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“One of the largest industrial disputes in the housing association sector has been averted after a landlord compromised on plans to change its employees’ terms and…Read more…
As the ILO debates how to improve working conditions in Global Supply Chains, Employers are resisting responsibility for malpractice in those chains and some governments are time wasting The efforts of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to pre…Read more…
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Perhaps the most interesting contribution at today’s meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) was from the Assistant General Secretary who drew to our attention the recent…Read more…
As part of Carers Week, UNITElive is publishing a series of stories featuring Unite members who care for their relatives or work in the care sector. In today’s final instalment, Emma explains…Read more…
If the UK votes for Brexit on 23 June in the hope of a better NHS, what the country will really be voting for is a weaker, poorer, more overstretched service. One where patients can’t help but notice…Read more…
This week Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson warned of the risks of leaving the EU for disability rights. The response from a Vote Leave spokesman was that the UK outlawed disability discrimination long before the EU did and that “EU governments have a terrible track record in protecting the disabled,…Read more…
Last November, chancellor George Osborne announced in his spending review details of the defence budget – he pledged that the MoD would deliver £9.2bn in savings, much of which would come from both…Read more…
UNISON executive prepares for EU referendum and union conference
The article EU campaign will focus on NHS and racism around migration, NEC first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Today I’ve attended a meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council at the UNISON Centre in the Euston Road.
I’ll blog a proper report of the substantive content of the meeting shortly but thought I would share one or two unusual happenings (for those…Read more…
East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week
The article Nottingham signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
I missed the severity of the warnings from the OECD last week. And am struck how their policy recommendations appear almost explicitly directed to the Chancellor. Here is George Osborne in his Budget speech : The British economy is resilient because wh…Read more…
Get read for July’s celebration of the whole NHS team, including our new awards for health heroes
The article It’s almost time for our One Team parties first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
I think it is safe to say that teachers and school leaders are very cross with the Government at the moment. It takes a lot to get the profession in such an agitated state, but relentless workload,…Read more…
The Algerian authorities have jailed many labour activists, in effect, for protesting unemployment…Read more…
Everything we achieve today is built on the work of people like Mike Dempsey – and for that we owe him a tremendous debt.
The article Mike Dempsey – a much missed friend of our union first…Read more…
UNISON has welcomed a decision to ditch plans that would have allowed police and intelligence agencies to spy on unions. Trade union activity will now be exempt from police interception warrants…Read more…
There was a major climbdown from the government in last night’s parliamentary debate on the Investigatory Powers Bill, in response to an opposition amendment. The minister conceded changes that will protect unions from police warrants to seize phone records or emails. The Bill, which more people…Read more…
January 17, 1942 – June 4, 2016 Tribute to Muhammad Ali On June 4, 2016, Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century passed away in a Phoenix, Arizona hospital. He had been…Read more…