A change is coming and it is beautiful! Thousands march to demand same sex marriage in Northern Ireland.Read more…
Public sector jobs – the regional dimension
Earlier today the Office for National Statistics published the quarterly Public Sector Employment figures. I suppose the headline was the fact that the number working in public sector jobs has fallen another 43,000 over the past year, but I was just as…Read more…
Media Baron Denis O’Brien Tries To Gag The Irish Media
On June 12th Uplift members delivered the open letter to Communicorp Head Office the company owned by Denis O’Brien.Read more…
Defending community hospitals
Unite Community members from across Devon will be starting a summer long campaign tomorrow (June 18), to highlight cuts to community hospital beds with a protest outside County Hall in Exeter. …Read more…
Squeezing every last drop
As the UK oil and gas industry meets in Aberdeen today (June 17) for its industry conference, Unite has delivered a stark warning to the industry that squeezing every last drop out of the workforce…Read more…
UNISON sets out a strategy to reverse the decline in public sector pay
#uNDC15 As our pay has declined, the rich simply get richer and richer. So UNISON will look to build support for progressive taxation systems, getting the message across that increasing pay will promote a healthier economy, and campaigning to change the neo-liberal policies that have been evident in not only Tory Governments but Labour ones too – policies that see the suppression of pay, theRead more…
National bargaining essential for members pay, terms and conditions
#uLDC15 Delegates backed a call from Northern Region for a range of supports to enable branches to campaign for in-house services and to keep the National Joint Council as the negotiating body for local government members’ pay, terms and conditions.
#uLGC15 Although Scottish delegates were not able to vote, East Dumbartonshire’s Tommy Robertson supported the motion but asked delegates “not toRead more…
School support staff don’t have enough hours in the day
#ulgc15 Scotland’s Carol Ball, Vice Chair of the Local Government Service Group Executive, called for support staff in schools to be properly recognised for their contribution to the wider education team, as delegates backed a campaign to reduce school support staff workloads alongside a campaign for increased funding and decent pay.
Carol said that a UNISON survey has shown that 80% of schoolRead more…
Unions are an integral part of Scotland’s Fair Work Convention
#uNDC15 Conference delegates backed a range of measures to combat the rise of vulnerable employment and casualisation across the UK and to restore decent jobs, decent pay and decent standards in the public, voluntary and private sector.
Scotland’s amendment highlighted the Working Together Review in Scotland which has led to the establishment of the Fair Work Convention – a stakeholder bodyRead more…
Give our members confidence that they can make a difference
#uNDC15 As conference condemned the growing inequality in this country and backed a national and international political campaign to rebalance the economy to deliver a fair distribution of wealth, Aberdeenshire’s Kate Ramsden issued a challenge to all delegates, calling on them to get the message out to our members that austerity is not just bad for our members and the services we provide, but isRead more…
#uNDC15 UNISON Greater London Regional delegation meeting
UNISON London branches have sent over 200 delegates to Conference.
At a packed regional delegation meeting on Monday evening, our elected regional reps Yvonne Green and Phoebe Watkins, briefed delegates on what to expect.
On Thursday evening all dele…Read more…
No to ‘regressive’ austerity policies
As the Northern Ireland power-sharing government faces a £600m black hole in its budget, the Treasury has offered to plug the gap with a loan in exchange for cuts to welfare and the public sector….Read more…
Government trade union reforms are a stain on the spirit of Magna Carta, says TUC:
Speaking ahead of today’s (Monday) 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “On the day when we rightly celebrate human rights and access to justice, our…Read more…
Two simple messages for David Cameron on Europe
Today I’m meeting Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament. Tomorrow, he’s meeting David Cameron to talk about Britain’s future in the EU. I’m asking Martin to make two clear points to David Cameron: 1. Cutting workers’ rights won’t win…Read more…
No Works for you. High street retailer issues ‘sign-or-be-sacked’ contracts to staff
GMB condemns company for treating its staff with “utter contempt”Read more…
Egypt: one of the terrible ten worst countries for workers’ rights
Egypt can be a tough place for workers with its cases of police brutality, mass arrests, abductions and attempted assassinations. In June last year, 500 workers of a national steel company protested…Read more…
The devil’s in the detail – ASLEF condemns Angel secret train sale
Union outraged as a third of Britain’s rolling stock is to be sold to a consortium of secretive investors from Abu Dhabi and AustraliaRead more…
Branch News from NDC Conference Glasgow 2015
Keep up with the daily events at our National Delegate Conference by reading the reports of our Branch Secretary and delegate Justin Ashton. You are invited to email him to let him know what you think of the report. All … Continue reading →Read more…
“Stand up to Cameron on behalf of workers everywhere” – TUC tells European Parliament leader
Frances O’Grady today meets President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz MEP.Read more…
MPs join fray over click bait-gate
Ten Birmingham MPs write to Trinity Mirror boss over newspaper closure plansRead more…