Today is National Women in Engineering Day, but for many women it will be another day of coping with ill-fitting and uncomfortable PPE. A new online survey run by Prospect tapped into a deep vein of frustration. Only 29% of the more than 3,000 respondents reported that the PPE they wear is designed…Read more…
Slim chance
New Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show that bungling Chancellor George Osborne has overshot borrowing targets for 2015/2016 by £2.7bn and is on course to miss them again this year….Read more…
The Silence of the Goats
In thirteen years on UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) I have rarely been called upon to speak at our National Delegate Conference.
As an NEC member I may only attend Conference in that capacity and may not speak other than on a subject agreed …Read more…
UNISON will promote ‘public interest test’ to combat outsourcing
Union remains committed to stopping the march of privatisation of public services
The article UNISON will promote ‘public interest test’ to combat outsourcing first appeared on the…Read more…
Don’t forget to vote today
I believe that we can have that better Britain inside Europe, but however you vote today, remember to exercise your democratic right and vote. Because you can be sure that those who work to undermine…Read more…
Big browser is watching you
Photo by Jess Hurd
23 June 2016
By Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary of the NUJ
The Investigatory Powers Bill, which will be debated in the House of Lords on Monday 27 June, contains a…Read more…
Voices for Palestine won’t be silenced
Conference hears that the boycott and disvestment campaign is working well
The article Voices for Palestine won’t be silenced first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Refugee lives do matter’
National delegate conference agrees to continue working to combat myths around migration
The article ‘Refugee lives do matter’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Momentous decision
As voters head to polling stations today (June 23), in what’s set to be the most important decision in a generation — whether to remain in the European Union or leave — leaders of…Read more…
PSI general secretary: ‘We must stop the race to the bottom’
Rosa Pavanelli tells delegates that “we must take democracy very seriously,” as she outlines global threat by multinational corporations
The article PSI general secretary: ‘We must stop the…Read more…
Fujitsu Manchester newsletter
Click here for the latest UNITE newsletter being distributed in Manchester. It covers the attempts to resolve breaches of agreements…Read more…
Bernie Sanders: The primary is over, and now the real work begins
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign was the largest mobilisation of the American Left in history. He won more than twenty states and over ten million votes. His vote total was more than…Read more…
The Leave campaign’s 4 biggest euro-fibs
Leaders of the Leave campaigns have turned being economical with the truth into an art-form over the course of the EU referendum. To paraphrase legendary foreign correspondent Louis Heren, whenever…Read more…
Brazil Coup: Mass Protests:
Brazil First Month of Coup Government Met with Mass Protests São Paulo, June 10, 2016 Massive protests in defence of democracy and opposing the corrupt impeachment process against President Rousseff…Read more…
Why I’m voting remain: Like you wanted to know…
First up, I obvs have a day job which involves trying to stop people from getting screwed over by bad bosses. So if I have to declare a personal interest in the outcome, it’s that leaving and…Read more…
I’m Voting Remain
Dear John
The Referendum’s tomorrow. We’ve all heard the arguments from both sides, and although we think the EU is far from perfect, we at unionstogether strongly believe that we are all better off IN Europe.
We’re backing remaining in the EU for the following three reasons:
1….Read more…
Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON
The public willingness to accept cuts to public services is ‘exhausted’
The article Tide is turning against government’s austerity programme, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Take a Stand against the EU
A Call to Take a Stand against the EU of the Monopolies It is hard to think of an issue over which so much confusion and disinformation has been generated as the EU Referendum campaign. The right of…Read more…
Airport strike on the horizon
Unite, Scotland’s biggest union, today (June 22) said it would ballot about 480 workers at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports for strike action, after 98 per cent of workers rejected proposed changes to…Read more…
As UNISON and Jeremy have argued – we should Remain and reform Europe
Tomorrow UNISON members will be joining the rest of our communities in making this once in a generation decision. UNISON has weighed up the arguments – and for rights at work, public services and…Read more…