Unite announced today (February 6) that it was seeking a high court injunction to stop Birmingham city council from breaking the agreement cemented in law that brought an end to 2017’s long-running…Read more…
‘Kick in the teeth’
The shipbuilding industry suffered another setback today (February 7) after Babcock announced 150 redundancies at its Rosyth shipyard. Unite said the losses, which follow on from the decision…Read more…
‘Right thing to do’
Unite’s period dignity campaign is spreading like wildfire as more and more workplaces sign up to provide free sanitary products in toilets – since its launch in September last year dozens of firms…Read more…
It’s time to talk
The majority of people will suffer from mental ill health at one point or another in their lives – but a protracted stigma has kept so many of us in the ‘silent majority’, unable to reach out for…Read more…
It’s time to talk
The majority of people will suffer from mental ill health at one point or another in their lives – but a protracted stigma has kept so many of us in the ‘silent majority’, unable to reach out for…Read more…
It takes balls to talk
At a time when suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 50, Unite believes on Time to Talk Day today (February 7) that it’s especially time to talk about men’s mental health. …Read more…
A Day in life: UNISON NEC, Pension meeting on Housing investment, & Chartered Institute of Housing Dinner
A full on Labour Movement Day. A long UNISON NEC meeting (and the rest); then met up with LGPS pension fund officers and fund advisers on possible investments in Housing (see why housing is an investment opportunity as well as social need) & infras…Read more…
The centenary of the “Addison Act”
“The money we propose to spend on housing is an insurance against Bolshevism and revolution” Introduction The year 2019 marks … MoreRead more…
Outsourcing iceberg
A plan to rescue to beleaguered public sector outsourcing giant Interserve announced by the firm’s bosses today (6 January) is not guaranteed to work, Unite has warned.
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UNISON seeks peaceful resolution in Venezuela
Union issue statement on the current situation in the south American country
The article UNISON seeks peaceful resolution in Venezuela first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON spells out Brexit concerns
National executive council highlights three issues that need to be addressed to avoid ‘falling off a cliff’ next month
The article UNISON spells out Brexit concerns first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
George Orwell’s pay ratio
This, from The Lion and the Unicorn, popped into my head the other day:
II. Incomes. Limitation of incomes implies the fixing of a minimum wage, which implies a managed internal currency based simply on the amount of consumption-goods availab…Read more…
Recognise our hard work
Print workers at Suffolk firm, CPI William Clowes, who have been given just two pay rises in the last 14 years, will take a fourth day of strike action on Wednesday, February 14. Unite pledged…Read more…
Fee hike petition
A 38,000-signature petition protesting at the proposed 18 per cent fee hike for registration to the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) will be handed into the council’s chief executive on…Read more…
Groundhog Day dispute?
Workers, who operate the Woolwich Ferry used by an estimated 2.6m passengers a year, are to hold a ballot for strike action in a dispute over pay, health & safety, and lack of staffing. …Read more…
‘We can’t drop the ball’
Stitched into many trade union banners across the country and around the world are the words: “Celebrate our past, fight for our future.” If we don’t know where we have come from how do we…Read more…
What have the trade unions ever done for me?
Men's mental health at work: how unions can help men to open up
There is a national crisis of mental health, yet men are far less likely than women to seek help for their mental health issues.Read more…
Shareholders vs Ryanair: Gone-derman
I think that’s called a win:Having agreed this group strategy as the best way to grow Ryanair, Sun, Lauda and other possible airline brands, Michael O’Leary has agreed a new 5 year contract as Group CEO, which secures his services for the group until a…Read more…
Protect our auto industry
The government must not pull promised financial support for skills and innovation from Nissan following the firm’s decision to scrap plans to build X-Trail cars in the UK because of Brexit…Read more…