Calls from campaigners that the UK’s 101 local government pension funds should stop investing in fossil fuels are admirable, but over-simplify the huge task that disinvestment would mean, says UNISON…Read more…
Tribune Article On Productivity
Staff morale at rock bottom in Scotland’s colleges, says UNISON
A UNISON report from a survey of staff in Scottish colleges, shows real problems caused by funding cuts, the college mergers programme and unaccountable college senior managers – and real concern amongst staff that education services for students are declining. The report Learning the Hard Way is published today (25 September 2015)
Its findings include: over 6 in 10 staff (64%) think collegeRead more…
Camden NSL Parking Wardens Strike
This morning I went to Norwich by train to represent a UNISON member at a hearing then came back into London to attend a HR meeting on employment policies and procedures. On route I came across Camden UNISON members who work for the Parking Contractor …Read more…
Correction and clarification – everyone has always been in agreement about the attack on DOCAS
http://jonrogers1963.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/a-complacency-weve-seen-before.html?m=1
Today’s meeting of the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee of the National Executive Council (NEC) of UNISON received an excellent and informative report reviewing lessons learned to date in switching…Read more…
Rally for Redcar
SSI, Majuba Road car park, Redcar, Teesside TS10 5BJ 18:45 tonight (Thursday 24 September 2015) A rally tonight in Redcar will highlight the crisis in the UK steel industry which is…Read more…
You can’t learn when you are cold, hungry and worried about where you will sleep
In 2014, there were over 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK. That is 28% of all UK children – or for those of us in education, 9 children in every class of 30. These shocking…Read more…
Government threat to safety reps – get the message out there!
The TUC is running a major campaign against the Trade Union Bill. I have written on it previously on this site, and there is an excellent article from the TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady in…Read more…
In defence of the Human Rights Act
Abolishing the Human Rights Act would diminish the UK’s standing in the eyes of the world, and Scotland should use every means at its disposal to resist these Tory plans.
I was at yesterday’s…Read more…
Don’t let your capital cut your own throat
Across the world we can see conservative political parties engaged in an attempt to destroy the power of unions in the workplace, weaken their resources and squeeze their financial support reformist political parties. This is a concerted attempt to des…Read more…
Levelling the playing field
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we discuss the findings of Unite’s survey Unite’s recent survey of black,…Read more…
Jonathon Porritt to give NUJ”s Benn Lecture: “Climate Confusion: Let’s Blame the Media!”
JONATHON Porritt, one of the best-known environmentalists in the UK, is to give Bristol NUJ’s Benn Lecture 2015. Appropriately in Bristol’s year as European Green Capital he has…Read more…
Support steel workers – attend this evening’s Redcar rally
Community says government must step in to save jobs in TeesideRead more…
Swaziland Ministers come to Brussels
A ministerial delegation from Swaziland travelled to Brussels this week to respond to demands made by the European Parliament to improve the human and workers’ rights situation in the country….Read more…
Parking mad: Camden wardens angry at earning less than London Living Wage
Striking UNISON members also call for privatised service to be taken back in-houseRead more…
UCU to fight alongside Bradford bosses against Tory job cuts
Union says it is short-sighted to cut funding for English coursesRead more…
TUC Congress 2015: Monday
Apologies for lateness but this is a snapshot of day 2 of last weeks TUC Congress (Monday) from a UNISON delegates point of view.
Our first Congress guest speaker was John Bercow MP, the Speaker of the House of Commons (and of course a Conservat…Read more…
We Need an Approach to Manufacturing That Is Less ‘Arthur Daley’
Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader and Angela Eagle’s appointment as the new shadow secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills heralds in new political times. Up…Read more…
TUC Protest at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday 04 October 2015.
Leeds Trades Union Council is organising free coach travel to the TUC Protest at Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday 04 October 2015.
Book a place on our coaches to the TUC demo in…Read more…
Room for Refugees Scotland and UK-wide Online Refugee Hosting Scheme
@PositiveActionH From Positive Action in Housing www.roomforrefugees.com Make a donation here Yes we have room. Over 1,750 households across Scotland and the UK have registered with Positive Action in Housing to host refugees – and growing.
From the Outer Hebrides, to Shetland, to Edinburgh’s Morningside to Glasgow’s Easterhouse to Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Cambridge, Oxford, Devon,Read more…