UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say
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UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say
The article School meals – tell us your story first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The council is backing UNISON’s campaigns on ending the public sector pay cap and promoting dignity in social care
The article UNISON welcomes Liverpool City Council commitments to fair pay first…Read more…
– O’Neill Sinn Fein Newsroom 12 November, 2017 There can only be an agreement to restore the Stormont institutions if the DUP and British Government are prepared to uphold rights and…Read more…
Sertan Sanderson With 23 of the EU’s current 28 member states joining the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), there seems to be a great deal of consensus among member states but a few…Read more…
Unite shop floor leaders gathered in Brighton this week to consider the remarkable democratic working-class organisation we have built together. These conferences are a cornerstone of our…Read more…
Brexit loomed large at this year’s industrial sector conferences, with delegates expressing concerns at the Tories’ lack of a negotiating position and the risk of damage to jobs and the economy if no…Read more…
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
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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.
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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…