The union warns that proposals are politically driven and potentially dangerous
The article UNISON responds to language requirement for public service workers first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
LOBOs. Cllr Gray’s Response to Newham Council’s Annual Treasury Management Report 2014/15
I spoke after Cllr Whitworth raised concerns on this item 14 at Monday evening (7.12.15) at Full
Council.
“Thank you Chair. John Gray, West Ham ward, speaking as a Councillor, expressing concerns on behalf of my constituents about Newham Council’s exposure to LOBO loans, in this report referred…Read more…
A faltering start at the UNISON NEC
Here is a brief note of what transpired at the start of yesterday’s meeting of UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) based in part on an update which I have already sent by email to UNISON Branches in the Greater London Region (following a request from a fellow Branch Secretary).
I will…Read more…
LOBOs. Cllr Whitworth’s Response to Newham Council’s Annual Treasury Management Report 2014/15
This is the concerns expressed by Cllr John Whitworth during the discussion on item 14 at Monday evening (7.12.15) at Full Council.
“The issue of the servicing and repayment of the Council’s debt is obviously of major importance at a time when we are obliged to make savings in most…Read more…
Sunday Night Live: Syria and Airstrikes
A week on from the Commons vote, which extended Britain’s bombing campaign against ISIS into Syria, this Sunday Night Live special explores where now for the multinational coalition against Daesh.
With on-going controversy surrounding Cameron’s widely challenged claim of 70,000 moderate Syrian…Read more…
The Word on the Streets…. of Oldham
Of all the commentary on the huge success that was Labour’s victory in the Oldham by-election, few if any commentators seem to have noticed one of the most significant factors.
The key point (I…Read more…
“Three little Libraries” – Save Barnet Libraries
Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive
‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
The article Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
UNISON calls for Robert Gordon University to remove Donald Trump’s honorary degree
Date: Wednesday 9 December 2015
UNISON members working at Robert Gordon University have written to the Principal, Professor Prondzynski, calling on him to remove Donald Trump’s honorary degree because he is reported to have called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" UNISON believes this to be unacceptable. Colin Jones, Robert Gordon UNISON steward said: “Read more…
Welsh probation services threatened
Probation staff at Wales Community Rehabilitation Centre face a very anxious Christmas, uncertain of their future after hearing finances will be slashed by 40% next year. With cuts of this magnitude,…Read more…
Time to get serious about social care
While sound and fury explodes all around us on NHS spending, spare a thought for the crisis in Scotland’s social care system.
Today, I was in parliament for the launch of the Commission for the…Read more…
A double-whammy of imbalance: London drives faster growth; finance and real estate drives London
The first regional GVA figures for 2014 show the usual story of growth shared across the country but disproportionately skewed toward London, which continues to account for an ever greater share of UK GDP. Ominously though, in London, the acceleration …Read more…
Unison Executive Committee Elections 2016/17
Nominations are now open for Unison Executive Committee Elections 2016/17 for officers, convenors and stewards. Information about the roles are available on the branch rule book page of this web site https://stokeunison.wordpress.com/faqs/rule-book The…Read more…
Long-term job security call
Staff at Legal & General’s flagship site in Kingswood, Surrey, have moved closer to strike action in the New Year with the launch of a final industrial action ballot. This follows September’s…Read more…
Votes at 16 Voted Down
Last night MPs rejected an attempt by the House of Lords to give 16 and 17-year-olds a vote in the planned referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. The amendment put forward in the Lords…Read more…
If you #heartunions join our week of action against the trade union bill
The campaign against the trade union bill is at a critical stage. The parliamentary process has moved into the House of Lords, where we have our best chances of defeating it or getting changes pushed…Read more…
A history man’s challenge for the future
Writer and veteran campaigner Harry Leslie Smith looks to the past and shares his hopes – and fears – for the future
The article A history man’s challenge for the future first appeared on the…Read more…
Newham Council Motion on Trade Union Bill
This motion was passed unanimously at the Newham Full Council meeting last night. The Tory anti-trade union bill has passed through the House of Commons with some significant changes. It goes to the House of Lords in January. We need to keep the pressu…Read more…
Fundamental to prosperity
Unite has called on MPs to support a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport, highlighting the project’s fundamental importance to “securing our country’s long-term economic prosperity”….Read more…
‘Divorced from reality’
UK manufacturing output fell by 0.4 per cent in October from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found. These figures compared with a 0.9 per cent increase seen in…Read more…