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BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INTERSERVE WATERLOO
Circular No IR/343/14 To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional Councils Our Ref: BR2/19/123rd December 2014 Dear Colleagues BREAKDOWN IN INDUSTRIAL…Read more…
Don’t let UKIP panto take the spotlight off low pay and exploitation
In the last few weeks we all seem to have been given tickets to an extended UKIP panto complete with a string of offensive racist/sexist/homophobic/fill in the blank one-liners and a gay donkey. While the papers are having a field day with this silly season, it shouldn’t distract us from the…Read more…
Is this the end of Local Government?
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Merry Red Crimbo
This is my favourite Christmas video. I have stopped sending cards and instead have donated money to further world revolution (aka Children in Need).
Merry Crimbo to all my Labour Party and trade union comrades and here is hoping for a change of …Read more…
UNISON | Special local government conference 2015 24 March!
http://www.unison.org.uk/about/events-and-conferences/national-conferences/special-local-government-conference-2015/
The challenge now is how to use the Special Conference on Tuesday 24 March. We need not only to consider the agenda for the Conference itself but also how we use this occasion to…Read more…
Tenants’ Win, and Russel Vindicated
I’VE never been a fan of Russel Brand. Just not my cup of tea. I’ve never watched his programme, didn’t like his treatment of Andrew Sachs or talk about “booky-wook”, and I went as far as to…Read more…
Support Locked Out Workers At Sherwin Alumina, Texas
The holiday season is upon us, and unfortunately, some of our brothers and sisters are going without paychecks because of attacks from huge corporate companies. This includes United Steelworkers and…Read more…
RSTES OF PAY & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 2014 – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS At a further meeting with the company it made a final offer as follows:-&…Read more…
Rates of Pay & Conditions Service 2014 -South West Trains
TO ALL BRANCHES WITH SOUTH WEST TRAINS MEMBERS Dear Colleagues, RATES OF PAY & CONDITIONS SERVICE 2014- SOUTH WEST TRAINS At a further meeting…Read more…
An early Xmas present for the Tories
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October 2014 Pay Talks Update
To advise that your negotiators met with the company on the 18th December 2014 to discuss the October 2014 pay review.
The company made a revised offer as below:
Option 1
Year 1 – an…Read more…
October 2014 Pay Talks Update
To advise that your negotiators met with the company on the 18th December 2014 to discuss the October 2014 pay review.
The company made a revised offer as below:
Option 1
Year 1 – an increase of 2.1% with a minimum increase of £450.00
Year 2 – An increase based on RPI (for August 2015…Read more…
Winter Fuel Grant 2014 From There For You
There For You have launched their Winter Fuel Grant application for winter 2014/2015. There is one application per household and the maximum grant is £40. There is a limited amount of funds available for the grant and once exhausted no … Continue reading →Read more…
A quarter of a million jobseekers approaching their second Christmas in a row on the dole
Silver bells ringing through the city are as sure a sign as any—Christmas is nearly upon us yet again. For some of us, it is a time of delightful food, visits with family, and colourful packages nestled ‘neath the tree. Yet, for too many of our neighbours, it is stark reminder of just how…Read more…
Safety inspections are not optional – Governments should respect international law and protect workers (so should employers)
Hat tip TUC Risks. We need to stop our Government (and employers) ignoring international law and make them take responsibility for the safety of their workers. UK Employees who work for anti-trade union employers such as Ealing based Catalyst Hou…Read more…
No More Pinochets In Latin America – No To Coup Plotters in Venezuela! A VSC Emergency Appeal
The recent decisions of the U.S Senate, Congress and elements of the Obama Administration to indicate support for fresh sanctions against Venezuela, have shown why the VSC urgently need your…Read more…
Not letting A&E be a casualty
IT’S some years now since I was taken ill at the end of a day at work, and when the symptoms persisted after I got home, knowing my GP’s surgery would be shut, I rang NHS Direct. The…Read more…
A Christmas Carol by the High Court
Scene:
Any solicitor’s office in the country (except the Strand).
Solicitor:
So, Ms Peasant you have been sacked because you are pregnant and you have come in for a free interview. Typical of your sort if I may say so.
Client:
It’s so unfair. I want to bring a claim. …Read more…
Worried about paying your winter fuel bill? UNISON is “there for you”
I am very proud of “There for you” (UNISON welfare) and the work it does for our members who are in financial hardship but we should never forget that often this hardship is caused by low pay, insecure employment and our rip off financial service…Read more…