Unite will be joining librarians and campaigners in a joint march with Unison and the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union to save our libraries, museums and galleries on Saturday (November 5)….Read more…
Massive vote for pension strike
Bosses at AWE Plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are being urged to have urgent talks, after staff voted overwhelmingly to strike over the threat to close the defined benefit pension scheme and…Read more…
Cut – sex scene censors?
The chances of scenes from sexually explicit films getting through the censors’ net, with serious implications for child protection, could increase if five examiners are axed, Unite warned today…Read more…
Orgreave: “Now we’re going to focus on the Political side of the Strike”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/01/orgreave-inquiry-campaigners-say-gloves-are-off-amber-rudd-miners Read more…
Strike day #1 Fujitsu
Well done to everyone who took part in today’s strike, particularly those who turned up for the picket, which built…Read more…
Do the right thing
“Supporting the accredited living wage is quite simply the right thing to do; it improves our employees’ quality of life but also benefits our business and society as a whole.” Everton FC…Read more…
Living wage: Everton FC signs up
Everton FC has become the second Premier League side to pledge to pay its staff a real living wage. The Liverpool-based club has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF), which…Read more…
Fujitsu strike day #1 and next steps
Well done to everyone who took part in today’s strike for pay, pensions and job security, particularly those who turned…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants to take two days of strike action, announces UNISON
Monday 31 October 2016 For immediate release Teaching assistants in Durham will take strike action on 8 and 9 November in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay, their union UNISON has…Read more…
Action to recruit and retain health and care staff
The health and care sector in Scotland is facing significant recruitment and retention problems at a time when we need to expand the workforce. We need to take action now.
Today, I was giving…Read more…
Important change to stress claims
We’ve made important changes to the process branches guide members through when they want to raise a stress claim. This will be introduced from 14 November. All regions and branches must use the…Read more…
Good progress on the Scottish Living Wage, but much more to be done
The Scottish Living Wage is the real living wage – the UK government just hijacked the brand!
The new rate of £8.45 is a welcome increase for many thousands of low paid workers. Also congratulations…Read more…
This Living Wage Week, we must fight for the real Living Wage
This year it’s more important than ever to make a noise about the real living wage – a wage people can actually afford to live on – and calling on the government to put their money where their…Read more…
As an Uber driver I’m sick and tired of losing out
Drivers won a pivotal victory in a case taken by my union, GMB against Uber that proved that they really are employees and not “partners” as the company always says. Our win is about keeping hold of…Read more…
BMW: ‘Pensions robbery’
BMW group car workers who make the iconic Mini and prestigious Rolls-Royce begin voting in a consultative action ballot today (October 31) amid accusations of a ‘pensions robbery’ over the carmaker’s…Read more…
Workers are their own saviours!
Missing Factor in the Working Class Movement for Emancipation The working class movement for emancipation are discarding a bad habit that was holding it back. You cannot deny its own capacity to…Read more…
Establishment ‘stitch up’ slammed
The home secretary Amber Rudd has today rejected calls for any kind of inquiry into violent policing at the Battle of Orgreave, in a move described as an “establishment stitch-up.” Rudd ruled…Read more…
‘Salami-sliced’ pensions ‘frenzy’
The UK has fallen out of the top 10 list of countries with the best pensions for the first time in history coinciding with an alarming swell of companies in an apparent ‘frenzy’ of defined benefit…Read more…
Assurances call
The UK’s auto industry workers are world-renowned for their craftsmanship — it’s thanks to them that the industry has largely flourished over the years. That Nissan pledged last week to…Read more…
Vote for your health hero
24 regional finalists named in search for unsung heroes of the NHS
The article Vote for your health hero first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…