Pay deal will affect hundreds of thousands of local government members
The article UNISON accepts local government pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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Pay deal will affect hundreds of thousands of local government members
The article UNISON accepts local government pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Branches should make sure their websites are up to date
The article UNISON application forms on branch websites first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Home NHS staff pay rise isn’t a good deal The news today that nurses, paramedics and pharmacists will start to take on some of the jobs of junior doctors is no surprise. Down-skilling staff is part…Read more…
UNISON praises ‘one step forward in dealing with the complex issue of precarious employment’
The article Welsh Government cracks down on zero-hour contracts in homecare first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
This weekend, thousands of trade unionists gathered outside the metalworkers’ union building in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo, outside Brazil’s industrial capital of Sao Paolo.Read more…
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International Trade as a Weapon of Exploitation, Chauvinism and War – K.C. Adams – In March, the U.S. government suddenly announced tariffs on $60 billion worth of Chinese exports to the…Read more…
Dear Colleagues,I am very pleased to report that I’ll be attending (representing Equity) a conference on 18th April in Manchester with the critically important theme of exploring ways in which the labour and co-operative movements can better collaborat…Read more…
On March 7, musicians, artists and the Arts Not Arms campaign forced the “Great Exhibition of the North 2018” to end its partnership with weapons manufacturer BAE Systems. The Exhibition,…Read more…
“The purpose behind Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living” and unions are asked to focus on both areas, by considering events or memorial to remember all those killed through work but at the same time ensurin…Read more…
ThCondemn the Israeli Killings of Palestinian People on Palestinian Land Day! Workers’ Weekly Mass March of Return 2018 Israeli army forces on March 30 shot and killed 17 Palestinians,…Read more…
University Lecturers Strike to Defend their Pension Rights and Safeguard Higher Education March for Education passing through Whitehall en route to Parliament, March 14, 2018 Lecturers at 64…Read more…
Simon Wren-Lewis has a good blog up on Social Europe on the mistakes that centrists make. I’ve been thinking along similar lines, albeit with the aid of other people…!
1. Centrism is failing because is attacking its opponents morally rather than pol…Read more…
Scrapping the bursary is deterring a whole generation of nurses
The article One last attempt to save NHS bursaries, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“Only 27 days to go before the 2018 local elections… in which all 60 Newham Councillors will be elected as well as the directly elected mayor.Please join us in the next week to campaign, leaflet and canvass for your fantastic Labour council candidate…Read more…
Concerns over Melrose’s recent hostile takeover of GKN were highlighted this week (April 4) when financial analysts Moody’s said it would review GKN’s credit rating for a possible downgrade. …Read more…
It is now recess, which means MPs have packed up and returned to their constituencies, and it’s school’s out for the academic term too. That means a welcome break for Unite’s activists, who have…Read more…
The first five years after birth are often considered the most important developmental stage in childhood and can strongly influence a person’s social mobility as an adult. It was under this widely…Read more…
Strikes by Thurrock council’s waste collection workers due to be begin next week (April 12) have been suspended following lengthy negotiations. The strikes involving 65 members of Unite…Read more…
Unite is calling for a radical overhaul in how construction training is undertaken, after unearthing a large increase in so called ‘dead end construction courses. A freedom of information…Read more…