TTIP or the proposed Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership deal between the US and the EU continues to progress. There have so far been some thirteen rounds of talks, all behind closed doors between US and EU representatives to bring the proposals … Continue reading →Read more…
Tweet your MP to back key #TUbill amendments
MPs debate the Trade Union Bill on 27 April. Let them know we’re watching this key vote.Read more…
Junior Doctors Striking to #SaveourNHS
Solidarity to NHS Junior doctors on their 48 hour total strike today and tomorrow. Doctors will only strike as an absolute last resort and only when they think that their interests co-inside with patients.
Doctors are already overworked and the last t…Read more…
Many graduates still get little return on their investment, particularly if they’re BAME.
Graduate employment statistics released today indicate that in 2015 the percentage of graduates in high-skill (i.e. graduate) employment was only 66.2 per cent, meaning just over a third of graduates were in non-graduate positions. Frances O’Grady commented: “There are simply not enough quality…Read more…
Whatever it takes
“We are calling on all our branches to affiliate to Justice for Colombia, we are calling on all our branches to support their region in affiliating to Justice for Colombia,” says Tony Woodhouse,…Read more…
Milton Keynes marks International Workers’ Memorial Day
“Health and safety is important not just for workers, but for everyone in society”
The article Milton Keynes marks International Workers’ Memorial Day first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Correct verdict – at last
Commenting on the verdict today (April 26) which confirmed that the 96 football fans who lost their lives at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed, Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary said,…Read more…
Unsocial hours payments: our position is clear
Government warned: ‘if you come for them, we will take industrial action’
The article Unsocial hours payments: our position is clear first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Junior doctors and ambulance workers are saying the same thing
Perhaps the health secretary doesn’t realise how important trust is for working people negotiating with their employers. But as Britain’s largest health union, we’re looking on with real concern at…Read more…
UNISON lobbying sees ministers move on facility time
Ministers have backed away from an outright ban on facility time across the UK’s public services
The article UNISON lobbying sees ministers move on facility time first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Chernobyl 30 years on and the future of nuclear power
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, when an uncontrolled reaction blew the roof off, spewing out a cloud of radioactive material which drifted across a swathe of Northern Europe….Read more…
Responding to the announcement of the Hillsborough inquest verdict
Responding to the announcement of the Hillsborough inquest verdict, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “After 27 years of lies and cover-ups, the families of the 96 finally have…Read more…
Justice for the 96
This has always been a cause that is close to my heart. Like so many people I will be thinking of friends and family today, and those who were taken from us all this years ago.
The article Justice…Read more…
‘We will support the junior doctors in this fight: and we will win’
Health delegates and Dave Prentis join junior doctors’ picket line and rally in Brighton
The article ‘We will support the junior doctors in this fight: and we will win’ first appeared on…Read more…
‘The core of our NHS? Compassion’
Professor Michael West tells UNISON health conference that compassion and the one-team approach are key
The article ‘The core of our NHS? Compassion’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
NEC by-election result
Edwin Jeffries has been elected unopposed to the Northern region male seat on the NEC
The article NEC by-election result first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON Cymru/Wales extends solidarity to junior doctors
Cymru/Wales regional secretary notes Welsh doctors are not striking because the Welsh government values them
The article UNISON Cymru/Wales extends solidarity to junior doctors first appeared on the…Read more…
What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?
Love it 🙂 Read more…
Ballax about bankers bonuses
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a few weeks, and only now have time. I think the bonus cap is another issue where it is important that we look at what the industry (and other interested parties like rem consultants) told us would happen, and w…Read more…
UK must stop blocking EU taking action against China steel dumping
The fallacy of Brexit campaigners claim that the EU is preventing the UK from taking action against China dumping cheap steel has been exposed with the government’s announcement today that its plans to part-nationalise the steel industry would be compatible with EU state aid rules. As the TUC…Read more…