OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours
The article Health workers in Lancashire strike in…Read more…
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OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours
The article Health workers in Lancashire strike in…Read more…
“Labour must support those fighting to defend their living standards when, in effect, they face a pay cut of up … MoreRead more…
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
The outsourced workers delivered a resounding ‘yes’ to strike action against a pay offer that fails to keep track with the cost of living
The article Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action…Read more…
UNISON’s FE committee will recommend that members reject the offer, when colleges reopen in September
The article Latest pay offer for college staff is ‘simply not enough’ first appeared…Read more…
Off message but yesterday Gill and I went on a lovely circular 4.5 mile around Dunstable Downs, Chilterns. Superb views across the Vale of Aylesbury. One hour drive from East London.
Started off at the National Trust visitor centre. …Read more…
A strike of bus workers employed by Stagecoach on Merseyside scheduled for this Thursday (June 30) has been suspended after workers received a revised pay offer. The dispute involves 370 members of…Read more…
The reversal of Roe v Wade shows clearly that women’s rights must be constantly defended
The article Abortion is a trade union issue first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham writes for the forthcoming Unite Landworker magazine*. She says: As I write this column, we are in the midst of a cycle of crisis. And once again the rich and…Read more…
This weekend, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng signalled in the Telegraph that the government would finally rule out allowing unions to use online voting in strike ballots. This is annoying to see…Read more…
A really busy but interesting week. It was my first day back at work after almost 2 weeks holiday (Malta then UNISON conference in Brighton) so lots of tenancy and trade union issues to try and sort out (not helped by major IT/server problems).&n…Read more…
School Clothing Grant 2022Important: Before starting your application, please ensure you carefully read the ‘How to Apply Guide’. We cannot accept applications that do not include a membership number and all supporting documents. …Read more…
A recent surge in Google searches for joining a trade union has been matched by rising membership numbers across the union movement. iNews reported today (June 24) that Google searches for ‘join a…Read more…
Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available
The article 2022 school clothing grants first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
AQA workers being balloted over low pay and new contracts
The article UK’s biggest exam board AQA failing on pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“Proud to be backed by my union @unisontheunion to be Labour’s candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green.
With the Tory cost of living crisis hitting workers hard, I’ll always stand with the trade union movement to fight for fair pay and c…Read more…
This is one the great works of anti-Stalinist literature. It is an attempt by the ex-Communist Koestler to imagine how Soviet interrogators squeezed confessions out of men like Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin — men who…Read more…
This is one the great works of anti-Stalinist literature. It is an attempt by the ex-Communist Koestler to imagine how Soviet interrogators squeezed confessions out of men like Zinoviev, Kamenev and…Read more…
Unite has secured a pay rise worth 15.8 per cent for Stagecoach Worthing drivers. The drivers will benefit from the one year pay deal, which sees a backdated five per cent rise to March this year, a…Read more…
Workers employed as check in staff by British Airways (BA) at Heathrow airport have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. Over 500 members of Unite, the UK’s leading union…Read more…