Unite has called on Birmingham city council to respect its own employees and end the bin strike, after the High Court judge rejected the council’s application for an injunction to block the…Read more…
#SaveHondaSwindon
An online petition urging Honda to stay in the UK and rethink plans to close its Swindon factory is being launched today (March 1) as workers crank up their campaign to #SaveHondaSwindon, their union…Read more…
Unison’s aches, pains and strains campaign
28 February 2019 was national RSI – or repetitive strain injury – awareness day and Unison is taking the opportunity to launch a campaign for better management of all musculoskeletal injuries. The union has conducted research into a random sample ̷…Read more…
We felt the love in February
February is the month of romance, what with Valentine’s Day and Heart UNISON week – and UNISON members were definitely feeling the love during the last 28 days.
The article We felt the love in…Read more…
Fix probation flaws by returning services to public ownership, says UNISON
NAO report shows failures of privatised probation contracts
The article Fix probation flaws by returning services to public ownership, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A guilty verdict for privatised probation
UNISON Industrial Action Working Group
euThis afternoon I chaired a meeting of a UNISON working group on industrial action at our headquarters in Euston, London (with an NEC member from the West Midlands video conference into the meeting).
While taking industrial action (strikes, overtimes…Read more…
Share success with staff call
It’s been a good start to British Airways 2019 – the year in which the airline marks its 100th anniversary. Kicking off the celebrations with a star studded ad campaign featured luminaries of the…Read more…
MoD under pressure
Unite is asking for a meeting with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over its ‘catastrophic failure’ to contact the estimated 1,000 former employees, who could have been exposed to asbestos while…Read more…
New proposals could help protect the NHS from an uncertain world post-Brexit, says UNISON
Welcome for reforms which could remove NHS competition
The article New proposals could help protect the NHS from an uncertain world post-Brexit, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Totally unacceptable’
Over 400 employees at Delphi Technologies are being balloted for industrial action over the closure of their final salary pension scheme which could cost some workers tens of thousands of pounds….Read more…
‘Shameful’
In the latest chapter of the Birmingham bin strike saga, Unite met Birmingham council yet again at the High Court this morning (February 28) as the council now seeks an injunction – using Tory…Read more…
Prejudice against council housing
Russell Holland’s extraordinary outburst reported in the Advertiser ( £400k for no houses ‘money down the drain’) shows his prejudice … MoreRead more…
UNISON launches campaign to combat musculoskeletal injuries
Launch comes on national RSI awareness day as research reveals another cost of austerity
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Public service workers deserve better than poverty wages, says UNISON
Living Wage Foundation data shows extent of low wages
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Nursery school funding welcome but more needed, says UNISON
Commenting on the government’s announcement of £24 million in additional interim funding for maintained nursery schools, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This additional funding gives…Read more…
Work Your Proper Hours Day – let’s get tough on unpaid overtime
UK workers gave their employers £32 billion of free labour last year – a staggering total of two billion unpaid hours.Read more…
Spreading the word in Newham – our Word Festival 25 Feb to 11 March 2019
On Monday evening I went to the launch of the “Newham Word Festival” with the Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and my fellow Deputy Mayor Charlene McLean. It was a lovely launch and great to meet lots of Newham residents who are so passionate about literature, art …Read more…
‘Staggering findings’
A shocking two-thirds of NHS workers have become ill from stress on the job in the last year, a new staff survey has found. The poll of nearly half a million workers at more than 200 NHS…Read more…
Carney ‘no deal’ warning
There is no way the UK can prepare for a no deal Brexit, and growth is “guaranteed” to fall if the country crashes out of the EU, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told MPs yesterday…Read more…