Members of Unite employed by waste management provider, Veolia UK, in Cheshire, are set to begin a series of strikes beginning on Friday, December 21, in a dispute over unpaid shifts. The…Read more…
‘Tremendous solidarity’
Members of Unite, employed by housing charity Shelter, are celebrating victory after agreeing a vastly improved pay offer. The decision to accept the new deal means that the scheduled strike due to…Read more…
‘Carillion Mark Two’?
Another Carillion may be on the horizon, Unite has warned, as outsourcing firm Interserve’s shares plummeted this morning (December 12) and its future hangs in the balance. Interserve, which…Read more…
The government should lower retirement age for ambulance staff, says UNISON
Make ambulance retirement age the same as the other emergency services
The article The government should lower retirement age for ambulance staff, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Why a light touch approach to the disability pay gap fails disabled workers
Voluntary reporting on pay gaps often ends in disaster – we need mandatory reporting now.Read more…
Newham Council to invest £120m in improving existing council homes
“Newham Council’s housing stock will be improved as part of a £120m investment programme, to drive up standards for residents and ensure our council homes are safe and well maintained.
The commitment was set out as part of the Housing Revenue Account …Read more…
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 2018
Off message but last month as a birthday treat I went with Gill for a weekend in Portsmouth to visit once again its Historic Navy Dockside. It is well worth a visit if anyone is interested or curious about our naval history.
Many years ago I read all …Read more…
Interserve / Kier Group short selling etc
Following on from Kier Group (and Carillion, of course) it looks like Interserve is facing some serious financial pressure. According to the FT there are “rescue” talks underway that involve a debt for equity swap that would largely wipe out existing s…Read more…
Grinning Tory MPs and Food Banks
Check out this article in “NewStateman” on “When Tory MPs visit foodbanks – Armed with tins of beans and bags of sugar, elected representatives of this government have been posing alongside the damage they’ve done.”
I do not for minute pret…Read more…
Tories’ NHS ‘cynical ploy’
The head of the NHS is kicking back at government attempts to make it seem as if the £20.5bn of extra funding announced in the budget will improve the health service more than it will, according to…Read more…
Cammell Laird strike action suspended
Unite members at the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird have agreed to suspend industrial action after the shipbuilder agreed to a four week pause to plans to make 291 people redundant, it was…Read more…
Court gives green light for pickets to challenge CCRC
07 December 2018
By Eileen Turnbull and Harry Chadwick, Shrewsbury 24 Campaign
On Friday 9th November 2018 the Shrewsbury pickets won an important victory in their long struggle to overturn their…Read more…
Court gives green light for pickets to challenge CCRC
07 December 2018
By Eileen Turnbull and Harry Chadwick, Shrewsbury 24 Campaign
On Friday 9th November 2018 the Shrewsbury pickets won an important victory in their long struggle to overturn their…Read more…
England’s school staff asked to vote on effect of cuts
UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding
The article England’s school staff asked to vote on effect of cuts first…Read more…
Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2019
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union is now £10.20 an hour
The article Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2019 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Volunteers taking on police roles as cuts continue to bite
Cash-strapped police forces are filling some key job vacancies with unpaid volunteers amid ongoing cutbacks, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The number of police support volunteers…Read more…
Brexit is making everyone poorer – except the rich
While Tory Brexiteers scramble to get their millions out of the UK before we leave the EU, workers are already counting the cost from years of economic uncertaintyRead more…
Capita recruits employee directors
Just a “workers on boards” nugget, but Capita has announced it is seeking to recruit two employee directors. You can read the press blurb here or the story in the Times here.
When I dug around a bit I discovered that this had actually been announ…Read more…
‘Excellent service’ cuts plan paused
Reassurances are being sought on the future of the Derbyshire psychotherapy service that works with adults traumatised as children by severe abuse, such as sexual and physical abuse, following a…Read more…
Record recruitment figures announced at NEC meeting
UNISON’s final NEC meeting of 2018 opened with “good news to end the year on and a great way to start 2019”. A report on the month-long campaign for growth that the union ran in November – or…Read more…