Picture collage is from last month’s Parliamentary reception for UNISON Greater London Black Workers. The meeting was on behalf of Labour Mayoral Candidate, Sadiq Khan, was a great success and oversubscribed with a 150 names on the waiting list. Margar…Read more…
Conference priorities on branch funding – it’s as easy as 123
UNISON branches wondering what motions to prioritise on the Preliminary Agenda for our National Delegate Conference in Brighton in June should look favourably on Motion 123.
This motion, from the West Sussex, Manchester, Salford and Barnet branches pro…Read more…
The fight goes on
The alleged architect of the construction ‘blacklisting’ scandal, Cullum McAlpine, has declined to give evidence in the High Court case, due to start next month, to establish the extent of…Read more…
Cambodian bosses & politicians hope to get away with new labour law
After prolonged international pressure from both unions and multinational corporations, the Cambodian Parliament split on party lines to adopt a new labour law that falls far short of International…Read more…
Govt steel support shift?
The government hinted that part-nationalisation of Tata’s UK operations now up for sale could be a possibility as a buyer is being sought. Business secretary Sajid Javid said yesterday (April…Read more…
It’s a funny old world
It’s a funny old world when the Trades Union movement and the ancient House of Lords combine to defeat a reactionary Tory Government, not once, but three times!
But that is what we did on 16th….Read more…
‘All in this together’?
Questions remain over the tax affairs of the Prime Minister and Chancellor despite the publication of their tax returns, Labour MPs said yesterday (April 11) during explosive scenes in Parliament….Read more…
1.5 billion extra days paid holiday thanks to EU rights
UK workers have gained 96 million days paid holiday thanks to EU holiday rights (the Working Time Directive), totalling 1.5 million extra days paid leave since 1998. To look at it another way, 7.4 million UK employees, just over 1 in 4, have gained an average of 13 extra days paid holiday from our…Read more…
Why are we waiting?
The heat is being turned up on business secretary Sajid Javid over the long delay in publishing his report into ‘tipping’ abuses that have seen waiters being short-changed by their bosses. …Read more…
NEC by-election: Cymru/Wales female seat
Nominations open on Tuesday 19 April 2016 and close at 5pm on Friday 20 May 2016
The article NEC by-election: Cymru/Wales female seat first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Do we need a standard on health and safety?
Plans for a certifiable international standard on health and safety are well underway. It is called ISO45001. This is a really big development as most big employers are likely to try to achieve…Read more…
The end of national pay bargaining in local government?
Tomorrow UNISON’s Industrial Action Committee will meet to consider a request from the lay Committee representing the largest bargaining sector in the Union (which is also the largest bargaining group in the UK economy) for a strike ballot of local gov…Read more…
No To Elected Mayors
Interesting. UNISON Northern Region is running a campaign against elected Mayors! Read more…
Lessons to be learned from Edinburgh PPP schools
Collapsing Edinburgh schools are a metaphor for the folly of PPP schemes that have cost the taxpayers £billions. This latest scandal should be used as an opportunity to think again.
Fears over safety…Read more…
Why a vote to leave the EU would be detrimental to workers’ rights
https://www.tuc.org.uk/international-issues/europe/eu-referendum/workers’-rights-europe-impact-brexit
I recommend activists spend some time looking at the independent legal opinion commissioned by the TUC and linked to above – particularly those inclin…Read more…
British Steel is ‘back’
British Steel has made a comeback in Scunthorpe, after the sale of Tata’s Long Products Division in Scunthorpe was officially agreed this morning (April 11) and new owner, investment firm Greybull,…Read more…
Pay Living Wage now
A powerful strike action in SP Graham bookmakers on the day of the Grand National (April 9) showed just how determined counter staff are in their fight to secure fair pay. Workers reported…Read more…
The Red and the Green will be worn, side by side
Glasgow Friends of MayDay (GFoMD) have today announced changes for this year’s celebration of the International Workers’ Festival in Glasgow. While the annual event at Oran Mor will take place again…Read more…
Inform your workforce, get sued. Reporting back in European Works Councils.
11 April 2016
By Stan De Spiegelaere & Romuald Jagodzinski, Researchers at the European Trade Union Institute
On 26 June 2013, the members of the Amcor European Works Council (EWC) received…Read more…
Vocational education is letting young women down
Vocational education is confused, and does not guarantee routes into good quality employment “The current system for young people who do not follow an academic route is complex and incoherent, with confusing incentives for young people and employers. Careers advice and education are being delivered…Read more…