Holding down pay will worsen a bad situation
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Coffin makers go on strike
It’s an increasingly familiar story – workers described as “essential” at the height of the pandemic, then quickly forgotten as the cost of living crisis takes hold, are now taking a stand by going on strike. But the latest workforce to follow this trajectory had a particularly sombre – but crucial – duty as Britain’s […]
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The Tories’ ‘minimum service levels’ legislation could face legal challenge
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Council workers accept deal that will give lowest-paid 10.5%
Members across NJC unions vote to accept pay offer – the highest in a decade
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Public sector pay cuts are the worst possible response
Government has no grasp of real people’s lives
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Mileage rate rise needed urgently for public sector staff
Workers cannot go on subsidising employers while driving for work
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Blog: The government paves the way for Austerity 2.0
‘Austerity affects peoples’ lives so profoundly that its legacy can last for generations, and it is a false economy with a price that isn’t worth paying
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Vote yes for the NHS: UNISON urges backing for strike action
UNISON recommends members vote ‘yes’ for strike action in order to fight for a better pay deal and to help the NHS recruit and retain staff
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Mobilise to save the planet
UNISON is urging members to take part in the global day of action on the climate crisis on 12 November
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“Do you know about work-related stress? Take the test”
Hat tip to the Health & Safety Executive & IOSH. If you care about stress at work and what to do about it then give this short quiz a go.”A report from Deloitte puts the total annual cost of poor mental health to UK employers at £56 billion – t…Read more…
‘We must be united for battles ahead,’ says UNISON president
Andrea Egan addresses disabled members’ conference and praises delegates for their work on the Year of Disabled Workers
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Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament
The bill now moves to committee stage, where UNISON will submit expert evidence on why a bonfire of workers’ rights is a bad idea
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Labour National Day of Action Canvass and Newham Labour Unions feedback on Lab22 Conference
Yesterday was a bit busy. In morning I helped out my UNISON branch to empty its office in Holloway Road then in the afternoon, I was a panel speaker at an informal feedback session in Newham to talk to Labour Union members on the recent Labour Pa…Read more…
Hypocrisy and Emergency Motion Two at UNISON National Disabled Members’ Conference
UNISON’s National Disabled Members Conference is in Brighton this weekend. As you might imagine, the large number of UNISON activists will be debating numerous motions addressing the interests of our many disabled members (among whom I suppose I should…Read more…
Delegates call for help to combat the epidemic of male suicide
In 2020, 4,880 men and boys ended their lives – but gender stereotypes make it harder to men to talk about problems facing them
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‘We want workplaces to thrive – the Tories want to curtail unions’
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people tells conference that the Conservatives show their contempt for disabled people
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Disabled members look to the legacy of 2022
Meeting in Brighton, delegates look at the legacy of this year’s Year of Disabled Workers
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General secretary urges members to ‘vote, vote, VOTE’ in NHS ballot
Addressing UNISON’s disabled members’ conference, Christina McAnea says a strike would draw attention to the fact the NHS is already “on its knees”
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Time to say goodbye to our UNISON office & look forward to becoming a “virtual branch”
It was with mixed emotions this morning I travelled to my UNISON branch office in Holloway Road, Islington. Volunteers from the branch executive were meeting up to empty the office, since we had given notice to our landlord. As the former branch secret…Read more…
The new prime minister must get pay rising
One of the biggest challenges facing the new Prime Minister is addressing a pay crisis that the government in power has spent the past twelve years presiding over and bears a good deal of responsibility for. A top priority must be fixing it.
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