On Saturday 19 March thousands of people will join the Stand up to Racism demonstration and rally in Central London to voice their opposition to inhumane way that the government has dealt with the…Read more…
Sticking with the union: Why the EU referendum matters to working Britons
I grew up in Oxford and I was living there the last time we had a referendum, back in 1975. Only then, of course it was called the EEC, the European Economic Community. My dad worked at the Cowley car works and was a shop steward there. He was anti the EEC because he didn’t…
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COHSE (UNISON) LGBT
COHSE was one of the first unions to officially back LGBT Rights and was very active in the campaign to stop Clause 28
Unlike the Royal College of Nursing, Who’s Vice President Baroness Cox was one of the main advocates of the Clause
Student Nurse Campaign 2016
Junior Doctors Strike 2016
Junior Doctors Strike 1975
Amazon turkers appeal to union help at UNI Europa 16
“Amazon turkers need unions; your passion, experience and knowledge.”Read more…
Khan Light Brigade
Unison’s Labour MEPs are in for services, rights and jobs
Some great reasons from UNISON MEPs on staying “IN” the European Union. Check out also the website “Another Europe is Possible”.
“Unison’s Labour MEPs: Theresa Griffin, Jude Kirton-Darling, Richard Howitt, Mary Honeyball, Linda McAvan and Claude Mor…Read more…
Disability cuts – a warped sense of priorities
The government’s decision to slash Personal Independence Payments (PIP) whilst giving a tax cut to those earning comfortably more than the average UK salary shows a warped sense of priorities.
The…Read more…
EU: Vote for democracy and hope
When I vote for Britain to remain in the EU in June, and when I argue for the members of my union and others to do likewise in the months ahead, I will not be voting for the status quo. I will…Read more…
‘Between a rock and a hard place’
Deliveries of fresh produce – a top business priority for the Co-op – will be severely hit when more than 700 of its drivers stage a two-day strike next week in the dispute over transferring drivers…Read more…
Triple whammy for TU Bill
The government’s attack on trade unions faced a triple defeat last night (March 16), as the House of Lords moved to block key measures in the controversial trade union Bill. Peers voted in…Read more…
Budget 2016 and pensions
Yesterday’s budget was originally going to be a big day for pensions with announcements on the review of pension taxation. However, this was scrapped or deferred, as the political consequences for…Read more…
#Budget2016: TUC reaction roundup
The Chancellor, George Osborne delivered the 2016 budget yesterday, here is a quick round up of reactions from our TUC bloggers: Public Service cuts £3.5bn worth of cuts to public services by 2020. The spending cuts will be identified through an ‘efficiency review’. Cuts and increased pressures on…Read more…
Help stop the illegal underpayment of homecare workers
UNISON is asking members to lobby their MPs ahead of crucial debate
The article Help stop the illegal underpayment of homecare workers first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Lords inflict serious blow to the Trade Union Bill
Peers vote for three key changes to the government’s damaging trade union reforms
The article Lords inflict serious blow to the Trade Union Bill first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNCTAD calls for investment agreements to uphold labour rights and democracy
Yesterday I spoke at the United Nations Conference on Development (UNCTAD) meeting ‘Taking stock of international investment agreement reform’ which looked at the options for reform to investment protections such as ISDS that are currently used in international investment agreements…Read more…
The Programme that Emerges from the Conditions.
What is inherent in the present conditions and the aim which is consistent with those conditions? What is the work in this period which has to be taken up in a very determined fashion? It is that…Read more…
Triple whammy defeat for government over Trade Union Bill, says TUC
The government was defeated in three votes on the Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords tonight (Wednesday). The votes concerned substantial amendments to the bill on electronic balloting, facility…Read more…