‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’
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‘We believe the Court of Appeal got this decision completely wrong and will do everything we can to reverse it’
The article UNISON seeks leave to appeal on sleep-in case first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
New pension schemes will leave staff struggling to plan for retirement and significantly worse off in their old age
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The Social Mobility Tsar Should Aim To Get Decent Life Chances For Everyone”Today, we have more families than ever reliant on food banks and charities tell us that holiday hunger for kids is rife
Recently, the Social Mobility Commission chief, Dame Ma…Read more…
Unite has launched legal action on behalf of a group of low paid workers employed at Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments in the Gosport area who have had their working year unilaterally cut by…Read more…
Over 100 low paid cleaners at Luton Airport employed by Sasse Group are calling for their pay to be brought in line with the real living wage of £8.75. The workers who are responsible…Read more…
Drivers working for Greater Manchester’s Metrolink have accepted a ‘very good’ three year pay deal, Unite announced today (August 7). Unite hailed the package as ‘a great achievement’ which…Read more…
Struggling families in the North are being locked out of job opportunities because of unreliable and unaffordable public transport, new research has shown. The study, commissioned by the…Read more…
Virgin Care has hoovered up nearly £2bn of health service contracts over the last five years, new analysis that provides a worrying insight into the creeping privatisation of the NHS shows. In…Read more…
Our whole union stands by our members in Northamptonshire as they fight for their jobs, their pay and the services they provide. We will continue to do so, through whatever challenges they face next….Read more…
A new update by Glitch UK on how Social Media can protect freedom of speech and tackle the appalling abuse on their platforms.
ConclusionThe bottom line is that social media companies need to take greater responsibility for the activities that occur o…Read more…
A rural charity is producing a “village survival guide” after a survey revealed that many countryside residents feel isolated and ignored. Unite welcomed the move but said real change to…Read more…
Vile right-wing thugs attacked a socialist and trade union bookshop in central London on Saturday (August 4), prompting an outpouring of solidarity for the bookseller and its staff. Around a…Read more…
Unite has branded Tory plans to boost early years care services “ironic” given the party has spent years running them down. Tory MP Andrea Leadsom, who has been appointed chair of a new…Read more…
Unite has accused the government of washing its hands of thousands of workers who are experiencing the misery of being paid via an umbrella company. There has been a huge surge in the number…Read more…
Unite is due to hold talks with Sainsbury’s bosses on Wednesday (August 8) over a collective grievance by the union’s members in the long-running ‘sign or be sacked’ contracts row affecting 123,000…Read more…
Proposals by defence giant Babcock to close its site in Colchester, Essex, with the threat of 55 job losses, has ‘exposed’ the company’s shortcomings, Unite said today (August 6). Unite called…Read more…
London cab drivers are banding together in a potential group legal action against ridesharing app Uber for damages and loss of earnings reportedly totalling more than £500m. Unite’s Cab…Read more…
With Brexit day approaching fast, working people still don’t know what will happen to their hard-won rights when we leaveRead more…
Dave Prentis comments on a report from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) into Universal Credit failings.
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I have asked London Cycling Campaign on twitter whether a more modern version of this (1915) appeal be something they would support?
One response I got back expressed concern at the lack of concern about cyclists bad teeth.
Hat tip War Art on tw…Read more…