The Standing Orders Committee (SOC) for UNISON Local Government Conference has made the Conference agenda somewhat more eventful by admitting eight emergency motions to the…Read more…
Daylight robbery
Campaigners were joined by Dick Turpin and Black Bess to accuse the employment agencies running Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire, of ‘daylight robbery’ on Monday (June 13), in a…Read more…
Lessons of the UNISON Service Group Executive elections
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Safer to remain
The NHS is safer if the UK stays in the EU, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said today (June 14) at a TUC event, where he was joined by health workers, MPs and trade union leaders, including Unite…Read more…
Our NHS is safer in Europe: #NHSsaferIN
Today I’m proud to be joining NHS staff and supporters at a rally at Congress House. We’re coming together to say don’t risk a leave vote – Don’t risk our NHS. And there’s a lot to concern us, whether we work in the NHS or rely on it for our families’ health care. To start…
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Decision of the European Ombudsman on the Isle of Wight (information)
Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 1372/98/OV against the European Commission Case: 1372/98/OV Opened on 25 Jan 1999 – Recommendation on 13 Mar 2000 – Decision on 22 Mar 2001…Read more…
Renewing the Scottish Labour Party
The Scottish Labour Party consultation paper ‘Renewing Our Party’ has attracted some commentary that on occasions has bordered on the hysterical and certainly doesn’t reflect what the paper actually…Read more…
SGE election results
Download the summary results of this spring’s elections to the seven service group executives: local government, health, community, police and justice, higher education, energy, and water,…Read more…
Stronger in
Unite’s campaign is based on the message vote jobs, vote rights, vote Remain. Vote jobs – for the hundreds of thousands of our members, particularly in manufacturing, whose jobs depend on our…Read more…
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ over the NHS, says UNISON
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ in pretending to care about the NHS when they belong to a government that is to blame for ‘eye-watering’ public service…Read more…
Brexit could cost us 1 in 9 doctors and 1 in 6 nurses – #NHSsaferIN
By the latest HSCIC statistics almost 10,000 doctors and over 18,000 nurses have been able to come from the EEA area to work in the NHS – that’s about 9% of all doctors and 6% of all nurses. 10,000 more EEA migrants are employed as support staff. While migrant workers should not be used…Read more…
Branch Newsletter June 2016
Information in this edition includes: 175 Years of Chartism – Why The Vote Matters More Than Ever TTIP Benefits – What Benefits! Health & Safety Is Not A Dirty Word What It’s Like To Be LGBT In The Workplace – … Continue reading →Read more…
Would you trust this bunch of Brexiteers with the NHS? #NHSsaferIN
One of the strangest sights in this referendum has been the line of Brexit leaders queueing up to piously claim they’re really in this to help save the NHS. From early on, they’ve touted that leaving the EU would free up £350m a week to spend on the NHS. It doesn’t take long to debunk…
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Third strike over unpaid wages at 2018 World Cup stadium
All stakeholders involved in preparations for the 2018 World Cup, including FIFA, should work to ensure labour rights…Read more…
United we stand, divided we fall
Have you ever wondered where the expression “United we stand, divided we fall” comes from? It is a traditional trade union saying but I was surprised to find it is far older.
The ancient Greek Aesop’s “The Four Oxen and the Lion”
The fable reads as follows:
Moving vigil in Glasgow’s George Square for #Orlando attack victims. #LGBT #LoveWins
Activity based budgets and the future of UNISON
I won’t blog about the discussions underway between representatives of our National Executive Council (NEC) and of the branches proposing Motions 123 and 124 at UNISON National Delegate Conference concerning a possible Composite motion on branch funding, other than to express the hope that these…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ pay deal
One thousand bus workers at First Bus in Leeds took strike action today (June 13) in support of a pay claim that would properly reward them for their efforts in making the company a profitable one. …Read more…
Poorest hardest hit by Brexit
Just as the axe of austerity has fallen hardest on the poorest, so too, will low income families have to pay the dearest under a potential Brexit, according to a new report from a prominent economic…Read more…
Fujitsu national newsletter
You can download the latest Unite @ Fujitsu national "one per desk" newsletter, which focusses on the "Gimme 5" pay…Read more…