“Sunrise doesn’t last all morning. A cloudburst doesn’t last all day…” The words of a son of bus driver, active trade unionist and shop steward, George Harrison – the…Read more…
The Happiness report – Food for thought
There has been a lot in the press about the World Happiness Report that was published today by Sustainable Development Solutions Network, an initiative under the United Nations. This aims at…Read more…
Fighting to keep NHS in public hands
“The care and treatment I have received from the NHS and the support I have received from Unite has both been amazing, ” says 21 year-old Callum Stanland, a Unite member from Grimsby who began work…Read more…
Saving Our Safety Net Fact of the Week: more and more workers need help with their rent
It’s getting harder and harder for low-paid workers and their families to find the money for the rent. Official figures published today show that rents charged by private landlords rose 2.1 per cent; wages on the other hand had risen just 1.7 per cent in the most recent figures. And wages have been…Read more…
Signal Failure – Rail privatisation & the fight against it
20 years ago I wrote a pamphlet for the Thames Valley District Council of the RMT. The text on the back page reads: “Rail privatisation is a universally unpopular measure save for a few ‘free market’ ideologues and managers looking to make a financial killing in line with the top…Read more…
Building better public services
Public service reform should be built from the bottom up through local democracy rather than centralisation. However, no reforms will be effective unless they are fully funded.
I have written a…Read more…
Barnet UNISON Strike Picket Line details
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Scottish colleges “save” £99m while sacking 10% of staff
UNISON also says more than 300 staff at paid less than the Living WageRead more…
“You’ve lost your job, here’s £50″ – union slams ‘rotten’ fruit firm redundancy offer
Unite members being balloted for industrial action at Yorkshire Fresh FruitsRead more…
The shame of Rana Plaza two years on: victims still awaiting compensation
TUC also calls for an end to widespread violence against trade unions in BangladeshRead more…
USW Chemical Solutions Number 2
Download at the link below the excellent United Steelworkers Newsletter for Chemical Workers : Chemical Solutions Issue 2 with articles on Health & Safety, Dow, BSAF etcRead more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2015: John Gray Election Statement
Your existing NEC memberI am seeking your support for my re-election as one of your two members of the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) for Community, which is the part of the union for members who work in the voluntary sector, housing associa…Read more…
Envy of the globe
Polls have consistently shown, both months ago and now, with the election only two weeks away, that the NHS is the issue of highest concern to voters. And there’s a reason why the…Read more…
UNISON condemns colleges for ‘hiding’ £99m in arms length foundations
Thursday 23 April 2015
UNISON Scotland has condemned colleges for moving £99m into ‘Arms Length Foundations’ while cutting student services and ignoring low pay.
UNISON welcomes research by the Educational Institute for Scotland, which shows that while £99m has been siphoned off into off campus bank accounts. The sector has cut staff by 9.3% (over the last three years alone). And over 300Read more…
Evidence shows legal aid reforms led to huge rise in self-representation and increased costs to the taxpayer
“The available evidence indicates that the proportion of litigants appearing before the civil and family courts without legal representation…has increased since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) took many civil and private law children and family…Read more…
Barnet UNISON confirm two day strike begins next week 30 April and 1 May 2015.
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Barnet UNISON Press Release: 23 April 2015
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Vote FOR Resolution 22 at the National Express AGM
In less than two weeks, the day before the election, National Express has its annual meeting. Resolution 22 on the agenda is a shareholder proposal drafted and filed by three local authority pension funds that are members of the Local Authority Pension…Read more…
Irish social workers win demand for proper jobs
In Ireland February 2014, on foot of revelations that a “new graduate scheme” was being planned for newly qualifying social workers through the Child and Family Agency, social work students,…Read more…
International Workers’ Memorial Day
International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April 2015 is our day to remember the dead and fight for the living. Up to 50,000 people die each year in the UK from work-related ill health and…Read more…
Queen’s Brian May backs the NHS Paty’s Louise Irvine in Surrey:
Why Brian May is backing Louise Irvine, and why Hunt could be facing a Portillo moment PRESS RELEASE to local press this week. Why Brian May is backing Louise Irvine – and why Hunt could be facing a…Read more…