In today’s Scotsman, UNISON’s Dave Watson contrasts the industrial relations culture in Scotland with the latest Tory attack on trade unions in the Trade Union Bill.He gives a short history of how this different culture has developed since devolution, particularly in the public sector – the main target of the Bill. He also makes the case for the type of workplace democracy the Tories want toRead more…
Respond to the government consultation on the right to strike
Can you give your comments to the trade union bill consultation?Read more…
Unison Executive Committee Officer Posts Available
The branch has positions on its Executive Committee for: Women’s Officer Labour Link Officer – must pay into Unison’s Affiliated Political Fund Membership & Recruitment Secretary Youth Officer (must be aged under 27) Auditors Welfare Secretary Union Learning Representatives In…Read more…
Housing workers on strike over sign-or-be-sacked contracts
GMB members at Aspire Housing stand to lose £5k a year if they sign new dealRead more…
“It’s not funny how we don’t talk any more” – new union president’s plea to government
ATL president Kim Knappett says excessive workload and constant changes impact on teachers’ time with pupilsRead more…
Off to school? Unions call on bosses to help working parents
TUC says employers should be flexible to allow mums and dads have work-life balanceRead more…
Friwin Memories – New Ballast Pit Short
Bass Maltings Short from Friwin on Vimeo.
When he is not on his ship off the coast of South America (month on, then month off) he is trying to set up a promotional video company with an old school friend. From close up weddings, naming ceremonies, busi…Read more…
For your information: Andrew Turner’s main players and friends have a long connection with Government.
Nicholas Finney https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nicholasfinney#background-experience Commissioner at Independent Transport Commission Portsmouth, United Kingdom Early career in the 1970’s was as an…Read more…
Vote against Keith Hellawell as director of Sports Direct
“VOTE AGAINST resolution 4 to re-elect Keith Hellawell as a Director of Sports Direct International PLC at the AGM 9/9/15
We believe that voting against the chair Keith Hellawell is appropriate in order to send a message about our concerns about mana…Read more…
Critical Dialogue and the Beginning of Infinity
Colleagues, I am just preparing a blog item on a long-standing area of interest around machine learning and the distribution of information/knowledge. In preparing for this I reflected on the purpose and value of this blog. I occasionally come across people who have read posts, but I…Read more…
Ireland- 80,000 protest for Right2Water
Over 80,000 take to the streets of Dublin to say water is a Human Right!Read more…
Dave Prentis – UNISON General Secretary election 2015
Just as the Labour Leadership election is coming to a close there is another important Labour Movement contest for 1.3 million UNISON members. The 5 yearly election of our General Secretary (GS).
I am supporting Dave Prentis to be re-elected as …Read more…
Special Branch Meeting
The Branch has arranged a A special meeting that will take place on the 10th September 2015, this has been arranged in light of the forth coming nominations for the National Presidents…Read more…
TUC calls for urgent enquiry after back-to-work deaths revealed
Commenting on figures published by the Department of Work and Pensions, which show that between 2011 and 2014 over 2,300 people died shortly after losing their claim for Employment Support Allowance…Read more…
Don’t be misled , Len McCluskey issues leadership clarification after Burnham email
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey has sent an email to the union’s members who have signed up to vote in the Labour leadership contest, clarifying that they have endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the…Read more…
Evidence from the UNISON Housing Associations Branch to the Select Committee
“We are a London-based branch of the national trade union UNISON, which organises workers providing public services.
We organise over 3,000 workers across Greater London who are employed by housing associations and are recognised by most of the G…Read more…
US fast food workers get a legal boost
A ruling this week in the USA by the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has given a boost to unions, and the ‘alt.unions’ who are trying to build union organisation in the US fast food…Read more…
Osborne keeps piling up the debt
The House of Commons Library has just produced a briefing note, “Government borrowing, debt and debt interest: historical statistics and forecasts”. It shows historical statistics for Public sector net borrowing (PSNB) – current account borrowing; Public sector net debt (PSND) – government debt…Read more…
Banging the drum over pay
This year Glasgow’s homelessness caseworkers decided to go on strike. This is their story
The article Banging the drum over pay first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Local government pay offer made – ballot from 2 September
UNISON and the other SJC trade unions have been in negotiations with the Scottish Employers for a number of months on the issue of pay. We submitted a claim in November last year, the headline of which was an increase of £1 per hour. Unfortunately we were unable to convince the employers to make a flat rate increase in this pay round. It was also the case that the employers were prepared to offerRead more…