Unite has yesterday (December 22) welcomed the Scottish government’s ‘sensible’ decision to retain the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) following a prolonged campaign to protect the minimum…Read more…
ONS Christmas present to Chancellor: a slump in nominal GDP
The final release of economic figures for 2015 does not make happy reading for the Chancellor. Headline GDP for 2015Q3 is revised down to 0.4% from 0.5%; Q2 was 0.5%. On the annual measure comparing with the same quarter a year ago, growth is now 2.1%,…Read more…
My hero in 2015? The man with the plan to beat the cuts.
My hero in 2015? The man with the plan to beat the cuts.
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December Scotland in UNISON out now
Beat the anti-union bill; Communications Awards 2015; Corbyn and Sturgeon say the bill must go; Celebrate learning; Council cuts campaign mounts as we face ‘worst cuts in living memory’; Tayside health branch wins low pay victory; Cordia janitors ballot; Climate march report; Speak up against police cuts; Save democracy in Turkey; Give your views on social work codes of practice and much moreRead more…
Local government pay offer consultation to begin in January
UNISON local government members to be consulted in new year on employer’s final offer
The article Local government pay offer consultation to begin in January first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
A Bridge Over You – NHS Choir (Cover of Fix You by Coldplay and BOTW by Simon & Garfunkel)
What a fantastic song. Support our NHS and buy it please! Hat tip Ian Dixon
“The song is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and others.
Download link (iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-b…
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NHS Emergency: Nursing Shortages
Nursing shortages rock nine in 10 hospitals AN ABYSMAL nine in 10 hospitals are failing to meet their own targets for safe numbers of nurses on wards, according to a report revealed yesterday….Read more…
In Defence of Communism and Communists.
There is much being said about defending Corbyn and Socialism these days, but here we have attacks on Communism reminiscent of cold war politics.The attacks are usually hysterical but usually the…Read more…
Follow the Barnet example – and unite to fight the cuts
I’m pleased to read Aditya Chakrabortty in today’s Guardian (p36 of the print edition) writing in praise of my friend and comrade John Burgess.
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Following the disappointing outcome of the election for UNISON General Secretary (and …Read more…
RCPBML invite people to join work:
Joining in the Work of the Party If you would like to get in touch with the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) and make enquiries about joining in its work. We usually speak…Read more…
TUC: Economy and Steel
Economy is paying too little for work and too much for sitting on wealth, says TUC 18 December 2015 New figures published today (Friday) by the Office for National Statistics on UK household wealth…Read more…
Thanks for all your help in 2015
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Good news for Tata Steel workforce
The future of Tata Steel’s long products division looks brighter today, following the news that a letter of intent has been signed between the company and investment firm Greybull Capital. …Read more…
5 lessons trade unions can teach the WTO
Trade talks at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) closed in Nairobi on Saturday and the biggest news is what they did not manage to agree. After 14 years of stalled talks, rich countries continued to refuse to address longstanding injustices in agriculture, such as food stockholding – a…Read more…
Free professional development for school support staff in Cymru / Wales
UNISON invites you to Saturday development sessions
The article Free professional development for school support staff in Cymru / Wales first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
You were the stars in our schools
UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response
The article You were the stars in our schools first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON THERE FOR YOU – WINTER FUEL GRANTS 2016
WORRIED ABOUT PAYING YOUR WINTER FUEL BILL?
With rising fuel costs and another cold winter looming many members on low income are worried about how they’re going to pay their winter fuel bills.
Help is on hand
‘There for You’ has set up a limited fu…Read more…
Stand up for school librarians, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Monday 21 December 2015UNISON Scotland has called on councils and Scottish Government to do more to protect school librarians. UNISON says the evidence is that local councils are seeing school library services as a soft target to meet budget cuts and are cutting school library services across Scotland. UNISON has made a submission in support of School Libraries Petition PE 1581 to theRead more…
A Happy New Year for the NHS?
There’s no doubt about it, the last 12 months have been a bumpy ride for our National Health Service. Will 2016 be any better? A year that started off with the government negotiating its way out of a bout of unprecedented industrial action involving NHS workers in England from nurses and midwives…Read more…
Official: govt failed steel workers
Unite has backed the findings of the select committee’s report on the failure of the government to react to warning signs that the steel industry was facing increasing problems. Unite has…Read more…