MPs join UNISON members and employers at parliamentary launch of union’s Violence at Work charter
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Regulating supply chains – reclaiming our rights
12 June 2018
By Aristea Koukidaki, The University of Manchester
The structuring of contemporary production methods, often complex and global in scope, creates an environment that is conducive to…Read more…
‘Up in arms’
Unite has called on private companies and the Department of Health to give workers indirectly employed by the NHS the same pay increase as NHS employees. More than 1m health workers are to…Read more…
Managed transition
Unite said it would be pressing Jaguar Land Rover for a managed transition that protects jobs after the car maker confirmed to workers today (June 12) that it would be investing in new production…Read more…
Failure to act
Striking TGI Fridays workers – who’ve downed tools on several successive Fridays over the last month – today (June 12) took their case to the government. The workers, along with their…Read more…
Trade Union Website League Table 2018
Every June, I update the league table of trade union websites. The 2018 edition can be seen below (Previous results can be seen for 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012). It’s important to…Read more…
The Irrationality of Steel and Aluminum Tariffs:
Failure of G7 Seen in International Trade Agenda – K.C. Adams – Commentators have spoken and written reams regarding President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum…Read more…
‘Shot in the arm’
Unite has called for urgent government intervention in the construction industry after figures published by the ONS this week (June 11) revealed that the industry contracted by 3.4 per cent in the…Read more…
‘Major blow’
Unite is calling for urgent support for the 5,000 workers at Poundworld who face losing their jobs after the company was forced into administration on Monday (June 11). Unite, which…Read more…
World Cup – employers, it’s the extra 10 per cent that your staff remember
Allowing a bit of flexibility for fans who want to watch the World Cup can give staff morale a big boost.Read more…
High street under pressure – but employment still growing
How is it that recent news is full of retail redundancies and failing chains, yet employment continues to grow in the sector? How can we be spending more on shopping at a time when real wages are…Read more…
Inmarsat: in come the hedge funds
At the back end of last week the UK-listed telecoms business Inmarsat revealed that it has been approached by US-listed Echostar Corporation about a potential takeover, which it knocked back.
As a result of the offer, a different regulatory disclosure…Read more…
Doing business the right way benefits everyone
“John Gray says it is worrying for asset owners that many companies have failed to take part in the government-backed Workforce Disclosure Initiative.
I don’t always agree with Conservative ministers, but I did at the launch of a report last mont…Read more…
Blog: Internationalism has always been at the heart of our work
UNISON will continue to stand with Liberian health workers in their demand for workers rights and quality public health services. Only by doing that can avoidable tragedies like the devastating Ebola…Read more…
‘Historic agreement’
In a major victory, Ryanair has signed an recognition agreement with Unite, which represents nearly 700 cabin crew directly employed by the budget airline. Ryanair’s UK cabin crew will for the…Read more…
Blog: Time to stop violence and abuse in the workplace
Together, we can end the scandal of violence at work – today’s charter is an important step in that campaign
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70th Anniversary of the NHS:
Paying the Rich through the NHS An exhibition is currently touring called How Come We Didn’t Know? It is of images taken and captioned by photographer Marion Macalpine. It demonstrates how…Read more…
Government should heed MPs’ advice over health and social care
Commenting today (Monday) on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on integrated care, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Competition and the internal market…Read more…
Over a million people on Council waiting list. Let’s turn Benefits into Bricks?
Many thanks to Shelter for their report highlighting the National Housing waiting list crisis. There is more than a million people on UK Housing waiting lists. Newham is highlighted as having proportionally the worse crisis in the entire country. …Read more…
Pay ratios – an important step forward
Tomorrow will see the introduction of regulations that will make it mandatory for larger listed companied to disclose the ratio between chief executive salaries and the average pay for employees of the same firm. Although the UK has actually been beate…Read more…