed campaign strategy against the government’s 1% pay cap
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What we want from the Busses Bill wash up
The Bus Services Bill is due to complete its passage through parliament this week, because of the election it will be agreed through wash up. It was initially due to enter Ping Pong on April 26 following its third reading in the Commons. The snap election called last week means that the bill has…Read more…
Electoral alliances – progressive or not
As the general election campaign kicks off, my newsfeed is full of stories about alliances, rather than the policy issues that matter.
The SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was quick off the mark,…Read more…
Trade Unions Place Women’s Voices Centre Stage
Annette Drylie, GMB Scotland
Chair, STUC Women’s Committee120th STUC Annual Congress
Congress, it is my honour to address you as Chair of the STUC Women’s Committee. I would like to begin…Read more…
Never forget
In part 2 of our series in the run-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday (April 28), UNITElive hears from Andy Wilson, Unite senior shop steward at East Ayrshire, who recounts…Read more…
‘The fight’s not over’ in campaign to save NHS bursaries
UNISON health delegates hear moving proof of the value of the bursary for student nurses
The article ‘The fight’s not over’ in campaign to save NHS bursaries first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’
UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts
The article Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’ first…Read more…
Blog: The Conservative Party are the problem, not the solution
A general election is always a moment when we decide the future of our country, but perhaps never more so than this time with Brexit on the horizon. After all this Tory government have done, they’re…Read more…
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International Workers Day Memorial 28 April 2017 11am Stratford E15
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority. Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD) commemorates those workers.
It is also a campaigning day for…Read more…
‘Clear choice faces the British people on health’
Mayoral candidate Steven Rotheram accuses government of ‘underfunding, understaffing and over-stretching’ health service
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Inspiring other workers
Unite the union has congratulated Wood Group shop stewards who have won this year’s STUC Organising Award – and said their example will inspire other offshore workers facing attacks on their pay….Read more…
Address to STUC Annual Congress by Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon MSPFirst Minister of Scotland120th STUC Annual Congress
Introduction
Thank you, Grahame. Let me again congratulate today’s award winners.
Their achievements have made…Read more…
Pension funds and labour standards
I recently spent quite a bit of time trawling pension fund’s responsible investment policies to see what, if anything, they say about labour issues. The background to this is the long-expressed gripe that investors seem to spend less time looking at th…Read more…
Address to STUC Annual Congress by Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Jeremy Corybn MPLeader of the Labour Party120th STUC Annual Congress
Comrades and friends, it’s great to be in Scotland, and it’s wonderful to be here at the STUC.
The STUC has a wonderful tradition…Read more…
‘Six weeks to save the NHS’, health conference told
UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’
The article ‘Six weeks to save the NHS’, health conference told first appeared on the…Read more…
‘We also have to protect ourselves’
In the run-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday, April 28, UNITElive will be running a series of stories on the importance of health and safety in the workplace, while paying…Read more…
Don’t trust the Conservatives with the NHS, says UNISON general secretary
‘With the election just over six weeks away, the NHS needs those who have the will, the spirit and the dedication to fight for it, and to save it,’ Dave Prentis tells health conference
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Presidential Address to 120th Congress
Helen Connor, EISPresidential Address 120th STUC Annual Congress
Good morning Congress and welcome to Aviemore. It is an honour and a privilege to address you as STUC President. To be…Read more…