Two major employers on the Isle of Wight attempted to impose anti-social “productivity” packages on workers in recent years and the workers and their unions still had to invoke their…Read more…
Action For Children – “Well run charties do not treat their staff with contempt”
UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentice, attacks the Charity “Action For Children” after 73.5% of members vote for strike action.
Believe me, for Charity workers to vote this way must mean that they are being treated with complete and utter disdain b…Read more…
General Secretary ERS Election Report 2015
Some positive news yesterday on the UNISON website about the return by the independent Election Reform Society on the recent General Secretary Election :- In response this statement by UNISON lay president Wendy Nichols“UNISON has now received the final report from the Electoral…Read more…
EU Rail Directive [91/440/EC] :
First Railway Directive From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The First Railway Directive 91/440/EC (with amendments, also called the “First Railway Package”) is European Union Directive…Read more…
PCS:: HMRC abandon workers’ right to be accompanied at meetings with managers over redeployment:
Employer rips up the right to be accompanied at 1:1s 18 February 2016 PCS calls on members to register protest. HMRC set to face mountain of appeals. HMRC have announced that they are issuing…Read more…
Cameron’s EU Deal… What’s So Special?
Well, BBC Breakfast this morning has wall to wall coverage of the UK’s Special Status in the EU. Cameron has triumphantly marched back from Brussels telling us he has secured a deal that lets us stay…Read more…
I never cease to be impressed by the great work our local reps do
One of the greatest pleasures is spending time with UNISON members in their branches and talking to them about their struggles and their successes.
The article I never cease to be impressed by the…Read more…
Blacklisting exposes Trade Union Bill’s folly
Britain’s blacklisting scandal, which saw thousands of construction union reps victimised or denied work for raising safety concerns, provides ‘clear proof’ of the dangers posed by the government’s…Read more…
Waterloo Branch Meeting
UNISON Greater London Housing Association AGM 2016: Branch Secretary’s report.
My UNISON branch AGM is 6pm Monday 22 February at the House of Commons, Committee room 19.
We are the guests of Sadiq Khan MP, Labour Candidate for London Mayor, who is our keynote speaker. This is my report to the AGM as the branch secretary.
“2015…Read more…
HSBC HQ stays in London, but workers force change globally
Victory for 250,000 HSBC workers has helped to create an alliance within UNI to address global concerns and grievances.Read more…
North Sea ‘race to the bottom’
Unite, the UK’s biggest offshore trade union, has reiterated its warning to the UK and Scottish governments that a new wave of cuts to offshore contractors pay rates will intensify a race to the…Read more…
Save Somerset cider
A delegation of workers from the threatened Shepton Mallet Cider Mill is due to meet Somerset’s MPs on Tuesday (February 23) to explore ways of creating new employment opportunities in the county….Read more…
No bonus for NHS lifesavers
As UNITElive reported last year, NHS workers risked their lives – many of them travelling thousands of miles over Christmas – to help fight Ebola, a disease that ravaged West Africa, killing more…Read more…
Don’t let British democracy die
Do you vote? Perhaps you feel that marking your X won’t make any difference. It may be you are one of nearly a million people who have gone missing since the way we register to vote was…Read more…
The long awaited report of the Returning Officer
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English college review risks jobs and closures, warns union
‘Area-based reviews’ part of restructuring plans for post-16 education prompted by ‘the need to cut public expenditure’
The article English college review risks jobs and closures, warns union first…Read more…
STAFF FEEDING – SELECT SERVICE PARTNERS
Our Ref HC/1/1 Circular IR/38/16 19th February 2016 TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS AND REGIONAL…Read more…
The voluntary sector has become just another front in Cameron’s clampdown on free speech
Despite the government’s claims to the contrary, their plans are about gagging charities and charity workers from conducting necessary scrutiny.
The article The voluntary sector has become just…Read more…
Tories to block Public Sector boycotts of Israel
The Tory government announced on Monday (15/2/16) that from now on only government approved boycotts will be tolerated. So much for local democracy.
Through a guidance note published by the…Read more…