Fees for those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful, and the government will now have to repay up to £32m to claimants. The government introduced fees of up to £1,200 in 2013…Read more…
British Monopoly Interests behind Electric Cars:
Car production is among the leading manufacturing industries in Britain. This is why it features highly in the growth targets in the Conservatives proposals put forward both in its manifesto and…Read more…
Oxford and the Mini:
Electric Mini to be built in Oxford BBC 2nd July, 2017 The electric vehicle will be based on the 3-door hatchback model A fully electric version of the Mini will be built at the Cowley plant in…Read more…
Merseyrail strike over driver-only trains has ‘rock solid’ support
The row is over plans for driver-only operation of new trains. Similar disputes have broken out across the rail industry. A strike by workers on Merseyrail in a dispute over driver-only trains was…Read more…
One to Watch: Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign:
http://www.savesouthtynesidehospital.org/ Campaign members marching in the Durham Miners Gala. Members of the Save South Tyneside Hospital Campaign have been taking part in the consultation meetings…Read more…
Spending on the NHS in England:
Total health spending in England is nearly £124 billion in 2017/18 and is expected to rise to over £125 billion by 2020, taking inflation into account. Around £110 billion will be spent on the day to…Read more…
Overview of Venezuela’s Current Situation
– Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Canada – The current situation of institutional instability that the Venezuelan society is experiencing, are a consequence of actions…Read more…
Public sector worker wages down
Public sector workers’ real wages in 2017 are down thousands of pounds a year compared to 2010, the TUC has found. Prison officers, paramedics and NHS dieticians are all down over £3,800 a year….Read more…
High Court permanent ban on industrial action by prison officers:
Prison officers permanently banned from striking after Home Office win High Court bid ‘It’s only a matter of time before a member of staff gets killed,’ warns deputy…Read more…
OUT Summer 2017 Newsletter
OUT is the Unison newsletter for LGBT Members. Features in this edition include: LGBT members talk about their jobs, the difference they make and the challenges they face Overcoming Hate The LGBT Voice in Unison No Fly Zone and much more … Continue reading →Read more…
Unison Black Members Newsletter Summer 2017
The Summer 2017 Black Members magazine includes the following features Black members’ issues debated at conference – including immigration and the effect of the EU referendum and the Brexit vote. Remembering enslaved Africans and their descendents Unisons Race Equality Priorities…Read more…
Unison Schools Newsletter Summer 2017
Features include: What does the £1.3 billion extra money announced by the Government during July 2017 really mean? Advance Diary Date – Stars In Schools – 24/11/17 Unison Equality Survey Croyde Bay & Unison Travel Club Holiday Offers Well worth … Continue reading →Read more…
BREACH OF AGREEMENT, GUARDS AND COMMERCIAL GUARDS – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
Circular No: IR/306/16 To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Our Ref: BR2/14/2 17th July 2017 Dear Colleague, BREACH OF…Read more…
Transaction tax:
The circulation of goods from the point of manufacture to the point of consumption should be carried out by administrative means only. The market economy of commodity exchange, is an unwieldy and…Read more…
Hospital Cleaners’ Strike:
Cleaners at London hospitals stage seven-day strike over pay More than 700 cleaners, security guards, catering staff and porters walk out after Serco refuses 30p a an hour pay rise Domestic staff in…Read more…
Russian-Chinese Joint Statement On Korean Conflict (full text)
The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China are the Korean Peninsula’s neighbours, therefore the development of the situation in the region concerns the national interests of both…Read more…
Durham Miners Gala:
Upholding the Spirit and Traditions of the Miners! Building the Independent Political Movement of the Working Class! Statement of the Northern Region of RCPB(ML), July 8, 2017 The Durham Miners Gala…Read more…
Picturehouse Workers fight for Workers’ Rights:
In 2014 Cineworld was subject to industrial action owing to its refusal to pay the London Living Wage to its staff. Industrial action resumed in October 2016 over the issue of the London Living Wage,…Read more…
Letter to RTUC from Mike Nobbs Sec I.W. TUC:
The Hypocrisy of Jeremy Hunt, who suggested lifting the nurses pay cap in recognition of their “absolute brilliant” work ethic. The truth is that the government has lost its majority…Read more…
One of the biggest NHS strikes in history is about to happen:
– but you won’t hear about it This year Serco took over services in NHS hospitals. From that moment on I felt my working life became unbearable Within three days of taking over the Royal…Read more…