UNISON and RMT general secretaries joing together at Brighton station to show support for striking Southern rail workers
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Unison NDC 16: Greater London Regional Delegates meeting
Unison is back in Brighton for its National Delegate Conference. The NDC is the annual Parliament of our 1.3 million members. Over 2000 delegates and visitors will be in Brighton for the conference
Picture is from the London meeting this evening for de…Read more…
Inequality, human capital and investors
I’ve blogged before about the obvious weakness on the S in ESG. I’m someone who has come to responsible investment with a labour movement background and I have been frequently disappointed by how little attention labour issues get.
It isn’t like these…Read more…
Bonfire of the sycophants
UNISON Local Government Conference ended with the well-deserved smashing of the ridiculous Emergency Motion 7 which peddled the absurd notion that there was some (unstated) alternative to strike action to achieve decent pay.
Your (humble) blogger would…Read more…
The profession that cried wolf: ‘expert opinion’, the referendum and the IMF
A dominant theme in the referendum campaign is the unwillingness of the public to listen to expert advice. The economics editor (Chris Giles) of the Financial Times despairs: “Economists have never been more united in supporting a vote to remain, yet the profession increasingly appears incapable of…Read more…
UNISON vows to campaign for social housing
Conference agrees actions against Housing Act
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Education dominates local government conference on final afternoon
Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more
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Government ‘has turned its back on cheaper and greener energy’
UNISON energy conference calls union to campaign for a sustainable energy policy
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Mexico: six killed in teachers’ union protest
In Oaxaca city, protesting teachers set up an encampment in the city’s main squareRead more…
Save Chorley A&E
Unite members are leading the battle to reopen the Chorley District Hospital A&E. The A&E was closed on April 18, when Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust, which runs Chorley and…Read more…
The challenges facing UNISON
The agenda for UNISON Local Government Conference over the past two days has seen a litany of complaints and protests at various dimensions of what is a comprehensive assault upon every aspect of our welfare state.
The Housing Act threatens further to undermine social housing whilst the crisis in…Read more…
‘We must redouble our efforts build the better society Jo spent her life fighting for”
Local government conference hears Hope not Hate’s Nick Lowles call for work to build hope and a better world in memory of murdered MP and union member
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Passengers want a properly staffed railway, not more driver-only-operated trains
“We were travelling on a Southern train from Shoreham by Sea to Southwick just after 11pm one night when the train suddenly stopped just short of Southwick. Someone had got onto the track, so the power was cut. The guards announced that the lights would be turned off to keep some power in the…Read more…
Being in the EU saved my job
With just days left before the UK makes a historic decision on June 23 – whether to leave the European Union or remain – UNITElive this week speaks to members about what being part of the EU has…Read more…
‘We can fight together for a more social Europe’
EPSU general secretary tells local government conference that Brexit would not ‘cure what is wrong in the EU, in the UK or elsewhere’
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Why we censured the NJC Committee and what we should do next
UNISON’s Local Government Conference has voted to censure the National Joint Council Committee for having accepted a pay offer which had been rejected in consultation by our members.Some of those who argued (unsuccessfully) against this motion of cens…Read more…
Delegates vow to fight against social work privatisation
Delegates queue up to reveal the scale of the crisis affecting a vital service
The article Delegates vow to fight against social work privatisation first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Scottish Utilities and the EU
Like so many aspects of our economic life, the EU is an integral part of our energy and water systems. That’s why almost everyone you meet in the industry will be voting Remain on Thursday. They are…Read more…
Brexit could drive up energy bills, says UNISON
Energy bills for millions of consumers could rise and power supplies may be more vulnerable if the UK votes to leave the EU later this week, says UNISON today (Monday). On the day of its annual…Read more…
Cuts are destroying youth services across the country, local government conference hears
Delegates commit union to campaign for quality youth services as part of broader fight to save local services
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