Low pay and staff shortages driving NHS staff to consider quitting the service
The article UNISON warns of staff exodus as two-thirds plan to leave the NHS first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Co-op Bank: important notice for branches
The partnership between the Co-operative Bank and UNISON as part of our UNISONplus membership benefits package ends on 30 September – UNISON branches need to know what this means for them, including …Read more…
Trade Union Bill survey – your right to support at work is being attacked
We’d like to hear examples of how UNISON has had a positive impact, and how how we can do more – fill in our survey
The article Trade Union Bill survey – your right to support at work is being…Read more…
Unison Branch Executive Nomination For General Secretary 2015
The branch Executive Committee of 16 September 2015 voted to endorse Heather Wakefield as their preferred candidate for the Unison General Secretary election.Read more…
Workers’ class hero – unions hail “inspirational” Corbyn
TUC says he addresses the issues that matter most to working peopleRead more…
News from UNISON Housing Associations Branch #Lab15
NEWS FROM UNISON HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS BRANCH
Think again: Don’t Sell Off our Homes For immediate release – 29 September 2015
UNISON Housing Associations Branch is warning that the Housing Fringe at the Labour Party conference last night showed that a number of the major Housing Association…Read more…
Public services? “Shareholders first” say CBI
In one of his occasional speeches on public services last month, David Cameron eulogised the role that private companies play in revamping things: What energises many markets are new insurgent companies, who break monopolies and bring in new ways of do…Read more…
Shot in the arm
Reacting to the speech by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivered to the party’s annual conference today (September 29), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey hailed it as a ‘shot in the…Read more…
‘Outrageous’ payout
While public sector workers — from nurses to civil servants and police officers — were dealt a blow in July after chancellor George Osborne announced another four years of public sector pay freezes,…Read more…
March to protect public services in Jersey
Unite is urging members of the public in Jersey to join in a massive protest over cuts to public services this Saturday (October 3). The States of Jersey government are planning huge cuts to public…Read more…
Labour’s new kinder way will help to win people back to the party
UNISON welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s vision of a ‘kinder, more caring’ society
The article Labour’s new kinder way will help to win people back to the party first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Facility time pays dividends for employers and staff
Get involved in our campaign to drop the trade union bill
The article Facility time pays dividends for employers and staff first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Black History Month – a time to organise
UNISON encourages members to mark Black History Month every year and to organise and recruit around it.
The article Black History Month – a time to organise first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Calling all tech workers: Turkish techies create solidarity network
A group of tech workers has created Biçda, the Information Technology Workers Solidarity Network in TurkeyRead more…
Closure of Redcar steel plant is a huge blow to the government’s Northern Powerhouse agenda, says TUC
Commenting news that the SSI steel plant in Redcar is to close, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Today’s announcement is a massive blow to the government’s Northern Powerhouse agenda and…Read more…
‘This country can’t run without us’
Unite Executive Council member and a bus worker James Mitchell spoke today (September 29) at the Labour Party conference on the Living Standards and Sustainability report regarding transport and the…Read more…
A new political movement
Yesterday (September 28) at the Labour Party Conference was a turning point in our battle against this vicious Tory government. Unlike previous Labour conferences I was riveted to my seat…Read more…
‘Very, very worried’
If the government wanted to help we’d have been the first steel plant in line for it, given the position of the company,” says Unite SSI convenor Kevin Cook. “Talk about a ‘steel summit’ is one thing…Read more…
Next two meetings October and November 2015
Dates for your diary
Thursday October 15, 7pm
Upstairs at The Eagle, Gloucester Road
The new anti-union laws and how to fight them
Speaker: Phil Clarke, secretary Brighton, Hove & District Trades…Read more…
UNISON comments on job cuts at Redcar steel plant
‘The government needs to take direct action’ on Redcar job cuts
The article UNISON comments on job cuts at Redcar steel plant first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…