The TUC has published today a legal opinion from prominent legal expert Michael Ford QC – Employment Silk of 2015 – which warns of years of chaos as a post-Brexit government re-regulates British employment law. The advice he has given the TUC lists the workplace rights which are most…Read more…
“Government to respond to petition challenging LGPS investment reforms”
From Professional Pensions website. (I must send them a new picture to use!)
“More than 10,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition launched by Unison to examine proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) investment regula…Read more…
‘On the same page’
Business secretary Savid Javid has met with unions, ministers as well as potential buyers of Tata Steel’s UK operations in a bid to save an industry that may be weeks away from collapse if urgent…Read more…
ONS data confirms rents in London are a high-rise nightmare
The latest monthly ONS economic review includes a focus on housing tenure. There are a number of takeaways from this latest release but the prospects for those in rented accommodation appear gloomy, and Londoners, especially younger Londoners are beari…Read more…
Don’t let others speak for us
Polls have shown that young people are most likely to back the UK staying in the European Union – however they are also the least likely to turn out to vote. It is also young people who would…Read more…
We must fight this Conservative assault on neighbourhood policing – Sadiq Khan
Labour’s candidate for mayor of London on the important role UNISON members have to play in the forthcoming elections
The article We must fight this Conservative assault on neighbourhood policing –…Read more…
Your Literature Review: Basic Steps
Dear Colleagues,
I’m working hard on the draft literature review chapter of my doctoral thesis, and pleased to say that I am finding it particularly difficult to shape my writing into a coherent body of knowledge.
A community of practice: Students of…Read more…
What future for the HSE?
The HSE have recently launched a new strategy called “Helping Great Britain work well”. It has six themes – Acting together; tackling ill health; managing risk well; supporting small employers;…Read more…
Live reports from delegation to Palestine – UN and Kavla Oved
Second report from a delegation to Palestine and Israel by Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair: Day 3: Met with the UN representative this morning, (Rodger Dalton) also at the meeting was Lord Warner Labour peer, and two forgettable Tory MPs. They were getting to travel to Gaza while groups with a real interest an agenda are barerd.
Meeting with Kavla Oved workers’ rightsRead more…
UNISON Housing Association branch votes in favour of staying in EU and campaigning to do so
The picture is from tonight’s meeting of the new Executive Committee (and our regional officer Colin Inniss) of Greater London UNISON branch meeting in Kings Cross which decided to respond to a consultation by the national union over Europe, by voting …Read more…
UK steel industry under threat as Tata seeks to sell-up
The unity of voices to say that temporary nationalization is the way forward must not be ignored…Read more…
Bottling line sale welcomed
The future of Somerset cider is still under threat, despite welcome news yesterday that Brothers Drinks will be taking over a bottling line at the Shepton Mallet cider mill. The high-speed…Read more…
Act now! Still places on branch officer courses 22-24 April
There are still places on the courses for new branch officers being held in Glasgow from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 April.
The courses are aimed at newly elected officers or those who want to understand more about a particular role.
It may also be useful for those who have not done training for a while as most of the material has been revised and updated and they can share their experience withRead more…
I wish I could be shocked by the “Panama Papers”
Tax avoidance on this scale is simply the poorest paying the price for the grubby venality of the rich. Governments around the world now need to develop concrete and workable solutions to root out…Read more…
‘Act responsibly’
Representatives for thousands of car workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today (April 5) wrote to Cyrus Mistry, the chairman of the carmaker’s parent company, Tata Group demanding the conglomerate…Read more…
‘Failed to get to grips with crisis’
Labour has proposed a £35bn plan to save Port Talbot steel works and the rest of the British steel industry by bringing forward work on HS2 and 500 other rail, airport and road projects. More…Read more…
Sainsbury’s staff face axe
Unite has expressed its ‘severe disappointment’ today (April 5) that Sainsbury’s is axing hundreds of staff – just days after it agreed to splash out £1.4bn to buy Argos owner, the Home Retail…Read more…
‘Good economic sense’
Airbus, one of the world’s biggest aerospace companies, has issued a statement to its workforce asking them to back a ‘remain’ vote in the upcoming European Union referendum for the business to stay…Read more…
Poll shows workers’ voices aren’t being heard in #EUreferendum debate
The new polling released by the Fabian Society at the weekend has some hard messages for both Remain and Leave campaigners in the EU referendum debate. There’s one over-riding message however, that echoes what the TUC (and a few others) have been saying: The campaigns aren’t currently addressing…Read more…
UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex
140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union
The article UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex first appeared…Read more…