In 1979 pop singer Debbie Harry suggested her preferred life pattern was “Die Young, Stay Pretty”. Ms Harry, as part of the band Blondie, has blithely ignored her own advice and is pumping out records and touring more than three decades later. However, her focus on healthy life expectancy, rather…Read more…
Holiday pay result
Unite has won compensation for cabin crew for underpayment on all elements of holiday pay at easyJet. The ground-breaking deal covers basic pay, sector pay and commission. Cabin crew’s holiday pay…Read more…
Scottish public bodies must mitigate austerity, says UNISON
Date: Wednesday 23 September 2015
UNISON Scotland is launching a campaign today (23 September 2015) calling on the Scottish Government, local authorities and public bodies to do all they can to mitigate UK government austerity.The public services trade union is calling for a range of financial and industrial policies to create investment in Scottish infrastructure, green energy production andRead more…
Government cuts make a mockery of new NICE homecare guidelines, says UNISON
New guidance from government advisors the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) could see a real improvement in the standard of homecare delivered across the UK, but longer visits…Read more…
New career framework for TAs – but professional standards still delayed by DfE
“Delay to government professional standards document has been a step back for a profession that has been largely neglected by the government since 2010”
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Personal Injury Settlements July & August 2015
For July 2015, members in the region received £296,955.60 in compensation for personal injury payments. Unfortuantely, nothing for members of this branch. During August, members in the region received £147,522.12 and members of this branch £5,081. It always pays to … Continue reading →Read more…
Norfolk-ing way – GMB members fight tip closures
County Council plans to reduce recycling centres from 20 to sevenRead more…
Royal Albert Hell – union in recognition dispute
BECTU members furious after managers ignore majority vote to recognise the unionRead more…
They shall not prevail
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we continue with two Unite members’ experiences of racism at work What do a…Read more…
“How to speak Corbyn” (and what a really rubbish press we have in this country)
From Private Eye. This shows why the UK press is so completely rubbish. Hat tip Ravi Read more…
Government to blame for Addenbrooke failure – UNISON
Union says government should properly fund the NHS, not paper over the cracksRead more…
Cycle flash mob hits City Sprint client
IWGB members spring surprise visit on Living Wage denierRead more…
Commission’s proposals for reforms to ISDS: new name, same danger
Last week EU Trade Commissioner Malmström announced proposals for a reformed version of the notorious Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in TTIP. The new system of investment protection she described is called the ‘Investment Court System’, or ISD. Sounds similar to ISDS, doesn’t…Read more…
Labour’s Shadow Cabinet: collaborating with the enemy
Goethe famously said “All theory, dear friend, is grey, but the tree of life springs ever green.” Life sometimes throws up the unimaginable or the seemingly impossible. Even when Jeremy Corbyn miraculously got on the ballot paper for Labour leader nobody imagined that he might actually win the…Read more…
Ruth Davidson should focus her fire on Cameron if she really wants to save the UK
If Ruth Davidson was really concerned about maintaining the UK, she would be better advised having a conversation with David Cameron, rather than moan at Kez Dugdale. He has done more to undermine…Read more…
Osborne’s cuts risking hundreds of billions of green economy exports
The Chancellor may welcome future Chinese investment in the UK, but back home the present-day reality of his cuts to the green economy is beginning to bite uncomfortably hard. The CBI speaks of the government “watering down” its green commitments, while the government’s advisers, the Committee on…Read more…
Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Shale Gas Fracking
Should the Government call on an in dependent body, such as the former Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, to undertake an independent evaluation of the costs and benefits of shale gas fracking? The new Conservative Government has picked up wh…Read more…
CODP issues advice on invasive procedures guidance
Guidance provides specific advice for developing local workforce standards and the professional responsibilities of Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs)
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Cameron’s welfare merry-go-round
A new report out today (Tuesday September 22) shows that the best way to help the in-work poor is through tax credits and that they should be increased to eliminate financial inequality. But…Read more…
The People’s railway
Unite has welcomed Jeremy Corbyn’s proposed people’s railway describing it as “an end to business as usual for failed companies in a failed system.” The new Labour leader has indicated he…Read more…