On March 9th US President Obama signed an executive order declaring “a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections – vote to Reclaim our Union!
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Greece Nazi occupation: Athens asks Germany for €279bn
The Greek government says Germany owes Greece nearly €279bn (£204bn; $303bn) in war reparations for the Nazi occupation during World War Two. It is the first time Greece has officially calculated…Read more…
Spy in the cab
Angered over a tracker device measuring workloads inaccurately, more than 300 engineering service workers employed by lift firm Kone took strike action today (April 7). The vehicle tracker device, known as VAMS, has shown itself to be unreliable, Unite contends. For example, one driver was alleged to have driven 1,000 miles in one day […]
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Strong message
Unite kicked off its fight back against mass privatisation of Bromley council services today (April 7), in day one of a widely supported two-day strike. Unite members working in libraries, adult services and parks, among other areas, are participating in the walk-out as the Conservative-led Bromley council embarks on a privatisation programme which will […]
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A stark choice
We can choose between safeguarding our public services and increasing the spending power of working people; or five more years of vicious cuts to vital services, and to the pay and conditions of our…Read more…
Support The Campaign to Keep Stoke-On-Trent TUC Studies Unit Open
Support the campaign to oppose the closure of Stoke-On-Trent College TUC Studies Unit. A poster is available for display – defend tuc studies unit For further info on the closures please email rfoulkes@live.co.uk A link to a radio interview done … Continue reading →Read more…
Signing up to save NHS
“The NHS is one of the country’s most treasured institutions. But its future is under serious threat.” That is the warning of more than 40 signatories – including Unite’s Len McCluskey and Hollywood actor Michael Sheen – to a letter published in today’s Guardian to mark the launch of the People’s Convention for the NHS. […]
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Annual elections, trade union democracy and trade union organising
I’ve had to pop out of the office this morning to attend a meeting of the Development and Organisation (D&O) Committee of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) ahead of tomorrow’s NEC meeting which will agree NEC policy positions on items on the Preliminary Agenda for our National Delegate…Read more…
CoE launches new online platform to record violations of journalists’ rights
The Council of Europe has launched a new online platform to record violations of journalists’ rights. Hosted on the Council’s website, the platform will help compile information on…Read more…
Is Your Vote Going to the Henry Jackson Society?
THERE’s more to politics than party leaders appearing on television and supporters canvassing for your vote. Amid all the messages I’m seeing on Facebook concerned with the May 7 general…Read more…
Airport security workers walk out over equal treatment
Prospect members working in airport group HIAL’s security company AMSL have begun a 48 hour strike over a six-year-long battle for equal treatment. Prospect national secretary Alan Denney said: “We put in our claim in October but have yet to receive an offer from the employer in response to this. Not only that, we’ve seen […]Read more…
Campaign to Save Trade Union Studies Unit SOT College From Closing
This branch is supporting the campaign to keep the Trade Union Studies Unit at Stoke-On-Trent College open. A poster is available for display – defend tuc studies unit For further info on the closures please email rfoulkes@live.co.uk A link to … Continue reading →Read more…
NUT members back ballot for industrial action
NUT members are to ballot for industrial action should the next government fail to increase funding for schools in England and Wales. Delegates at the union’s annual conference agree to hold the ballot and to hold discussions with other teaching unions over post-election spending cuts proposed by both Tory and Labour parties. NUT general secretary […]Read more…
Teaching unions hold merger talks
NUT believes single teachers’ union is in the best interests of the professionRead more…
Why are older teachers losing their jobs?
NASUWT and NUT are concerned at discrimination against senior members of staffRead more…
Why this election matters – public services
‘They are all the same!’ is perhaps the most common response of the politically uncommitted at election time. I’ve been involved in elections since I was twelve years of age and if I’m honest there…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2015
Tomorrow (April 7) ballot papers should be starting to drop though the home letter boxes of 1.3 million UNISON members up and down the country.
Every 2 years all members of the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) are up for re-election. The UNIS…Read more…
The Deficit Myth:
Ramesh Patel. Finally! Exposed! The Deficit Myth! So, David Cameron When Are You Going to Apologise? Posted: 24/10/2012 14:52 BST Updated: 03/04/2015 11:59 BST “A lie gets halfway around the…Read more…
Teachers to Ballot for Strike Action:
Teachers to ballot over school funding walk-out Teachers have backed calls for a ballot on strike action over shortfalls to school funding in England and Wales. The National Union of Teachers claims…Read more…