New training will help further pioneering work on mental health in the workplace
The article UNISON Cymru/Wales celebrates mental health champions first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Climate Day – Trade Unions line up for a low carbon Scotland
#stuc16 Trade unionists line up for a ‘just transition’ on Climate Day at the UNISON Scotland and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Fringe Meeting at the STUC Congress in Dundee today. See also the SCCS Holyrood Election Online Debate, 7-8.30pm tonight. It will see the five political parties represented in the current Scottish Parliament questioned on their climate policies and plans for the nextRead more…
STUC backs UNISON’s call for Fair Work, Equalities and Human Rights
#STUC2016 UNISON Scotland convener Lilian Macer won STUC Congress support for UNISON’s call for a campaign against the repeal of the Human Rights Act. See all STUC reports here
The motion condemned the UK Government for its many direct and indirect attacks on human rights, including the Trade Union Bill, the proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act and its failure to implement its equality andRead more…
Defending rights won by sacrifice and hardship
#STUC2016 UNISON’s Rakiya Suleiman has called on trade unions to unite in fighting the Anti-Union Bill and defend rights won over decades, ‘involving sacrifices and hardships that we find difficult to imagine.’
See all STUC reports on the website
She said: “Our movement did not arise out of a spirit of benevolence and partnership on the part of employers. The rights we have were won overRead more…
Scottish Parliament elections – Grahame Smith’s speech to Congress
Congress, the election on 5 May is the most important to take place since the Scottish Parliament was re-established. The next Scottish Government will wield new powers on tax, welfare,…Read more…
Trade Union Bill – Pauline Rourke, CWU speech to Congress on behalf of STUC General Council
Congress, Scotland’s trade union movement meets this week here in my home city of Dundee to discuss and constructively debate a huge range of issues that affect the lives of ordinary working people….Read more…
Trade unions call for a low carbon Scotland
NOTE TO PICTURE DESKS: Photocall 12.30pm Monday. Details below.Embargo: 00:01 Monday 18 April Trade unions call for a low carbon Scotland Trade unions are today (Monday 18 April) calling for strong action on climate change, with policies to support workers affected in the switch to a low carbon economy.
On ‘Climate Day’, ahead of a Holyrood election online debate, trade unions say there must beRead more…
Register to vote by Monday 18 April – last chance for May 5th elections
If you haven’t registered to vote Click on https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. It will take about 5 minutes and all you need is your national insurance number (on a pay or pension slip, tax form, or plastic card).
“Register by 18 April to vote in the…Read more…
TUC backs Brazilian unions, no to the coup
TUC backs Brazilian unions in opposing elite coup attempt 15 Apr 2016, By Owen Tudor TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has joined 120 other global and national trade union leaders from 34…Read more…
Fitness for work test is illegal:
Judges find DWP ‘fitness for work’ test breaches the Equality Act and is illegal 2013 A judicial review ruled that the test used to decide whether people are fit for work actively discriminates…Read more…
Sadiq Kahn – the boy from a council estate who will fix the Tory housing crisis.
Picture is from the launch this month of Mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan, policy on Housing for London.
The launch took place in a church hall in Earlsfield, South London. On the way to the launch from the station I walked past the Henry Price Council …Read more…
7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba
Proceedings of the 7th Congress Opening session of the 7th Congress, April 16, 2016. The 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba opened at 10 am on Saturday, April 16 with the presentation of the…Read more…
Parents Defending Education: Meeting 23 April 2016
It is shocking that for bigoted political dogma the Tories are going to attack top performing Local Authority schools. Check out Anti Academies Alliance. Hat tip NUT Bob Archer. Read more…
Corp gov reform: do something meaningful or don’t bother
I blogged previously about Liam Byrne’s intervention on company law etc. More recently Liz Kendall has written something for Progress that slightly touches on the same turf. There is one sentence of significance for anyone interested in left-of-centre …Read more…
No To Coup In Brazil
Letter in The Guardian We are extremely concerned about the sustained efforts by sections of Brazil’s right wing opposition in Brazil to destabilise – and ultimately overthrow – its constitutional…Read more…
Proud to protest
It seems that protest is out of fashion with some in our movement. It is not in keeping with a party fit for power, or so the argument from some in Labour goes. Well, I don’t agree. …Read more…
April Scotland in UNISON now online
Ten ways to strengthen Scotland’s services: Manifesto for the Scottish election
‘We want to see a Parliament using the powers at its disposal in order to enhance our public services to create a fairer and sustainable Scotland,’ Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary and Lilian Macer, Scottish Convener;
– Full rundown on UNISON Scotland’s manifesto,
– Defend the principles that underlie public servicesRead more…
NHS Brexit bonanza fails to convince
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have been hitting the Brexit campaign trail to claim that quitting the EU would free up the £350m a week they say we spend on the EU to give instead to the NHS. It’s hard to know which end of this one to doubt first. The BBC’s face checkers were…
The post NHS…Read more…
TUC backs Brazilian unions: no to the coup!
You may have seen some stories in the media about political developments in Brazil, where the forces who used to dominate the country while it was under military dictatorship and then in the years…Read more…
Austerity crisis
Food bank use has, for another year running, dramatically increased as more and more people – even those in work – bear the weight of government austerity that’s brought a crisis usually only…Read more…