The first element of the National Retraining Scheme, the Get Help to Retrain digital service, has been rolled out in the North East. Here’s more on what the scheme offers and why it’s so important.Read more…
No deal Brexit: what it means for your rights at work
Crashing out of the EU without a deal will give Boris Johnson free rein to strip away workers’ hard-won rights and protections.Read more…
A decade of public service cuts is widening the class gap
New analysis published by the TUC this week has revealed just how much a decade of cuts has harmed millions of livesRead more…
Trade unionists led the fight for LGBT rights, but the struggle for an equal world continues
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too, The Tories have staged a twenty first century coup He’s only in Downing Street because of a few Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too Wielding the axe to the…Read more…
Bradford NHS members suspend strike action
UNISON to present its case to trust for services to remain in-house
The article Bradford NHS members suspend strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“Addaction” drug and alcohol staff to strike on Friday (tomorrow)
Solidarity to privatised NHS UNISON members striking tomorrow.
“Strike action involving 31 staff employed by Addaction is set to go ahead after Acas talks did not reach a resolution to their dispute on Wednesday.
A 100% vote for strike action was pr…Read more…
New National Parks for Scotland
National Parks are beautiful and inspiring places enjoyed by many – so why don’t we have more of them?
I declare an interest, I love our National Parks. I have walked the hills of the Trossachs and…Read more…
Disruption at Drax
Construction members of Unite, the UK’s construction union, working at the Drax power station in north Yorkshire are to take strike action next month in a dispute over the recognition of national…Read more…
Archbishop of Canterbury’s “Housing Crisis” Commission visits Newham
This afternoon I met members of the Archbishop of Canterbury Housing Commission at a building site in Newham where the Council is to build new high quality homes at truly affordable rents. Officers and contractors explained what we are doing with the s…Read more…
No-deal US deal could sound NHS ‘death knell’
A Trump trade deal after a no deal Brexit would be the NHS’ “death knell”, campaigners have warned. US pharmaceutical firms are intent on ending health service agreements that keep the cost of…Read more…
Fat cats still rule the roost
Fat cats at the UK’s biggest firms are still raking in 117 times more than the average worker, despite on overall drop in their pay. New analysis by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and…Read more…
West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract
Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff
The article West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Government should heed report’s call and fund councils properly
Commenting on the report on council funding published today (Wednesday) by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Local councils…Read more…
TUC LESE Annual Health & Safety Briefing – Respiratory Health – a Workplace Issue
TUC LESE Annual Health & Safety Briefing – Respiratory Health – a Workplace Issue
Friday 27 September 2019
Congress House, 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
· The central theme for this year is r…Read more…
‘Drop the threats’ call
Workers at Dulux paint producer AkzoNobel in Stowmarket, Suffolk are being balloted for strike action over a ‘paltry’ pay offer, as the bosses issue an ultimatum to withdraw an already rejected…Read more…
‘It’s going to create chaos’
Government plans to immediately end freedom of movement in the event of a no deal Brexit would dwarf the Windrush scandal, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has warned. Unite condemned the…Read more…
‘Fighting for the future of every child’
Health visitors and hundreds of their supporters, including Labour’s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, marched through Lincoln’s cobbled streets on Saturday (August 17) to stand up for the…Read more…
A new reign for Greene King?
Unite is seeking urgent meeting with the new owners of Greene King, the UK’s largest pub and brewery firm, following an announcement that it is to be taken over by a Hong Kong-based multinational….Read more…
‘Discredited austerity regime’
Stoke-on-Trent city council has been accused of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” over plans to axe about 250 jobs so that it can give a financial boost to children’s services. Unite said the…Read more…