Conference discussed the importance of supporting and recruiting disabled staff and of supporting staff with mental health problems
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Conference discussed the importance of supporting and recruiting disabled staff and of supporting staff with mental health problems
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UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.
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Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the…Read more…
For September 2018 members in the West Midlands Region received £77248.75 in compensation payments for Personal Injury Claims. It always pays to be a Unison member!! AdvertisementsRead more…
Ace comments by a British Army veteran, Sgt Major Glenn Haughton, about racists in the British Army.
“Haughton’s service medals include the Gulf Medal, the General Service Medal, the Iraq Medal, and the Operational Servic…Read more…
Mental health workers are struggling under unsustainable workloads, an NHS watch-dog has found. Unite called for better funding for mental health services to deal with the issue, with Labour…Read more…
Unite members at Cammell Laird gave their unanimous backing to hold a ballot for industrial action today (October 15) over bosses’ plans to slash approximately 40 per cent of the Birkenhead…Read more…
Unite’s finance sector, which has 130,000 members, is among the union’s largest groups. Unite has long campaigned tirelessly on issues important to finance members, including on pay, job security,…Read more…
Falling numbers of EU nationals working in the NHS have sparked fears that already worrying staff shortages in the health service will only be further exacerbated post-Brexit. The latest…Read more…
Unison Retired Members of this branch are hosting a free community meal at the YMCA Hanley on Friday 2 November at 12 midday – ymca community meal 2 november 2018. Everyone welcome. AdvertisementsRead more…
Further education colleges play a vital role in the fabric of our local communities. They are one of the key building blocks of our education system, yet they are being chipped away by a government…Read more…
Features in this report include: Families Against Corporate Killing Grenfell Tower Tragedy Investigating Incidents & Injuries Fire Risk Inspections Fighting Sexual Harassment and much more. Well worth a read… Hazards Conference Delega…Read more…
Harnessing Japan’s history and culture of innovation can help its declining working population provide for the growing number of retireesRead more…
This afternoon Gill and I went on a walk organised by the local conservation and wildlife group called WREN in the “flats” (ancient heath land, part of Epping Forest, now owned and managed by the City of London) right next door to where we live.
Just a couple of bits of info relating to Patisserie Holdings – the company behind Patisserie Valerie.
I had a quick look at filings to see if there was anything of note. One interesting disclosure is this TR1 notice showing that back in April Blackro…Read more…
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I was little late turning up to the Greater London UNISON Regional Council on Thursday, so missed the guest speakers from Camden UNISON on their dispute with Parking Contractors NSL on poverty pay (see UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, on th…Read more…
Just a quick round-up of some news that relates to the issue of worker representation on boards. I think the fact that there is quite a bit is indicative of the shift in thinking that is going on.
1. This is old, but I had totally missed it. Mears Gro…Read more…
Since the introduction of licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 has been collected from rogue landlords renting out houses in multiple occupation.
Newham’s Private Rented Sector (PRS) licensing scheme began five years ago but was forced, by governme…Read more…
Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, has pointed to the decline in trade union power as a key factor in the last ten years of real wage stagnation, alongside the rise of insecure work, low productivity and automation.
Speaking to tr…Read more…