UNISON warns of campaign in run up to elections
The article Health pay will be a 2016 Assembly election issue first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Feel the Bern: major union CWA endorses Sanders
Communication Workers of America becomes the latest union to endorse Sanders.Read more…
Dave Prentis re-elected as UNISON general secretary
Dave Prentis has today been re-elected as General Secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector union. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Roger Bannister 16,853 (12.6 per cent) John Burgess…Read more…
Michael Moore tells Donald Trump: We are all Muslim
In open letter posted on his Facebook page, left wing film maker Michael Moore tells right wing demagogue and Republican presidential candidate that “we are not angry white guys. We are all Muslim….Read more…
Cameron should concentrate on European pay, not benefits
Today and tomorrow, the December European Council, where EU leaders meet, will take place in Brussels. The big story for Britain is David Cameron’s EU renegotiation agenda. The TUC has called on him to concentrate on low pay rather than benefit curbs, and especially urged him not to let young…Read more…
Winter Fuel Bill Support 2016
WORRIED ABOUT PAYING YOUR WINTER FUEL BILL? With rising fuel costs and another cold winter looming many members on low income are worried about how they’re going to pay their winter fuel bills. Help is on hand ‘There for You’ … Continue reading →Read more…
Stand up
In part 4 of our Disability History Month series, UNITElive speaks to Unite equalities rep Marina Gunn about changing perceptions that others have about people with disabilities. Dry humour…Read more…
Unions pressing Cambodia for decent workers’ rights
The TUC is joining Cambodian and global unions to press the Cambodian government to give workers the rights they are due under ILO conventions. And in particular, we want the Cambodian government to…Read more…
Lily Allen – Fuck You (It’s Not Me, It’s You)
I so love this song. It reminds me…. Read more…
Report to UNISON branches in the Greater London Region on recent developments within UNISON
I have this evening sent the following message to those UNISON branches in Greater London for whom I have email addresses, as well as my fellow Regional members of the National Executive Council (NEC) and the Regional Convenor;
Further to our recent co…Read more…
UNISON deserves better
The Guardian is now reporting about the issues which have been concerning readers of this blog for the past couple of weeks, in relation to the UNISON General Secretary election.
More UNISON members will now be able to listen for themselves …Read more…
Candlelight vigil for victims of Domestic Violence on Human Rights Day
This picture is from last Thursday’s (10 December) vigil held outside East Ham town hall.
The vigil was held to coincide with Human Rights Day and the end of the United Nation’s 16 Days of Action which aimed to raise awareness of violence against women.
The Newham Council lead on domestic and…Read more…
Workers in Chattanooga choose a union
The first workers at a foreign owned car assembly plant in the southern USA have won collective bargaining rights. It’s the latest stage in the attempt by the mighty UAW, in association with…Read more…
UNISON Scotland reaction to ministerial statement on draft 2016/17 budget
Date: Wednesday 16 December 2015
Mike Kirby, UNISON Scottish Regional Secretary said,
‘UNISON Scotland recognises that Tory austerity limits the options available in the Spending Review. However, it is unacceptable that yet again local government is bearing the brunt of cuts. We are now in the 8th year of the council tax freeze that limits how councils can choose to respond to austerity. ThisRead more…
Tip of the iceberg
Following a damning investigation by the Guardian into Sports Direct’s employment practices, which found that the retail giant may be paying its workers less than the minimum wage, £400m was wiped…Read more…
Take action together
Unite’s Decent Work for All campaign is about dignity at work. It’s about receiving a wage you can live on with guaranteed hours each week in a job that is safe and secure. Given these aims,…Read more…
Insecure work on rise
Unite cautioned government ministers against ‘popping out the champagne’ today (December 16) as it warned the fall in unemployment masked a continued rise in self-employment and low paid, insecure,…Read more…
Episode 27: ‘I am ready too’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week. …Read more…
One third of UNISON’s NEC call for the suspension of General Secretary, Dave Prentis
More than a third of the elected members of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC), myself included, have come together to support the demand for an independent investigation into allegations of malpractice in the election for UNISON General Secretary.
UNISON members can add their names to this…Read more…
Why I support the call for an independent investigation into allegations of electoral malpractice in UNISON
I have blogged before about the alarming evidence of electoral malpractice in UNISON’s Greater London Regional Office.
I am not commenting about an internal investigation established by UNISON, which I trust shall investigate as far as its terms …Read more…