Elections are due to be held for all seats on the union’s service group executives in 2016
The article 2016 SGE election early notice first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
NEC higher education general seat by-election
New nomination period opens on Tuesday 15 December 2015 and closes at 5pm on 29 January 2016
The article NEC higher education general seat by-election first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Dementia on the Isle of Wight
Help for those dealing with dementia on the Isle of Wight County Press Tuesday, December 8, 2015 A NEW initiative aimed at carers, relatives and friends of people living with dementia has been…Read more…
Community Care on the Isle of Wight and ‘My Life a Full Life’’
‘My Life a Full Life’ goes to Downing Street ‘My Life a Full Life’ goes to the top. Isle of Wight team attend Downing Street reception with patients and patients representatives. This in from the…Read more…
Care Home Inspections: IOW
Fantastic outcome for Isle of Wight care home following CQC inspection http://onthewight.com/2015/12/08/isle-of-wight-care-home-good-cqc/ (With thanks to onthewight for their reports. Published…Read more…
#VotesAt16: Giving young people a greater say on their future
Today the House of Commons will be placed in the ironic position of being asked by the Government to reject a democratic reform proposed by the unelected House of Lords. And the TUC is backing the…Read more…
Government lands NHS students with massive new debts
England is short of 2,600 midwives and has been thousands short for at least a generation. The national midwife shortage has proved a really hard nut to crack. The NHS continues to need every midwife it can get. Successive governments have tried to dri…Read more…
UNISON Pyrenean Challenge 2016 – “there for you”
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The loneliness of the long distance Returning Officer
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breach-of-statutory-balloting-procedures-decision-bakhsh-v-unison-the-public-service-union
Trade unions are required by one of the many laws which regulate our movement to appoint an independent returning offi…Read more…
Ebook revolution threatens jobs
The ebook revolution in reading habits has put 225 jobs at risk at the Penguin Random House (PRH) UK distribution centre at Rugby in Warwickshire. PRH has announced it wants to close the…Read more…
Close the net on tax avoidance
Unite highlighted today (December 7) that the case for chancellor George Osborne “closing the net on corporate tax avoidance” is further reinforced with reports that Cadbury’s owner, Mondelez…Read more…
#COP21: Unions call for ‘fair and ambitious Paris agreement’
Trade union delegates at the Paris COP21 joined with others today to protest about the threat to human rights. This includes the rights of indigenous peoples, gender equality, intergenerational equity, a just transition, food security and the integrity…Read more…
#COP21: UK austerity out of step with Paris climate talks
The French Presidency has finally got to grips with the UN climate negotiations, setting up a Paris Committee aiming to conclude all outstanding matters by 6pm on Thursday. All further negotiations will be closed and focused on brokering deals, includi…Read more…
UNISON members are working flat out
As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members
The article UNISON members are working flat out first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Make or break time for the voluntary sector: NCIA goes out with a challenge
When do you know it’s time to call it a day? For the past decade the National Coalition of Independent Action (NCIA) has been sounding an alarm bell: voluntary groups are failing in their democratic job as an independent force for positive change, and must fight back. Now, after 10 years, we have…Read more…
Glasgow campaigners target G1 Grinch
Union flash mob campaigners target notorious entertainment group G1’s premium venue The Corinthian for some Christmas mischief.Read more…
Are you a Non Safe Festive Worker?
Christmas parties at work are a great chance to let our hair down, and to see a different side of the people we spend more time with than our own families. But they can also wreck the work…Read more…
Unison Branch Magazine December 2015
Features in this issue include:- Unions help to support the families of Bosley Mill Christmas Celebration Charity Bake Off 10 December 2015 AGM 2016 – diary date Unison Campaigning Across Stoke-On-Trent Why Join A Union? December 2015Read more…
LOBOs – Long term pain for short term gain?
I have posted on LOBOs before. I think that this article by Janine Alexander from Collyer Bristow LLP pretty much tells it as it is…
“Many local authorities and housing associations have taken out “LOBO” (Lender Option Borrower Option) loans over the past 15 years. They were particularly…Read more…
Humanity – a poem for refugees by Joy Johnson
Packing up her school books
Laughing with her friend
It only took a moment
For her school days to come to an end
“We’re only kids in school”
Her voice was pained but clear
Bodies charred…Read more…