Defend the Bolivarian Revolution and Venezuela’s Right to Be! Condemn the hostile statements made by U.S. President Barack Obama against Venezuela. On March 9, Obama used emergency executive…Read more…
UNISON to issue a strike ballot to Barnet Commissioning Council workforce
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Cyber security tips for journalists
“Journalists face an increasing challenge to secure their communications in a digital world,” the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) warns. It has produced a list of Tips &…Read more…
Author’s rights fees for Belgian freelances
10/03/2015. 100% of publishers’ fees to freelances in Belgium can be treated as payment for “author’s rights”, Finance Minister Johan Van Overtveldt has confirmed. This can…Read more…
“We told you so!” UNISON response to Care Quality Commission (CQC) poor ratings
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Cuba in the top 10 world rankings for number of women parliamentarians
Cuba has the second highest number of women MPs in the Americas and the fourth highest in the world, according to a new report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The current percentage of women…Read more…
Sinn Féin to oppose welfare bill in Northern Ireland Assembly
BBC Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has said the Northern Ireland Assembly is facing a “very serious crisis” over the issue of welfare reform. His party has blocked the passage of the…Read more…
UK General Election 2015: Focus on opinion polls
Analysis: This general election will see more opinion poll activity than has ever been available not just from the 10 firms carrying out national polls but we have also had separate polls for…Read more…
We need a new Equal Pay Act
It has been 45 years since Barbara Castle’s Equal Pay Act – and we still don’t have equal pay. So what would an updated act need to cover? Emily Thornberry explains. by Emily Thornberry…Read more…
Anti-austerity campaign
There is a story in today’s Sunday Herald that highlights UNISON Scotland’s ongoing campaign against austerity and the impact it is having on Scotland. It describes some of the methods we are using to promote that campaign in the coming months.However, the newspaper has spun this into an initiative aimed at attacking Labour. It is nothing of the sort. In fact the campaign starts by highlightingRead more…
UNISON’s response to the Scottish Government’s Sustainability and Seven Day Services Interim Taskforce Report
Friday 6 March 2015
UNISON welcomes interim report from the Scottish Government’s Taskforce for Sustainability and Seven Day Services. This taskforce is considering how we provide round the clock care for patients who need it the most, with a genuinely seven day service for acutely ill patients.
The taskforce met for the first time in April 2014 and this interim report (released today) providesRead more…
On the Public Consultation into Housing related Support Services on the Isle of Wight
Housing has become a major debate issue in the run-up to the General Election. What is being discussed is, “What kind of house-building programme do we need”? Housing is acknowledged as a key source…Read more…
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“Inspectors rated supported living service as ‘inadequate’
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Rates of Pay and Conditions of Service 2015 – Network Rail
Our Ref BR6/0001Circular No IR/64/156th March 2015 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL OFFICES Dear Colleagues RATES OF PAY AND…Read more…
The decision to not pay the living wage at the IOW Council has to be reversed!
The recent pay talks between unions and the Council have reached a poor settlement. Low paid workers on the Council cannot afford to live on the pay packets awarded them for their hard work. The…Read more…
The Backward Logic of Privatisation
Public sector workers are not a cost to the economy; quite the contrary, they are producers of value Those that want to get rid of our Council imply that others can do it better, that there is…Read more…
Watch Barnet residents take over Council chamber over Libraries proposals
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Socialism: PHASE 4
Socialism has historically passed through four main phases. Phase One: The early 19th century socialism of the utopians, Robert Owen, Fourier and St Simon. The early trade unions and co-operativists…Read more…
UNISON report says that ‘mental health staff are working under increasing stress’
More than 8 in 10 (84%) of
mental health staff say that their workload has increased, more than 7 in 10
(76%) say they have experienced cuts, with the quality of patient services in
decline, in the last three years.
Those are the findings of a
new report into working in Scotland’s Mental Health Services, by public
services union UNISON. The report See Us was compiled by the trade unionRead more…