National delegate conference hears emotional report on the scale and impact of bullying and harassment in the workplace
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Job threat questions raised
Serious questions need to be asked over why more than 500 jobs at the profitable Delphi Diesel Systems in Suffolk are under threat, Unite has said today (Tuesday June 20). Last week, the…
Government must scrap the pay cap says UNISON, as survey shows public service employees are struggling
Staff providing public services are being forced to cut back on groceries, borrow money from friends or family, and even go without meals to feed their children because the government has capped…
Radical recruitment
In positive news for workers and communities, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will create 5,000 new high-tech jobs. Unite welcomed the news, saying that investment in the skills necessary to manufacture the…
Turning up to be sent home without pay: life in insecure work
Imagine turning up to work only to be sent home without pay. It would be frustrating, wouldn’t it? It would be more frustrating still if you had already paid for childcare that day; or if you’d cancelled other plans so you could work; or if not receiving that day’s pay would make it difficult…
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2017 – Monday
Comrades together picture from this evening outside the Holiday Inn Hotel in Brighton after the UNISON London Region delegates meetings.
Our ace Regional Conveyor, Yvonne Green, is on my left with Housing Association branch delegate Mitsy on her left …
Paternity Leave:
A quarter of new dads are missing out on paternity leave and pay, says TUC – More than 157,000 new fathers did not qualify for paternity leave or pay last year – TUC calls on new…
TUC : Drop the dresscodes!
Heatwave: Employers: Drop the dresscodes and let your employees off wearing suits during the heatwave, demands TUC Relax those dresscodes. With the heatwave set to continue well into this week,…
Privatisation still the threat but we are turning the tide, conference hears
The ‘scourge of outsourcing’ and the successes we need to add to
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In Memoriam: Charles Boylan: Communist
March 18, 1943 – June 17, 2017 With deepest sorrow we hear that Comrade Charles Boylan passed away peacefully on June 17 just before 11:00 pm. Charles died with his beloved partner Donna at his side….
That’s it from me
I have just spoken for the final time on behalf of Lambeth UNISON supporting Barnet branch in their opposition to privatisation at UNISON Local Government Conference.
Seven years ago Barnet branch Secretary John Burgess and I wrote for the Guardian warning about both Tory Barnet’s…
Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’
Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all
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Stay cool outdoors
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are serious if not treated quickly, so watch out for these symptoms in your co-workers. You should give first aid and call 999 if you think there are signs of…
’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’
Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they…
Delegates discuss building a campaign on pay
Local government conference welcomes early lodging of pay claim and calls range of actions to support it
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Local government to target bullying in the workplace
Conference agrees to spread the anti-bulling message, particularly during Young Workers’ Month in November
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The momentum is with the energy sector, general secretary tells conference
Dave Prentis opens union’s energy conference with tributes and thanks
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Gender pay gap still a problem, delegates hear
Local government conference debates measures to tackle the issue, as the pay gap and the glass ceiling still exist
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NHS IOW 69th Birthday Bash
Meetings Against School Closure on the Isle of Wight:
Tomorrow (Tuesday June 20th) there are two public consultation meetings over the closure of Sandown Bay Academy, which is run by private contractor AET. There are two meetimgs at Bay CE Primary…