Union congratulates senior equalities officer on new role in European trade unionism
The article Gloria Mills elected as ETUC women’s committee president first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Re-inventing the wheel of well-being: NEF’s new measures of ‘national success’
GDP was not originally devised (in the 1930s) as a barometer of economic health, more as a means to that end. Yet as we anticipate tomorrow’s first estimate for the third quarter of 2015, it is undeniable that GDP growth is now used as shorthand for the success or otherwise of the economy (and…Read more…
Solar industry fears “systematic dismantling of UK renewable energy policy”
The solar power industry has challenged the government to support a three year survival plan which will add just £1 a year to consumers’ energy bills and save most of the 27,000 jobs now at risk from government cuts. It rejects the government’s claim to be helping “hard working…Read more…
UNISON will not be gagged, higher education branches hear at seminar
Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill
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Episode 11: ‘Hotels love scared workers’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week….Read more…
Tory says now is a good time for steelworkers to lose their jobs
Community says Lord Heseltine’s comments insult the families of those who are losing their livelihoodsRead more…
Union rep suspended after winning cuts campaign at work
GMB calls for reinstatement of rep who fought cuts at Rowley Owls NurseryRead more…
The name’s BECTU … union members protest outside Bond premiere
Union demonstrates outside Albert Hall after bosses refuse recognitionRead more…
ASLEF calls on Transport Minister to come clean over electrification costs
Government admits initial estimate tripled to £2.8bnRead more…
Understanding opens the door
As a black child in a predominately white village in the 1950s, former Unite national secretary for equalities, Bob Purkiss, occasionally encountered instances of racism. Those situations could…Read more…
Torbay Council to have referendum on Executive Mayoral system
This is interesting to anyone concerned with local authority governance. According to this report just under 1,000 people in Torbay took part in a consultation process, where they rejected the mayoral system in support of a new committee system involv…Read more…
RMT demands action after bosses wedge cash machine next to 7/7 memorial
Union says positioning of machine shows cavalier disregard to the memory of those killed in bombingRead more…
British trade unionist elected to top role in Europe
UNISON’s Gloria Mills is the first black woman to be President of the European Trade Union ConfederationRead more…
Letter to the “Workers Party” on the theft of Workers Tax Credits
Picture is from this mornings programme on the BBC “Andrew Marr” Show where I saw a confident Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, pretty much destroy Tory Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, rather desperate attempts to justify the Government’s proposals to rob £1000’s from hardworking British…Read more…
Cameron’s EU renegotiation strategy: a virus infecting the European social model
On Friday I spoke at an event in Dublin organised by the Charter Group – Irish trade unionists supporting the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – about the United Kingdom’s EU referendum. This is an edited version of the speech I gave. Ever since Jacques Delors came to our Congress…Read more…
Cuts threaten disabled people in work
Disabled workers describe struggle to work twenty years after Disability Discrimination Act
The article Cuts threaten disabled people in work first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
March for the climate, justice and jobs in November
Dave Prentis urges members to marchin London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast ahead of UN climate change talks
The article March for the climate, justice and jobs in November first appeared on the…Read more…
Quebec Public Sector Workers Call National Strike
Public service workers in Common Front lead demonstration in Montreal, October 3, 2015. The 400,000 member Common Front of public sector unions in Quebec announced on October 9 that they will launch…Read more…
Quebec Public Sector Workers Call National Strike
Public service workers in Common Front lead demonstration in Montreal, October 3, 2015. The 400,000 member Common Front of public sector unions in Quebec announced on October 9 that they will launch…Read more…
We Shall Overcome has made music matter again
Joe Solo reflects a new phenomenon … and starts planing next year’s eventRead more…