Bristol care company St Monica Trust wants to cut pay by £400 a month
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Bristol care company St Monica Trust wants to cut pay by £400 a month
The article Care staff announce strikes over fire and rehire plans first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
OCS workers want to be treated like colleagues directly employed by NHS
The article Frontline health workers vote ‘yes’ to strike action at sites across Lancashire first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Action is over the 2021-22 pay round and the detrimental changes to the USS pension scheme
The article Leeds university members prepare to strike again first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
This morning I started the day with another slow jog along the Brighton beach front. During breakfast at the hotel my branch delegation agreed which 6 motions that we want to be “prioritised” for debate on Friday afternoon (the infamous UNISON …Read more…
In Parliament the MP for West Dorset, Chris Loder, used the Johnson method, not bothering to check facts and concocting … MoreRead more…
Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work
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The post Agency Workers as Strike-Breakers: ILO Convention 87, and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement appeared first on IER.Read more…
Representatives of KESK, the Turkish Confederation of Public Service Workers joined UNISON’s conference
The article ‘Democracy and peace are equal to bread and water’: Turkish trade unionists…Read more…
New Wales TUC President, Brendan Kelly, tells us about his priorities for the year ahead and why he’ll be marching in London on 18 June.Read more…
As UNISON conference lays waste to the levelling up agenda, delegates say that the current government is ill-placed to fix problems that it caused in the first place
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In the motion care worker members gave heartfelt testimony of their experiences working throughout the pandemic
The article UNISON commits to campaign for a national care service first appeared on…Read more…
UNISON delegates hear that much-improved public sector pay and a ‘realistic’ windfall tax are the key to the cost of living crisis
The article ‘Now is the time for investment, not cuts’…Read more…
UNISON commits to introduce green reps on all branch committees in order to support bargaining and negotiation on decarbonisation
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Survey shows extent of inadequate sick pay
The article Absence of sick pay for care workers shows system needs reform first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Day 2 (Wednesday) of Conference started fairly early for me, with a short slow jog in the sunshine along the beach and then back to my hotel. There were people swimming near the Pier and while bizarrely I managed to pack 2 different pairs of trunks (an…Read more…
Christina McAnea, UNISON general secretary addresses national delegate conference 2022.
Fantastic speech and Christina tells it as it is. Read more…
As Moy Park profits touch £90 million Unite exposes how poverty pay at Randalstown has left workers borrowing to ‘make ends meet’. A Unite survey of striking Moy Park workers has revealed that eight…Read more…
West Midland workers making interiors for elite autos McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley, are due to start a period of seven one-day strikes in June and July over a real terms pay cut. More than 100…Read more…
The cost of living crisis presents a new set of challenges that require a new set of solutions
The article Delegates discuss improving the union’s organising approach first appeared on the…Read more…
As Unite is mobilising like never before for the TUC’s cost of living march on Saturday (June 18), UniteLive speaks to bank workers who, just like all of us, are struggling to keep up with the rising…Read more…