Excessive workload for social workers is a long-running problem, which has worsened considerably as the cuts bite
The article A great new tool to help social worker members first appeared on the…Read more…
Episode 10: ‘Everyone is welcome’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week….Read more…
The Trade Union Bill: Jenny’s story
My name is Jenny Edwards and I work as an associate practitioner
The article The Trade Union Bill: Jenny’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Win! Tractor workers suspend strike after accepting new pay deal
Unite members at New Holland agree new offerRead more…
UNISON fights back over “disruptive” check-off plans
Dave Prentis says government should focus on tax credits and living standards rather than unionsRead more…
Unions back anti-racist day of action
Workplaces show their support for Show Racism the Red CardRead more…
Unions vow to go after named and shamed minimum wage abusers
TUC says list of 115 employers is only the tip of the icebergRead more…
Big increase in assaults on public service workers, says UNISON
Friday 23 October 2015
UNISON Scotland is publishing today Violence at Work: A Survey of UNISON employers and Staff in Scotland 2015. It shows an increase of 1,227 assaults compared with 2014.
The total recorded assaults on public sector workers in Scotland in 2015 was 38,279. This compares to 20,000 in 2006.
UNISON report included a survey, to ask what staff had suffered, how they had feltRead more…
Vote Dave Prentis for UNISON General Secretary
“NOMINATION NEWS
A whopping 230 branches have agreed to nominate Dave!
What a fantastic show of support – thank you to each and every one for making this happen.
Eighteen branches have had their nomination forms rejected but they still have until F…Read more…
#BarnetStrikers Watch if you dare – 2 November
‘Do not shut the door on steel’
Not long after the minister Sajid Javid sat down in the Commons, having announced what he was planning to do for our steel industry, one Tata’s UK bosses spoke. The real question the Tata…Read more…
South African student protests – the biggest uprising since the fall of apartheid
“Our parents were sold the dream of democracy. We’re here for the refund”.Read more…
The great backdoor package ‘steal’
The Tories have carried out a ‘smash and grab’ raid on the £80m package promised for retraining and supporting sacked Redcar steelworkers and boosting the local economy. It has just emerged that the…Read more…
Tip tip hooray!
Like pulling at a loose thread, once the tipping abuse scandal broke it wasn’t long before it all started to unravel for some of the UK’s biggest restaurant chains. Unite’s campaign,…Read more…
‘Tribute to solidarity’
The pay dispute at Case New Holland Tractor Ltd in Basildon, Essex has been settled, after the workforce accepted an improved pay offer. The 460-strong hourly paid production workforce,…Read more…
UNISON Scotland 2015-10-22 16:13:00
Thursday 22 October 2015
John Young, UNISON North Lanarkshire Council steward said,
“This is devastating for everyone living in North Lanarkshire and once again it is the low paid and vulnerable, including children, elderly and disabled people who will be the worst affected. North Lanarkshire Council are proposing to cut 10% of the workforce which will cause chaos in our vital public services;Read more…
UNISON urges government to ‘think again’ as it confirms attack on trade union subs
‘Scrapping check-off will be hugely disruptive for unions and the working people who belong to them,’ says Dave Prentis
The article UNISON urges government to ‘think again’ as it…Read more…
Shadow Chancellor joins #BarnetStrikers picket line
Shadow Chancellor joins #BarnetStrikers on their picket line.
2 November BarnetStrikers picket line information
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and respect for workers’ rights
Yet another multilateral international financial institution saw the light of day in June this year in Beijing without much fanfare and, more importantly, after a relatively short gestation period. 50 of the 57 prospective founding members of the newly…Read more…