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Last Friday I was a guest speaker at the UNISON Newham Local Government branch AGM in East Ham Town Hall on the Housing Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords. I was there as a Housing Worker and UNISON Regional Council Officer.
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They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or I
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
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John Dickens (Schools News) | An academy trust funnelled more than £1m to a private company which then paid a “second salary” to the trust’s “superhead”, a government investigation has revealed…Read more…
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Vitally important care workers are being paid far less than the absolute basic minimum that they should receive. Nearly twenty years on from the establishment of a minimum wage in this country, that…Read more…
‘TTIP and trade deals like it are a threat to public services and to public sector staff’
The article Cardiff councillors to debate opposition to secret trade deal first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Unite today (March 24) welcomed the news that metals firm Liberty House has signed a deal to buy the Clydebridge and Dalzell steel works from Tata Steel and urged UK minsters to look at Scotland’s…Read more…
MPs praise UNISON’s campaign to support care workers who are ‘illegally’ under-paid
The article Care workers continue to be denied the minimum wage first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Union is seeking to protect youth services ‘for the long term’
The article UNISON teams with young people to fight cuts to youth services first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UK manufacturing has rapidly deteriorated to the point that it is now among the worst performers in the developed world, a shocking new report revealed today (March 24). The UK manufacturing…Read more…
Employers’ initial offer to higher education unions does not include the living wage
The article Higher education unions reject initial pay offer for 2016-17 first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Commenting on EDF Energy’s announcement today (Thursday) that the company has become a living wage employer, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is good news for all those staff,…Read more…
Festival and concert can help to combat efforts of National Front to organise intimidating rally
The article UNISON urges Swansea to celebrate multicultural community first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Commenting on the announcement from the Migration Advisory Committee –that nurses are to be allowed to remain on the occupational shortages list for another three years – UNISON head of nursing Gail…Read more…
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A government study that exposes the disgraceful pregnancy and maternity discrimination experienced by three out of four working mothers has finally been released, following pressure from Unite….Read more…
A global union campaign to ensure fair labour laws in Cambodia has won the support of multinational brands and NGOs. IndustriALL and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) are supporting…Read more…
Since the establishment of Police Scotland police staff have borne the brunt of a process of centralisation, budget cuts and politically driven targets. This process has been bad for policing, bad for communities and bad for staff. UNISON Scotland calls for policing in Scotland to be properly resourced with a balanced workforce responsive to locally determined priorities.
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IPPR report confirms UNISON’s view that falling real terms pay has had a considerable negative effect on the economy.
The IPPR report which is published today (23 March 2016) confirms that, pay in Scotland has fallen in real-terms by 12%, with private sector pay falling further than public sector pay. It also confirms that had pay risen in line with expectations, the Scottish economy would be £Read more…
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