After 62 days of difficult negotiations, the Colombian coal workers’ union Sintracarbón has reached an agreement at Cerrejón that recognizes the contribution made day in and day out by the 13,000…Read more…
Local authority chief officers agree two-year pay deal
Pay settlement includes a commitment to produce guidance on workloads and stress
The article Local authority chief officers agree two-year pay deal first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Serious crime rises as police numbers fall, warns UNISON
Serious crime is on the rise again after years of steady falls in offending, and UNISON believes government cutbacks in policing are to blame. Keen to encourage people to vote in the police and crime…Read more…
The Debate on the EU Referendum Must Not Be Framed in a Chauvinist Manner
One of the most important questions facing the people in the European Union (EU) referendum is how it is being covered by the monopoly media and how the “Remain” versus…Read more…
Fear-Mongering in Order to Impose Everything that Goes against the People’s Interests
On Wednesday, March 16, Chancellor George Osborne announced the budget. Yet again, he declared further austerity, with spending falling to less than 37% of GDP by 2020 through new cuts of £3.5bn. Not…Read more…
West Hammers out Khanpaigning in Green St, Plaistow & Custom House
It has been a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Yesterday I was out with a Labour canvass team for Sadiq Khan as mayor in Green Street. See Vice Chair Campaigns, Julianne Marriott, briefing the team beforehand on what to do. Highlight of the morning wa…Read more…
Frances O’Grady: EU: A ‘leave’ vote risks manufacturing jobs.
Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) spoke this week at Hertford College, Oxford, about the risk of Britain leaving the EU. Here are the edited highlights….Read more…
The Big UNISON Prize draw – calling all UNISON members!
I have just (belatedly) taken part. It is really vital that we have up-to-date contact details of members for the forth coming battles ahead. All you need is your UNISON membership number or your national insurance number. It took me 2 minutes.
Enter …Read more…
Centenary of the Easter Rising in Dublin:
Unison Nursing Student Rally 9th January 2016
Gail Adams UNISON Head of Nursing speaking to 5,000 nursing students in London
9th January 2016
Welsh Hospital Netley WW1
Welsh Hospital Netley (near Southampton) WW1
Anyone In Leicester This Evening??
Unite To Campaign To Remain In EU
Unite has announced that it will campaign for the country to remain a member of the European Union. The union’s 63-strong executive council, consisting of lay representatives drawn from workplaces…Read more…
Exit Left: the Socialist Case for Britain Leaving the EU
Since the announcement of the date for Britain’s In-Out EU referendum (June 23), the liberal media has been flooded with misinformation about what would happen if we were to leave. We are told that a…Read more…
Anniversary of Dresden Fire Bombing
Allied War Crime Prelude to the Cold War – Dougal MacDonald – On the night of February 13-14, 1945, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber command carried out two devastating attacks on the German…Read more…
LOBOs and debt servicing of Council Tax Income
I am astonished at this graph. Why? Will tackle Executive on these figures. Read more…
ENO Chorus dispute settled
Thanks to everyone who supported ENO Chorus singers by signing their petitionRead more…
Decent work for all
Unite Scotland community and youth activists will tell delegates to the Scottish Labour Party spring conference tomorrow (March 19) that growing trade union membership is the remedy to the rise of…Read more…
‘The best hope’
Unite has today (March 18) announced that it will campaign for the country to remain a member of the European Union. The union’s 63-strong executive council, drawn from workplaces across…Read more…
‘Before it’s too late’
European leaders are meeting today (March 18) to firm up action that must be taken to save Europe’s beleaguered steel industry. The Brussels summit comes on the heels of measures that the…Read more…