Council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland asked to have their say on pay offer
The article Local government pay consultation begins (England, Wales, NI) first appeared on the…Read more…
The Isle of Wight Council and MP meet the Government over Budget Crisis:
The council cannot raise the figures required to be saved.The £17.38 million now; and around £32 million over the next four years. It is not feasible. With the cuts in services there can be no…Read more…
Taking the high road to better work
The Scottish Government can support good quality employment by ‘blocking the low-road’ for employers and ‘paving the high-road’ towards an empowered and healthy workforce.
That’s the conclusion of…Read more…
Wapping Lies: Media Democracy 30 Years On
Saturday, 23 January 2016 – 13:30 to 16:30
Friends Meeting House
Ship Street BN1 1AF Brighton
Sussex LRC has organised an afternoon of politics, laughs, poems and song to mark the printworkers’ fight…Read more…
Time to care: Homecare workers speak out
Can you imagine having to have someone else help you brush your teeth? How about to get you out of bed, or even to wash you? What if it was a stranger each time? Over half a million adults in the UK…Read more…
Passing of Geoff Revell
Dear colleagues It is with deep regret that I advise of the passing of former National Executive Committee member Bro. Geoff Revell today. As a highly active Trade Unionist, he will…Read more…
Banner headline
Following the unfurling of the #SportsDirectShame banner at the Newcastle United versus Manchester United football match last night (January 12) Unite Community members continued to campaign…Read more…
Night tube nightmare
Work-life balance and an inadequate pay offer are the key issues in the long-running London Underground dispute over the introduction of the ‘night tube’. The 600 engineers and maintenance staff…Read more…
North Sea crisis not over
Oil giant BP yesterday (January 12) announced its intention to axe one in five North Sea jobs as part of a global workforce reduction. BP, one of the worlds’ ‘super-major’ oil and gas…Read more…
Lambeth Library staff vote to strike over library cuts
http://lambeth-unison.org/2016/01/12/lambeth-library-staff-to-strike-over-library-cuts/
I’m pleased to be able to link to the new Lambeth UNISON website which carries the positive news of overwhelming support from UNISON members in Lambeth libraries fo…Read more…
Steel industry warning
A new animated film warning that the clock is ticking on the UK’s crisis hit steel industry has been launched by Britain’s largest union, Unite. Urging the UK government to turn words into…Read more…
“Apology to Dave Prentis”
“Apology from Jon Rogers to Dave Prentis
In December of last year, prior to the conclusion of the election for the post of General Secretary of Unison, I made various comments about Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison, who has now been re-elected…Read more…
Sports Direct shame
Last night (January 12) Unite Community members and Newcastle United fans pulled off a mighty stunt together in protest over Sports Directs’ shameful treatment of its workforce. Fans unfurled…Read more…
Apology to Dave Prentis
Apology from Jon Rogers to Dave Prentis
In December of last year, prior to the conclusion of the election for the post of General Secretary of Unison, I made various comments about Dave Prentis, General Secretary of Unison, who has now been re-elected …Read more…
Ask Scotland’s party leaders to turn climate #AmbitionIntoAction
UNISON Scotland is supporting the new Stop Climate Chaos Scotland campaign calling on Scotland’s political leaders to turn ambition into action.
2016 is election year in Scotland. And that means our political parties need to tell voters what they intend to do if they are elected.
After the December 2015 climate agreement in Paris, what matters now, across the world, is what actually happens asRead more…
Government priorities bring no respite for school business managers
Government proposals for schools in England, set out in the Education and Adoption Bill, miss the important issues currently facing schools, says UNISON. The public services union believe that a…Read more…
Motions to Unite Policy Conference 2016
Every Unite branch and constitutional committee has until 15th February to submit one motion on general policy for consideration at the Unite Policy Conference which will take place in Brighton on 11-15 July 2016.
The paperwork circulated is here:
Let…Read more…
Support the Junior Doctors and Student Nurses
For years the government has been slashing at the NHS, cutting and privatising to boost the profits of the private health vultures (many of whom have unsavoury links to MPs and other decision makers).
Now Cameron and Hunt have decided to take on both …Read more…
West Ham Labour – Past, Present, Future
On Saturday ward members from West Ham branch went out campaigning in Paul Street E15. We had 2 newly active members out with us for the first time ever “on the knocker”. They seemed to enjoy it – talking to residents, mastering the art of using …Read more…
KILF Petition: KEEP ISLAND LINE IN THE SOUTH WESTERN RAIL FRANCHISE; NOT A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS.
KEEP ISLAND LINE IN THE SOUTH WESTERN RAIL FRANCHISE; NOT A SELF-SUSTAINING BUSINESS. The DfT plans to turn Island Line into a separate self-sustaining business during the life of the next franchise…Read more…