The future of the UK’s largest steelworks hangs in the balance, as Tata Steel holds a crucial board meeting in Mumbai today (March 29) over its turnaround plan for its Port Talbot plant. Board…Read more…
The EU is exporting UK neoliberalism to the rest of Europe
29 March 2016
By Aristea Koukiadaki, Isabel Távora and Miguel Martínez Lucio
In the first of a series of articles highlighting the impact of EU austerity measures on levels of collective…Read more…
Branch Executive Committee Opportunities
The branch has a number of vacancies for members who wish to become more involved in their union. These include: Equality Officer International Relations Officer Membership & Recruitment Secretary Youth Officer (must be aged under 27) Disabled Members Officer Union … Continue reading…Read more…
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Iraq trade unions back the ‘white shirts revolution’
Last Friday, the Iraqi Teachers Union (ITU) openly endorsed the actions of students and teachers across Iraq (known as the ‘White Shirts Revolution’) who are standing up for justice, fair…Read more…
Solidarity with Turkish teacher unions
This Easter, the NASUWT 2016 International Solidarity Award went to the Turkish teachers’ trade union Egitim Sen, for its bravery in standing up for justice, democracy, labour and trade union…Read more…
BVCA and the Beecroft Report
I think it’s fair to say that the Beecroft report, prepared by Tory donor Adrian Beecroft, was not universally welcomed in the labour movement.
One of the more controversial elements was the introduction of employment tribunal fees. The intention behi…Read more…
Iranian teacher unions – good & bad news
Despite returning to the international community and the victory for moderates in the Parliamentary elections a month ago, life gets no better for trade unionists in Iran. As UK teacher unions hold…Read more…
Labour Needs To Get To Grips With The Digital Economy
As the digital revolution gathers at a rapidly increasing pace so is the growth of new forms of employment. One of these is ‘gig workers’ – for ‘one size fits all’ buzzword for anything from…Read more…
Newham UNISON AGM 2016: Right to Buy and Pay to Stay
Last Friday I was a guest speaker at the UNISON Newham Local Government branch AGM in East Ham Town Hall on the Housing Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords. I was there as a Housing Worker and UNISON Regional Council Officer.
Glor…Read more…
Brian Bilston’s ‘Refugee’ Poem
They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or I
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and…Read more…
Academy Trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company
John Dickens (Schools News) | An academy trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company which then paid a “second salary” to the trust’s “superhead”, a government investigation has revealed…Read more…
Mayor of Redbridge Quiz Night: Tuesday 5 April 2016
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Across our country those who the vulnerable rely upon are being let down
Vitally important care workers are being paid far less than the absolute basic minimum that they should receive. Nearly twenty years on from the establishment of a minimum wage in this country, that…Read more…
Cardiff councillors to debate opposition to secret trade deal
‘TTIP and trade deals like it are a threat to public services and to public sector staff’
The article Cardiff councillors to debate opposition to secret trade deal first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Steel works saved
Unite today (March 24) welcomed the news that metals firm Liberty House has signed a deal to buy the Clydebridge and Dalzell steel works from Tata Steel and urged UK minsters to look at Scotland’s…Read more…
Care workers continue to be denied the minimum wage
MPs praise UNISON’s campaign to support care workers who are ‘illegally’ under-paid
The article Care workers continue to be denied the minimum wage first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON teams with young people to fight cuts to youth services
Union is seeking to protect youth services ‘for the long term’
The article UNISON teams with young people to fight cuts to youth services first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Shrink back shock
UK manufacturing has rapidly deteriorated to the point that it is now among the worst performers in the developed world, a shocking new report revealed today (March 24). The UK manufacturing…Read more…
Higher education unions reject initial pay offer for 2016-17
Employers’ initial offer to higher education unions does not include the living wage
The article Higher education unions reject initial pay offer for 2016-17 first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…