Some bus drivers in Nottingham and Derbyshire have had to resort to food banks to augment their low wages and a series of strikes are now planned in protest at poverty pay. Unite said that 160…Read more…
Access to justice threat
Workers up against unsafe employers will have little recourse to justice after being forced to pay their own legal fees if injured at work under new government plans. The government is…Read more…
It’s time to value our carers
Birmingham carers are on strike because the council thinks they’re an easy target for cuts
The article It’s time to value our carers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON calls on Salisbury NHS trust to rethink wholly owned subsidiary plans
UNISON warns that outsourcing hospital staff will create two-tier workforce as trust starts a month of consultations
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Childcare costs rocket three times faster than wages since 2008
Nursery costs have risen by more than 50% over the last decade, while earnings for the aveage working family grew by a paltry 17%Read more…
“Len McCluskey hits out as he joins fellow union bosses in urging party to adopt full IHRA definition”
Well said! elected General Secretary of UNITE, Len McCluskey who gave support in advance of the Labour Party NEC meeting on Tuesday, where the issue regarding the IHRA definition will be discussed and hopefully begin to be resolved.
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Walter Tull & 11 November 2018
A couple of weeks ago I went to Folkestone (via the high speed rail link in 46 minutes) for a Friday night beer and curry with an old mate. The following morning hangover cure was a brisk walk along the beach and back along the prom.
Near the town War…Read more…
No Deal Brexit Papers Exercise In Pantomime and Menace
By Ben Norman, Research Officer at Unite the Union And so, perhaps inevitably, it’s come to this. After almost two years of Brexit talks between the EU and Britain’s best interlocutors (plus David…Read more…
Personal spending squeeze
Four in ten people have less than £6.60 per day to spend on themselves after their bills have been paid, a survey by the Nationwide Building Society has found. In the UK people have on…Read more…
‘Wholly inadequate’
Unite the union has described a pay offer made to the union’s nursing members working on Jersey as wholly inadequate. Unite has described the proposals as being overly complicated and that the…Read more…
Review: Vox by Christina Dalcher
In the near future, a populist demagogue comes to power in America and rolls back decades of progress on women’s rights. In the end, women are forced to wear bracelets which limit the number…Read more…
Wonga collapses
Payday lender Wonga — which gained notoriety over the last decade for its aggressive debt collection practices, eye-watering interest rates and dogged tax avoidance — collapsed into administration…Read more…
August: it was no holiday
There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work
The article August: it was no holiday first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Pay Up Now! – for the full NHS team
If health workers are one team, then all should receive the same pay rise: UNISON is campaigning to bring this about
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‘Solidarity not charity’
Mary*, mother of three children ages 7,5 and 2, has little faith in the social safety net that’s supposed support her and her family. “The Job Centre just isn’t interested in helping someone…Read more…
‘Draconian’ dress code
Unite has described a new ‘appearance and standards’ code for all staff employed by south Yorkshire police as being ‘draconian’ and not reflecting society. The code was introduced without…Read more…
‘Seriously out of line’
Private tenancies are “unaffordable” for the majority of low income families because housing benefit is “so seriously out of line” with renting costs, new research has found. Struggling…Read more…
‘Cliff edge’ Brexit threat
UK car manufacturing output fell by 11 per cent in July compared to the same month last year new figures show – as Brexit uncertainty continues to plague the automotive sector. The latest…Read more…
Disability Pay Gap Reporting – It’s all about informed choice
Today the EHRC has formally recommended to the government that they put in place legislation to force employers to monitor and address their disability related pay gap.Read more…
Ensuring migrants’ rights are respected helps to ensure a fair deal for all workers
Today the Migration Observatory released a report highlighting how the introduction of work permit schemes after Brexit could increase the risk of exploitation of migrant workers and undercutting.Read more…