Austerity economics don’t add up, vote yes to keep your union’s voice, 18 October rally report, devolution submission, campaign against NHS PFI, violence against staff doubles, retired member wins claim, Bhopal remembered, celebrate learning and much more in this issue. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/siu/index.htmlRead more…
Speech: CWU Disability Conference, Leeds
I am privileged to be able to address you today. The work of disability activists within the CWU is essential to the future of this union. From your activity, and through your eyes, the problems…Read more…
Imagine if every school in your local area was stamped with a commercial logo
Rick Muir is Associate Director for Public Service Reform at IPPR. The case for ‘for profit’ providers in education rests on weak empirical foundations. The international evidence on the performance…Read more…
Our Future Free from Racism
This has been a momentous year for Scotland. The referendum, the Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup – the eyes of the world have been on us like never before.
I never doubted that as a people we would…Read more…
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO Referring to Decision No GWW 4th November 2014, your Southern Sub-Committee submits the following report:- “We note the…Read more…
Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life (The implications on unfair dismissal)
7 November 2014
By Michael Ford QC, Old Square Chambers
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POSTPONED: Lock v British Gas
6 November 2014
By Camilla Belich.
The Leicester Employment Tribunal is due to consider the CJEU decision on commission payment during holiday this February.
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What did the EU ever do for working people?
The UK’s often turbulent relationship with the European Union seems to be getting stormier by the day. With UKIP support rising to record levels, the Conservatives have been pushed into an…Read more…
2020 – A (not lot of) Library Space Odyssey –“Open the Library doors please HAL:” (Holographic Artificial Librarian)
Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus LinkedIn Last Tuesday at a full Council Meeting it was voted by a majority of one to go ahead with the Libraries Strategy.
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Profits are progressive
Gabriel Heller Sahlgren is research director at the Centre for Market Reform of Education and affiliated researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden. He’s also a…Read more…
Picturehouse Cinemas: Pay all your staff a living wage
Can you help BECTU put pressure on Picturehouses to pay a fairer wage to their dedicated staff from Exeter to Edinburgh? Sign the petition now!Read more…
Solidarity with the Kurds – or NATO-bashing?
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. At the November 1st demonstration in Trafalgar Square in support of besieged Kobane, it struck me that the speakers — and more broadly,…Read more…
NHS Scotland is under financial pressure and it’s going to get worse
NHS in Scotland is facing significant pressures at the same time as having to make major changes to services to meet future needs. That’s the key message from the latest Audit Scotland report on NHS…Read more…
A school is a vital community resource, let’s keep it that way.
Martin Johnson is former deputy general secretary of ATL and author of the TUC publication, Education Not for Sale. The real damage to England’s schools following the reforms of the last twenty-five…Read more…
Whoopi Goldberg: Speaking up for Working Families
Whoopi Goldberg:
Supporters the New York Working Families Party
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BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INTERSERVE -WATERLOO
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO
Our Ref: BR1/14/2
4th November 2014
Dear Colleagues
BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – INTERSERVE WATERLOO
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Let’s be bolder on tackling poverty pay during Living Wage Week
During Living Wage Week we should focus on ensuring that the 400,000 workers in Scotland on poverty pay are paid the living wage.
The idea behind a living wage is very simple. A worker should be…Read more…
Poverty pay has no place in 21st century Britain
Poverty pay has no place in 21st century Britain and we are working hard in UNISON to get employers to sign up to pay the living wageRead more…
Political Fund
To: All Branches, Regional Councils and Regional Organisers 3rd November 2014P11Circular No. NP222/14 Dear Colleague 96% Vote YES to…Read more…
Political Fund (Ballot Result)
To: All Branches, Regional Councils and Regional Organisers 3rd November 2014P11Circular No. NP222/14 Dear Colleague 96% Vote YES to retain the RMT Political Fund I am v…Read more…