‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
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‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
The article Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Date: Wednesday 9 December 2015
UNISON members working at Robert Gordon University have written to the Principal, Professor Prondzynski, calling on him to remove Donald Trump’s honorary degree because he is reported to have called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" UNISON believes this to be unacceptable. Colin Jones, Robert Gordon UNISON steward said: “Read more…
Probation staff at Wales Community Rehabilitation Centre face a very anxious Christmas, uncertain of their future after hearing finances will be slashed by 40% next year. With cuts of this magnitude,…Read more…
While sound and fury explodes all around us on NHS spending, spare a thought for the crisis in Scotland’s social care system.
Today, I was in parliament for the launch of the Commission for the…Read more…
The first regional GVA figures for 2014 show the usual story of growth shared across the country but disproportionately skewed toward London, which continues to account for an ever greater share of UK GDP. Ominously though, in London, the acceleration …Read more…
Nominations are now open for Unison Executive Committee Elections 2016/17 for officers, convenors and stewards. Information about the roles are available on the branch rule book page of this web site https://stokeunison.wordpress.com/faqs/rule-book The…Read more…
Staff at Legal & General’s flagship site in Kingswood, Surrey, have moved closer to strike action in the New Year with the launch of a final industrial action ballot. This follows September’s…Read more…
Last night MPs rejected an attempt by the House of Lords to give 16 and 17-year-olds a vote in the planned referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. The amendment put forward in the Lords…Read more…
The campaign against the trade union bill is at a critical stage. The parliamentary process has moved into the House of Lords, where we have our best chances of defeating it or getting changes pushed…Read more…
Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future
The article A history man’s challenge for the future first appeared on the…Read more…
This motion was passed unanimously at the Newham Full Council meeting last night. The Tory anti-trade union bill has passed through the House of Commons with some significant changes. It goes to the House of Lords in January. We need to keep the pressu…Read more…
Unite has called on MPs to support a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport, highlighting the project’s fundamental importance to “securing our country’s long-term economic prosperity”….Read more…
UK manufacturing output fell by 0.4 per cent in October from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found. These figures compared with a 0.9 per cent increase seen in…Read more…
In the media coverage of the flooding in Cumbria and Lancashire there has been some scrutiny of government spending on flood defence, with a claimed cut this year of around of 15% (eg). This is basically true (capital spending is likely to fall by 17% and total spending provision is down 14%, both…Read more…
Ahh…. Fidelity, the lure of right-wing British politics is just too strong for you isn’t it?
I’ve blogged previously about the latest Fidelity link to the Tories – their involvement with the Leaders Group. According to the Conservative Party’s own we…Read more…
Features in this issue include: Unison helps to support the families of Bosley Mill Christmas Celebration Bake Off 10 December 2015 2016 AGM Diary Date Unison Campaigning Across Stoke-On-Trent Coffee, Cake, Chat Why join a union – essential cover at … Continue reading →Read more…
Unavoidable Punishment – Yury Rubtsov – Nazis, seated in the prisoners boxes, on trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-46. Those who resort to…Read more…
– Dilbert Reyes Rodríguez, Granma International – In a few days, Venezuela will again have the eyes of the world looking its way. On December 6, more than 19 million voters are eligible…Read more…
Elections are due to be held for all seats on the union’s service group executives in 2016
The article 2016 SGE election early notice first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
New nomination period opens on Tuesday 15 December 2015 and closes at 5pm on 29 January 2016
The article NEC higher education general seat by-election first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…