Three-year campaign has helped keep many homes open in Northern Ireland, but threats remain as politicians ‘bicker’
The article Prentis pays tribute to NI campaigners over NHS homes first appeared…Read more…
Time for the government to get its priorities straight
Instead of focusing on helping the country at a turbulent time, the government plans to undermine your right to be supported and represented. Will politicians see sense and drop the Trade Union…Read more…
UNISON Champion – June Poole RIP
I was shocked to hear the sad news that UNISON stalwart, June Poole, has passed away after a short illness. We were supposed to meet yesterday at the UNISON centre in London for a Board meeting of the Welfare Trustees.This meeting was cancelled out of …Read more…
Property Versus People
TOGETHER against evictions. Unite union flags on tenants’ demonstration. Which side is Labour on?
HOUSING campaigners and other friends are going to Lambeth County Court on Friday…Read more…
Speech to Cabinet on “Alternative Finance Proposal for Newham Pension scheme” (Special Purpose Vehicle)
Below is the full version of the speech I gave this afternoon at the crowded Cabinet meeting at Newham Dockside in support of last night’s recommendations by our Overview & Scrutiny Committee.The recommendation was that we should not spend up to £500k on a SPV for the pension fund without the…Read more…
Trade Union Bill and Scotland
The Trade Union Bill is an unwarranted interference in devolved public services and will wreck the modern approach to industrial relations in Scotland.
Today’s STUC conference was a first opportunity…Read more…
‘No Minister’
The independent watchdog given the job of monitoring government legislation by business secretary Sajid Javid has told him his own Trade Union Bill is “not fit for purpose”. The watchdog gave…Read more…
Displaced and dispossessed
Imagine you have lived on a large estate as part of a community for almost 10 years. You raise your two daughters there alone but you have the support of friends you have made close by. One by…Read more…
Niger: Transport unions win breakthrough agreement for all road transport workers
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) and its Nigerien member unions have secured an unprecedented whole-nation collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for Niger’s road transport…Read more…
Government’s claim of pay rise in NHS all smoke and mirrors says UNISON
UNISON has today slammed the government over a Treasury letter to the chair of the public sector Pay Review Bodies (PRB) – including the NHS PRB – which stated that not all staff will get a pay rise…Read more…
TV tips debate
Watch Dave Turnbull, Unite National Officer for food and drink talking about fair tips on ITV’s This Morning. If you haven’t already please sign the petition here
The post TV tips…Read more…
Interested in UNISON communications? Read on….
The August campaigns and communications
activist meeting at Dundee Discovery Point, was open to any UNISON member.
These meetings share good practice and
test new ideas. Sometimes we focus on particular issues like social
media, newsletters or basic communication skills; branches are also invited to
share learning from specific projects.
At this meeting activists took stock of UNISON Read more…
Thousands to march in Ireland against water charges!
As TEEU affiliates to Right2Water, campaign expects large turnout for Saturday’s National DemonstrationRead more…
Culture of fear
Contractors building the energy-from-waste plant at Wilton on Teesside are undercutting pay rates and using ‘exploitative’ employment practices say unions. Construction unions Unite, the GMB…Read more…
One share, one vote
I’ve only followed the progress of the Shareholder Rights Directive at a distance, but it strikes me that it provides a fairly important indicator that something is up. The abandonment of the ‘One share, one vote’ principle, and the encour…Read more…
The largest one-day fall on FTSE since 2009 in its historical context
Yesterday global stock exchanges had their worse day for many years, for some unmatched since the financial crisis of 2008. The FTSE fell by 4.55%, the largest daily fall since 2 March 2009 (when down 5.3%); when markets shut the index was at 5899, its lowest ‘close’ for almost three…Read more…
South West Ham Independent Labour Party – “Wanted £2000 For New Buildings”
Ht tip Captain Swing who noticed this in an ebay auction. I am not sure who “Treasurer Alderman W. Bell 15 Mafeking Road E16” or what was the “New Building” appeal or why the “Bullfinch”? but suspect he is the former Mayor of West Ham mentioned here ht…Read more…
Tube strike: Unite suspends action
Over 400 members of the Unite union have suspended industrial action at London Underground as a gesture of goodwill following progress in talks over the introduction of Tube night running. The…Read more…
Lebanese unions join You Stink protests over rubbish
Lebanon has been rocked by #YouStink anti-government protests as waste piles up in the streets. Port works struck over the dumping of rubbish in the harbour.Read more…
Join us in Manchester
On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference
The article Join us in Manchester first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…