From Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO The Supreme Court heard a case on June 27th (Janus vs. AFSCME Council 31) brought by the rich and powerful who are trying to take away your freedom to join in…Read more…
GMB’s victory for Hermes workers must not be a one off
Last week’s landmark legal ruling that Hermes couriers are workers was important, but there’s still a long way to go to ensure gig economy workers are treated fairlyRead more…
Greater London UNISON Welfare Quiz – Friday 20 July
GLR WELFARE QUIZSpecial Guest TBCPrizesRaffleWhen – Friday 20 July 2018: 5:00PMWhere – The Atrium, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, NW1 2AYFREE NIBBLES & DRINKSAll proceeds will go to UNISON WelfareQuiz will start promptly at 5:45P…Read more…
The Time Has Come for Sectoral Bargaining
By Larry Cohen, Chair of Our Revolution
It is now clear that enterprise-based organizing and bargaining in the U.S. has a dim future. U.S. workers’ collective bargaining coverage is back to early…Read more…
Reckless decision prompts third round of strike action at NHS Trust
The decision taken today (Wednesday) by the board of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust to push ahead with the outsourcing of hundreds of staff is reckless and foolhardly, says UNISON….Read more…
Pensions reform offers no easy options, but scale matters
Scotland’s largest pension scheme is considering major changes in the way it’s £42bn worth of assets are administered.
The Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (SLGPS) Advisory Board is…Read more…
Class Struggles in Scotland:
Shetland gas plant workers vote for industrial action 22 June 2018 Members of the Unite union at Total’s Shetland gas plant have voted to take industrial action. It comes amid a row over…Read more…
UNISON: NHS outsourcing is bad for staff and bad for patients
The planned outsourcing of staff at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust is not in the interests of staff nor patients, says UNISON. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has written to the head…Read more…
Working Conditions: When it’s too Hot to Work.
UK heatwave: When is it too hot to work? The warm weather can be a particularly relaxing time… if you are not working With a heatwave warning in place until Thursday for parts of the UK,…Read more…
Workers in the construction industry on a ‘blacklist’ due to their union activities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44581662/i-m-a-trade-unionist-not-a-terrorist Dave Smith was one of hundreds of workers in the construction industry put on a ‘blacklist’ due to their…Read more…
The shocking rise of TB in cows
New data shows bovine TB is on the rise in England, proving that independent meat inspectors are needed more than ever.
The article The shocking rise of TB in cows first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Chantal Mouffe again
I don’t agree with everything she says, but a lot of it is on the money:
Every order is the temporary and precarious articulation of contingent practices. The frontier between the social and the political is essentially unstable and requires constant d…Read more…
A defence of capital strategies as a tactic for unions
There have been a few bits and pieces recently that I have read that critique capital strategies from a labour movement perspective. I think these are generally helpful, and having worked in this field for a long time, I share some of the critical view…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link nominate Faiza Shaheen for Chingford & Woodford Green
Greater London UNISON Labour Link have given a supportive nomination to Faiza Shebeen to be the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the seat. There were a number of excellent UNISON members seeking nomination. I have seen Faiza speak at a num…Read more…
RBS branch closure demo
Unite members and local Labour Party activists will be demonstrating tomorrow (June 27) outside Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) South Street branch in Perth as the branch permanently closes its doors….Read more…
‘No social value’
Unite has called on the government to withdraw its decision to award the contract to privatise the Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters and defence workers, to troubled outsourcing company Capita,…Read more…
‘Short-sighted jobs killer’
The government’s decision yesterday (June 25) to scrap the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project is a “short-sighted jobs killer” and must be reversed, Unite said. The decision to pull the plug on…Read more…
‘No further delay’ call
MPs voted by a strong majority on Monday night (June 25) to back building a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport. Unite is the biggest union at Heathrow representing over 34,000 workers…Read more…
Create a “Shadow” Authority.
Create a “Shadow” Authority on the Isle of Wight. Now’s the time to think about a New Public Authority. The Civil Authority is in tatters. Since the electoral coup on the Isle of Wight the authority…Read more…
NHS outsourcing is bad for staff and bad for patients
The planned outsourcing of staff at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust is not in the interests of staff nor patients, says UNISON. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has written to the head…Read more…