The 2015 Good Childhood Report comes to some chilling conclusions. Children in England were found to be among the most unhappy with their school life in the world. And their dissatisfaction…Read more…
Honorary degree for UNISON’s Dave Prentis
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis today (Friday) received an honorary degree from the Open University, marking his “commitment to lifelong, life-changing learning” in public services. At the…Read more…
The Chancellor drops his guard at the House of Lords – continued cuts are about the next financial crisis (and he moves the public debt goalposts to 100% GDP)
There was a significant exchange last week (Tuesday 8 September) ago in the House of Lords Treasury Select Committee. Sir Andrew Turnbull, head of the Civil Service (2002-2005), head of the Treasury (1998-2002) challenged the Chancellor on the real pur…Read more…
How (not) to choose a General Secretary candidate
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/16/gender-and-unity-in-the-labour-movement?CMP=share_btn_tw
Heather Wakefield has been keen to draw to the attention of UNISON branches the letter linked to above in the Guardian, in which a number of female…Read more…
Two week warning campaign highlights absurdity of Trade Union Bill’s social media proposals, says UNISON
UNISON has today (Friday) launched #TwoWeekWarning – an online campaign against proposed restrictions that could require unions to report planned social media activity to employers two weeks before…Read more…
Women in UNISON
When national newspapers (Gender And Unity In The Labour Movement – Guardian 17 Sept) are used to urge that its time for ‘a woman’ to lead UNISON perhaps its time to look at where women are in the…Read more…
Millions say no to TTIP
Set to be one of the largest bilateral trade agreements every negotiated, TTIP – the mammoth EU-US deal currently being negotiated in secret – has also garnered mammoth media attention. The…Read more…
White Rose: Helping CCS to bloom
Carbon Capture and Storage is critical to meeting climate change targets. Without it decarbonising the economy would cost £32 billion more a year by 2050.
The post White Rose: Helping CCS to bloom appeared first on ToUChstone blog.Read more…
Corbyn to speak at union event next door to Tory conference
Eleven general secretaries sign statement backing Labour leader’s anti-austerity policiesRead more…
Unite community members join residents in fighting care home bed cuts
Bristol City Council plans to axe five beds at the Bush residential unit for disabled childrenRead more…
Tolpuddle Martyrs’ tale comes to Parliament
Nigel Costley tells MPs what they can learn from the story of six farmworkers transported after campaigning against low payRead more…
Is this why the Tories hate trade unions?
Fascinating chart. Now, I know that not all Tories hate trade unions but none of their MPs voted against the Trade Union Bill second reading on Monday even though this is a basic democratic and human rights issue.
The chart shows that the income of th…Read more…
‘Paltry’ pay offer
Workers at a Leeds printing plate firm are going on a 48-hour strike over a ‘paltry’ pay offer from Sunday morning (September 20). About 50 Unite members at AGFA Graphics, Coal Road, Seacroft…Read more…
High cost of right to buy
More than one hundred thousand council homes across England will have to be sold to fund the Tories’ extension of right to buy, according to a new report released today (September 17) from housing…Read more…
Reduction in the Working Week, Guards/Commercial Guards – South West Trains
To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Circular No IR.215/15 Our Ref: BR2/000417th September…Read more…
David, David, David, boy!
The government says a key objective of the feed in tariff “is to give people a direct stake in moving to a low carbon economy.” A new video from the Banister House community solar project makes this appeal to the Prime Minister to stop the proposed tariff cuts: “David, David, David, boy!” an intern…Read more…
Guatemala: joker in the pack holds cards in election run-off
Guatemala has dodged the bullet of a ‘gangster President’, but will those remaining in the contest be willing and able to heal a country tearing itself apart? Guatemala has been gripped by protests…Read more…
Changes could mean sick staff being bullied back to work
UNISON voices concern over government’s changes to fit-for-work service
The article Changes could mean sick staff being bullied back to work first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Probation staff taking action short of strike
Probation workers are taking action short of strike between now and 2 October
The article Probation staff taking action short of strike first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
London Labour Film Festival 2015: Holding a mirror to working life
It’s very exciting for me to be back in the London Labour Film Festival programme this year (24-26 Sep 2015), as I participated actively in the first festival back in 2012. The LLFF is one of over…Read more…