Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum
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Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum
The article September – and we are on song! first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
In a remarkable mutiny against their own party, Tory council chiefs in England have warned the “worst is yet to come” in brutal local authority spending cuts. The predominately Conservative…Read more…
After eight years of austerity, today’s revisions to the second quarter GDP figures suggest there’s no light at the end of the tunnel for workers feeling the squeezeRead more…
Two million out of the UK’s four million self-employed workers are now stuck on poverty payRead more…
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Staffordshire University employers have announced that they will move lower-paid staff into a “subco” or wholly-owned subsidiary company, …Read more…
The past few days at Labour conference have been great for both our party and our union. Few Labour conferences would provide such a strong argument for the importance of the Labour Link to UNISON…Read more…
Pirelli Tyres has been slapped with a £512,000 fine after two workers were injured in almost exactly the same way in accidents that occurred two years apart at the firm’s Carlisle site. The…Read more…
Unite, which represents cabin crew, is calling on British Airways (BA) to revoke an appallingly authoritarian and unjust decision which has resulted in its Hong Kong cabin crew being dismissed…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn said a no deal Brexit will be a “national disaster” that he will work to avoid as he met with EU officials in Brussels today (September 27) to discuss what would happen if Labour took…Read more…
Unite is gearing up for a legal battle with Sainsbury’s over a collective grievance by the union’s members in the long-running ‘sign or be sacked’ contracts row affecting 123,000 workers. …Read more…
The fight against NHS privatisation goes on as maintenance and estates staff at both York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have gone on…Read more…
I am now back in Newham from a very much “full on” Party conference in Liverpool. I think I attended 9 different fringes on housing, the conference housing debates and learnt from all the speeches and also from all the wide ranging Q&A sessions.
The UK stands at the crossroads. The country faces the prospect of crashing out of the European Union inflicting untold damage on our manufacturing industries if we are faced with no customs union or…Read more…
The dire threat posed to health visiting in the UK has long been highlighted by Unite – and today (September 26) Unite delegate Joyce Still brought that message to the Labour Party conference. …Read more…
Labour conference delegates were reminded of the clear and present dangers posed to the NHS through Tory privatisation by Unite today (September 26). First time speaker and Unite member Simon…Read more…
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ignited the party’s conference in his closing speech this afternoon (September 26) as he called for a “radical plan to rebuild and transform our country”. He paid…Read more…
Young families across the country are struggling because childcare costs are such a massive drain on their finances.
The article Childcare plans will make a huge difference to young families and…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech that shows Labour is a radical government in waiting, ready to unite our communities
The article UNISON reacts to Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the Labour Party…Read more…
On the final day of the Labour Party conference (September 26) Unite delegate Ian Bruce moved an emergency motion on the crisis facing the Royal Liverpool Hospital, which had been mothballed…Read more…
As we leave Labour’s 2018 annual conference the determination to be ready for a general election whenever it comes is strong. The message is clear we need to sweep these chaotic, heartless…Read more…