The government needs to take action in next week’s budget
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The government needs to take action in next week’s budget
The article UNISON comments on latest inflation figures first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Invitation to our next Newham Trades Council meeting
Guest Speaker: Matt Wrack. General Secretary Fire Brigade Union. Date: Tuesday. November 21st 2017 at 7pm.
Our Guest Speaker will be talking about Gren…Read more…
Unite has called for employers at Interserve to meet with the union and discuss the company’s future. Unite made the call after it was announced that Interserve are to make 200 staff redundant…Read more…
A confidential survey of workers employed by Mears in Manchester and joint venture company Manchester Working (operated by Mears) has revealed very high levels of mental health problems and stress…Read more…
UNISON backs a raft of amendments aimed at protecting the rights of its members
The article Brexit repeal bill enters next round of Commons debate first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A beautiful Remembrance Dayd 2017 at the Commonwealth War Grave Commission in Berlin, Germany. Over 100 people from all nationalities honouring the fallen. Former enemies now friends and allies — at Berlin 1939–1945 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.
I will…Read more…
Issue date 06 Nov 2017 Speaking today (Monday) at the CBI annual conference to introduce a session on ‘Ensuring automation works for everyone’, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will call on…Read more…
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Please find your invitation to our Winter Social. We look forward to seeing you and having lots of fun. You are welcome to bring any drinks or food with you as you wish but it is not compulsory
Carel Buxton, Se…Read more…
Making a virtue of variation? The fragmentation of the English NHS by ADRIAN MERCER Nov 8, 2017 Geographic reform of the NHS is not new: region, district, area, and locality are all familiar terms in…Read more…
In the latest blow to gig economy firms, taxi company Uber has lost an appeal against a ruling that its’ staff are entitled to workers’ rights. Last year a tribunal ruled that two of Uber’s…Read more…
Unite hotel workers and Citizens UK protested outside a Holiday Inn in London today (November 10), demanding that its parent company Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) keep its promises and pay the…Read more…
Unite has expressed deep concern at the announcement that Highways England has launched a new health and safety ‘passport’. The lack of consultation and secrecy concerning the new card scheme has…Read more…
Unite has accused Transport for London (TfL) of attempting to sweep concerns about the health and welfare of bus drivers under the carpet with its response to the London Assembly’s report ‘Driven to…Read more…
Sluggish wage growth is set to accelerate next year, according to a report by the Bank of England’s regional agents. Unite said if potential pay increases were realised it would be “good news…Read more…
About 9,000 Ford production workers have been offered an inflation-busting pay deal which guarantees at least a 6.5 per cent rise in a two-year package. Unite, which represents the vast…Read more…
“Social care workers provide a lifeline service for vulnerable people,” UNISON branch secretary Lorraine Thomson said this week as she welcomed Stirling Council in Scotland signing up to the…Read more…
This government must show it is willing and able to prepare our country for the challenges of the future – and its treatment of vital public services like further education will show how serious…Read more…
A great video and I would encourage everyone to sign the letter to the prime minister to make social housing homes safe but dare I say pretty much all Housing blocks should have this protection as well as all of our schools?
Dear UNISON Colleague,
It’s that time again as we approach the forthcoming Regional Council AGM on Wednesday 7 February 2018.
It’s not been an easy year but on behalf of us, your Regional Council Officers (Conroy, John, Elizabeth and Francesca), thank you for all your support. As always we…Read more…
Unite has joined forces with Citizens UK to challenge the global hotel group which owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, over its broken 2012 promise to phase in the London Living Wage for all its…Read more…