I hope this motion will go to the UNISON Community conference next year.
“This conference notes
1. A Chief Executive of a Large Housing Association recently remarked at a meeting that many of the workers and their f…Read more…
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I hope this motion will go to the UNISON Community conference next year.
“This conference notes
1. A Chief Executive of a Large Housing Association recently remarked at a meeting that many of the workers and their f…Read more…
The government must make the right choice, after so many years of making the wrong choices.
The article Blog: The Chancellor’s budget choice is between decent services and lost services first…Read more…
See and hear Unite executive officer Sharon Graham’s presentation on automation to sector conference 2017 delegates
The post The automation challenge appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Two advance diary dates: The City of Stoke-On-Trent Local Government Branch AGMS will take place on: Monday 12 February 2018 at 1pm, Tolkien Room, City Central Library. Buffet at 12.30 pm – must be pre-ordered by Friday 2 February 2018. Monday … Continue reading →Read more…
Local government workers are the lowest paid in the public sector. This pay rise is affordable and long overdue.
The article Higher wages for council employees would save the Treasury money, says…Read more…
Today is the seventh month in a row that prices have gone up faster than wages. The Chancellor needs to wake up next week – Britain needs a pay rise.
As this chart from the Resolution Foundation…Read more…
See and hear Unite general secretary Len McCluskey’s address to this year’s sector conferences in Brighton.
The post ‘Cornerstone conferences’…Read more…
Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey described this week’s industrial sector conferences (November 13) as “a cornerstone of our union and our democracy” in his speech welcoming delegates to the…Read more…
The fourth industrial revolution may be not televised but it will be digitalised. If changes to work caused by automation are not dealt with properly, more than 230,000 Unite members could…Read more…
NHS employees as a whole are struggling to survive on just their basic pay.
The article UNISON comments on RCN story on NHS pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Last week, the British left newspaper Solidarity published this review of my book. Today, they published my rebuttal: Paul Vernadsky in his review of my book, The Experiment: Georgia’s…Read more…
To anyone who has seen the recent film on the death of Stalin, the character of Lavrenty Beria, played by Simon Russell Beale, may now be familiar. Though the film was a comedy (of sorts),…Read more…
The Electoral Reform Society have released a devastating analysis of the state of the House of Lords in 2017 – revealing the ‘democratic crisis’ at the heart of the Lords.
The Audit coincides with a key Westminster Hall debate on Wednesday calling for reform of the upper house [1] –
Qatar agrees to key campaign demands After years of campaigning, in which Playfair Qatar and its supporters played their part, Qatar appears to have done the right thing. In a potentially…Read more…
Workers at BiFab are to stage a ‘work-in’ to save 1400 jobs, as unions say the main Dutch contractor, Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), is guilty of holding the Scottish yards to ransom in a…Read more…
Kieran was once called an Irish fa**ot while being repeatedly punched in the arm. It was no schoolyard incident – Kieran, a waiter on minimum wage, was carrying a bowl of soup at work when he…Read more…
A key case on trade union law starts today (November 14) into an appeal by Kostal UK Limited against an employment tribunal decision which ordered the firm to pay 56 Unite members more than £420,000…Read more…
Asa Winstanley Lobby Watch The Electronic Intifada Israel’s anti-BDS minister Gilad Erdan and UK aid minister Priti Patel meeting at Parliament in September. Violating rules, Patel did not…Read more…
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…