Housing and Planning Bill will lead to social cleansing, claims campaign group
The article UNISON joins alliance to defend affordable housing first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
NEC by-election
Nominations open on 1 December for by elections to the NEC higher education general and Northern region male seats
The article NEC by-election first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
NEC by-election
Nominations open on 1 December for by elections to the NEC higher education general and Northern region male seats
The article NEC by-election first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here
The St Andrew’s Day Anti-Racism March and Rally this year has the theme ‘No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here.’ The rally will take place on Sat 28th Nov, Assemble 10:30am Glasgow Green. Below is a…Read more…
Police cuts threaten neighbourhood policing at time of heightened terrorist threat, says UNISON
Nearly a third (30 per cent) of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England have been cut since 2010, says UNISON today (Monday). UNISON warns that the government’s determination to rid the…Read more…
Korea’s broken promises sound alarm over OECD membership & trade agreements
South Korea is often held up as the poster boy for international development. A poverty-stricken country after the war with the North, and ruled by a military dictatorship from 1961 to 1987, it is…Read more…
Junior Doctors’ Ballot:
Junior Doctors Determined to Fight against Imposition of Contract On Thursday November 18, the British Medical Association (BMA) announced that the junior doctors have voted by 98% (27,741) for full…Read more…
Sunday Night Live – 5.00pm, 29th November: The NHS – in a state of perpetual upheaval and crisis? Where now for the Health Service
“Whether they have billions to invest or need to dramatically cut budgets, few British governments have resisted imposing their own blueprint for reform on the NHS, with the consequence that in the past two decades health service staff have had to endu…Read more…
How incredible that any trade unionist believes anything in “The Sun”?
It is amazing that a small number of trade union activists have chosen to “believe” and publicise a report from the “Sun on Sunday” that UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, had given it an “exclusive interview” attacking the Labour Leader, Je…Read more…
Korean government steps up attacks on trade unions
Korean President Park Geun-hye is cracking down on dissent, introducing harsh new labour laws, and arresting trade union leaders.Read more…
Behind the blue lights: Life in the frontline of Cameron’s NHS
Dave, a paramedic from the Midlands, shares a frank view of life in NHS emergency services starved of funding and struggling to meet the demand Friday. Just started a 12 hour late shift. On again…Read more…
Spending review must focus on a bigger economy not a smaller state, says TUC
22 November 2015 The TUC has today (Sunday) published a statement in advance of the Comprehensive Spending Review 2015, which will be announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday 25…Read more…
Act now to save UK
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey addresses the Save our Steel rally in Sheffield, November 21. The event brought together hundreds of members and their families, travelling from Wales,…Read more…
‘As sure as night follows day’
Working people from all corners of the UK made their way to the steel city of Sheffield last Saturday (November 21) to defend Britain’s steel industry and convince the government to take action…Read more…
No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here
The St Andrew’s Day Anti-Racism March and Rally this year has the theme ‘No Racism: Refugees Welcome Here.’ The rally will take place on Sat 28th Nov, Assemble 10:30am Glasgow Green. Below is a…Read more…
STOP PRESS: 92% of Barnet Council staff now face outsourcing
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STOP PRESS: 92% of Barnet Council staff now face outsourcing
On Wednesday 25 November Chancellor George Osborne
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Labour must stop knocking seven bells out of one another, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “The spending review is just three days away. Millions of working families anxiously await the Chancellor’s plans. “They’re scared about what he has in…Read more…
Motion for West Ham Constituency Labour Party on the Trade Union Bill
“This constituency believes the Trade Union Bill passed by the House of Commons and now about to be considered by the Lords shows this Government is determined to shackle the voice of working people via its attack on the trade unions.
This constituenc…Read more…
UNISON never sleeps
Your humble blogger, together with a candidate in the election for UNISON General Secretary, were honoured this afternoon with the following message from a senior UNISON official;”It may have escaped your notice that the comments made by bob oram et al have been removed.they are now subject to…Read more…