Commenting on the latest NHS deficit figures published today (Friday), UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “These new figures confirm the full extent of the financial misery and chaos in the…Read more…
Take action to free imprisoned garment union activists in Burma
On 8 November Burma will hold crucial general elections, which makes this is an important time to hold the government to account for the increasing crack down on trade union rights and repression…Read more…
On the brink of crisis
Ambulance response times in England have reached record poor levels, with ambulances arriving late to more than 2,600 life-threatening emergencies every day, figures have revealed. In the last…Read more…
Sports Direct: you can’t say you weren’t warned
Sports Direct is back in the news, for all the wrong reasons. This week alone we have seen the following:
A BBC documentary revealed that ambulances were called to Shirebrook dozens of times in 2013 and 2014 because of employee illness. Some of t…Read more…
School improvement is too important not to put parents in the driving seat
By James Croft Are parents really irrelevant to school improvement? You might think so, given the present behaviour of our political masters, but without them we’re not likely to get the education we…Read more…
Gophr it! Courier company pays Living Wage after union campaign
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Trying to stop check-off for union subs ‘a silly and petty policy’
Trade Union Bill is “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic,” says Doncaster mayor Ros Jones
The article Trying to stop check-off for union subs ‘a silly and petty policy’ first appeared…Read more…
“How would your office look if your manager was a cat?”
I must admit that as a trade union steward for many years I have come across some very odd managers but…:)Read more…
Press release: UNISON Library response to 70% cut in staffed hours by Barnet Council.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNISON Library response to 70% cut in staffed hours by Barnet Council.
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Barnet UNISON respond to 46 % of Library staff to be sacked
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Big call out please join Libraries Lobby 12 October – Hendon Town Hall
On Friday 2 October 2015, Barnet Council published their devastating report on the future of the library service which revealed:
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‘Unprecedented’ guilt admission
Over 260 blacklisted construction workers are on the verge of securing damages, which could total tens of millions, after Unite won an unprecedented admission of guilt from construction companies…Read more…
Giant Trojan Horse delivers 3 million #noTTIP signatures
While Cameron defends TTIP at the Tory party conference, a giant Trojan Horse delivers 3 million #noTTIP signaturesRead more…
‘Woefully inadquate’
Foot dragging by APCOA Parking in Hackney, east London has driven the traffic wardens to take five days of strike action from Monday (October 12) in a bid to get a proper sick pay policy. The…Read more…
What lies beneath?
Prime minister David Cameron has again announced in his Tory Conference speech yesterday (October 7) that his is the party of working people. It’s his latest in a number of attempts to stretch the…Read more…
Lidl backtracks after Unite campaign
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Dave down the rabbit hole
‘Call me Dave’ has had a dream which he shared with me. It was when we were walking through the sunlit uplands of his unexpected election victory waving the Union Jack. At this…Read more…
Are you experiencing racism in the workplace?
If you are not aware bullying, racism and discrimination will not stop unless we do something. Be an active Unison Black member so that we can fight the same struggle together. Let’s make our workplace and community equal for ALL … Continue reading →Read more…
Free Mahdi Abu Dheeb
In May last year I blogged about the disgraceful treatment of trade union activist, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, by the Bahraini authorities. Sadly the only developments since then have been negative. Mahdi…Read more…
Further cuts to police forces could jeopardise public safety and lead to more industrial unrest, warns UNISON
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has today (Thursday) warned that more cuts to police jobs and budgets could jeopardise public safety, and lead to industrial unrest. In his speech to the union’s…Read more…