Conference calls for full review of outsourcing as tide begins to turn
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Conference calls for full review of outsourcing as tide begins to turn
The article Councils are bringing public services back in house first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Conference calls for campaign to raise the profile of local government services and workers
The article Shout it from the rooftops, declares local government conference first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
This looks like a good event but I have clash that evening. Read more…
Service group conference gets under way in Brighton with rallying call
The article ‘Be bold, be active’, local government members urged first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The public could be at risk of eating contaminated and diseased meat because of failings at slaughterhouses, according to a survey of meat hygiene inspectors published today (Sunday) by UNISON. The…Read more…
This morning I went to the AGM of the Labour Housing Group which took place at Camden Town Hall. The LHG is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party, which as the name suggests, is a forum concerned with the political development of Labour ho…Read more…
The 150th Annual Trades Council Conference has unanimously passed a composite NHS motion from Cheshire, Calderdale and Derby Trades Councils, that calls on the TUC to take action to oppose…Read more…
“Meltdown Monday” on the Railways Exposes the Wrecking of Public Authority Striking railway workers at Newcastle central station this month A thorough breakdown in communication and…Read more…
June 14 marked the anniversary of the untold tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people lost their lives and which left the community traumatised and angry. The people themselves have…Read more…
DPRK-US Summit Meeting and Talks Held Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)…Read more…
AFL-CIO and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) issued a joint statement today on trade and multilateralism on June 15, 2018: The working people of the United States and Europe have been…Read more…
A troubling new practice of deducted the government’s Apprenticeship Levy from workers’ wages – on top of taxes meant to be paid by employers – has been described as a “new low” for rip off umbrella…Read more…
Universal Credit – the government’s flagship welfare reform rolling six benefits into one – was today (June 15) slated by a government watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) published a new…Read more…
Unite Community activists in Leeds have been praised by the parents of disabled children after their campaigning helped suspend plans to scrap school transport for the youngsters. Leeds City…Read more…
Digital offers unions ways to reach out to workers that we’d find hard to access traditionally, due to hostile employers, geographical dispersion or limited organiser resources. It can also provide…Read more…
Two-thirds of councils will be unable to replace all the homes sold under Right to Buy without significant reform of the system, according to the Local Government Association.The LGA this week released research it commissioned from property consultancy…Read more…
Nominations will open on 2 July for election to fill the Greater London reserved seat
The article NEC by-election first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Today I had a record breaking 3 meetings on Pensions. First I chaired a meeting of Greater London UNISON reps who sit on local Council Pension Boards (see group picture of Forum members above).
UNISON has cross service group national and regional foru…Read more…
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has called on health secretary Jeremy Hunt to pull the plug on GP at Hand, an online video GP consultation service that critics have said is defunding already overstretched…Read more…
Modern Scotland needs a major devolution of power, placing responsibilities and resources with citizens and communities. This means strengthening democracy through the ballot box and by giving people…Read more…