EDF Energy will become ‘a soft touch’ for electricity theft if it cuts its revenue protection staff by 50 per cent, Unite has warned. EDF Energy is planning 6,000 staff cuts worldwide and, as…Read more…
Punished for working
One would be forgiven for thinking that Google’s recent tax deal with the HMRC, which held the tech giant liable for only £130m over the last decade, must be an anomaly. Surely, the UK’s…Read more…
UNISON member interested in climate change? Green Network Meeting Sat 27 Feb
Calling all UNISON members interested in climate change!
Come to our next Green Network meeting in Glasgow on Saturday 27 February.
Guest speaker Ric Lander, from Friends of the Earth Scotland, will be speaking mainly on pensions disinvestment campaigns, but will be referring also to fracking and other important policy areas.
We will be discussing what is needed now following the UN ParisRead more…
♡ UNISON: recognising the members who keep us all safe
Health and safety rep of the year awards highlight key work of union and our reps
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National Executive Council report to Regional Council AGM
I was very pleased to move (very briefly as I still have an impressive cough) a report from National Executive Council (NEC) members to the Annual General Meeting of UNISON’s Greater London Regional Council this morning.
There had been an earlier misunderstanding, in that the report circulated…Read more…
Fewer questions than answers?
Today saw the Annual General Meeting of the Greater London Regional Council of UNISON.
The meeting was noteworthy for the absence of the Regional Secretary, whose colleague from the Eastern Region ably filled in.
(It’s worth reflecting that, since the …Read more…
Runaway pay
As NHS frontline workers barely eke out a living on meagre wages – a reality most recently reflected in the junior doctors dispute – NHS senior managers continue raking in increasingly larger…Read more…
♡ UNISON: it encouraged me to become the person I am
‘UNISON has backed me up … has encouraged me to become the person I am’
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♡ UNISON: because we fight for equal pay
‘Work with us, in partnership with employers rather than as adversaries, to close the gender pay gap’
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♡ UNISON: it’s there to back you up
UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause
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♡ UNISON: the union helped me be the person I knew I was
‘I am moved to tears and utterly overwhelmed by your support. Thank you’
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Black members pledge to keep up the fight for equality and justice
“In these tough time, it’s more important than ever to not let the fight against racism fall off the agenda.” That was the message from general secretary Dave Prentis as he addressed UNISON’s Black…Read more…
Sticking up for trade unions with all our heart
http://heartunions.org/ This is the link to the TUC site promoting next week’s “heart unions” week. Go there and sign up to the campaign.
(As an ageing curmudgeon and pedant I am happy to say that I love trade unionism and trade unionists but wouldn’t …Read more…
Cameron’s renegotiation deal: tinkering, not tackling the real issues
There’s a lot of noise today about the proposals that European Council President Donald Tusk has sent to European leaders to address David Cameron’s call for a reformed European Union ahead of the UK’s referendum on EU membership. Eurosceptics are hostile, supporters of remaining…Read more…
Outsourcing2020 – Inequalities
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EU offer on migrant benefits brake ignores workers’ problems
Today Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, published draft proposals on Cameron’s EU renegotiation agenda which will be discussed at the EU summit on 18 -19 February. If the other EU Member States at this summit approve these proposals, it is very likely the government will announce a…Read more…
Lambeth branch back online – to save Libraries
http://lambeth-unison.org/ is the web address for Lambeth UNISON, and I recommend readers of this blog bookmark the site to keep up to date with developments in the only borough to have a music hall song named for us.
This week the branch site will be …Read more…
Suspension of planned privatisation of cancer services in Staffs
The news today (Tuesday) that the threatened privatisation of NHS cancer services in Staffordshire has been put on hold has been welcomed by UNISON. But the union is urging health bosses to drop the…Read more…
Worst fears realised
As UNITElive reported last year, the government rushed through the introduction of a new voter registration system that requires voters to individually register themselves. This replaced an…Read more…
Help halt the government attack on housing
New UNISON briefing on government’s Housing and Planning Bill highlights risks and offer advice on what you can do
The article Help halt the government attack on housing first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…