5,000 march through Scottish capital to demand an end to the public sector pay cap
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5,000 march through Scottish capital to demand an end to the public sector pay cap
The article Thousands march in Edinburgh to demand: Pay Up Now! first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
You call 999, you’re put through to someone, the police arrive… But of course, it’s never as simple as that
The article The timeline of a crime first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Scotland’s public services are administered by some 200 public bodies. Most of these are run by boards that make the key decisions on the majority of public spending in our country. This means we…Read more…
Report from GPM&IT NISC October 2017
Unite’s National Industrial Sector Committees (NISCs) meet quarterly, bringing together activists from a particular industrial sector, delegated from Regional Industrial Sector Committees (RISCs). The NISC for the Graphical, Paper, Media & IT…Read more…
Unite has produced a useful leaflet “Getting involved in Unite branches” which sets out their function and the main jobs in the branch.
Branches are being asked to elect their branch officers in January – March 2018 to serve for three years from 1 Ap…Read more…
The Tories are responsible for a recent deluge of gloomy economic indicators and are too bogged down in internecine conflict to come up with a long term plan to stabilise the economy, Unite has…Read more…
Unite called on the UK government today (October 9) to end the uncertainty for thousands of BAE workers and manufacturing communities across Britain by committing to build the next generation fighter…Read more…
Toyota reportedly plans to build the next generation Auris at its Burnaston site in Derbyshire – but only if the UK secures a transitional deal in Brexit negotiations. Two sources familiar…Read more…
It’s world mental health day this Tuesday (10 October) so to mark the occasion we’re looking at some data that shows what’s happening to mental health service users
The article Working in mental…Read more…
Unite has condemned the latest decision on Friday night (October 6) by the Department of Commerce in an escalating trade dispute between aerospace firms Boeing and Bombardier, which saw the US…Read more…
Join us for a Lobby Against School Cuts to show MPs that, despite the Department of Education’s welcome rethink, there is still a problem
The article Schools funding is still in crisis – prepare to…Read more…
In June this year, UNISON ran a survey to find out about members’ financial situations, and some of the results are shocking, especially when it came to our Black members.
The article Black workers…Read more…
The campaigner is urging everyone to help create a fairer society for all and reject a slide toward the past he remembers
The article Harry Leslie Smith’s new book is an essential call to arms…Read more…
Off message but a lovely walk today from the People’s Republic to Queen Elizabeth’s Hunting Lodge at Chingford. Highlights are :- Great sky. Fantastic breakfast at the Lakeside Diner. Then got lost. Found way across A406. Had coffee at Higham lake. At …Read more…
The strange case of a government housing policy that won’t happenby stevehilditch
By Ross FraserEveryone in the sector will recall the surprise late insertion into the 2015 Conservative election manifesto of a policy to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants – funded by the…Read more…
Selected Writings of Ernesto Che Guevara Ideology of the Cuban Revolution – Che Guevara, October 8, 1960 – Che Guevara wrote “Notes for the Study of the Ideology of the Cuban…Read more…
New UNISON survey of staff working in mental health services
The article Cuts to mental health leave staff facing violence and aggression, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
I wrote a piece a few months ago (prior to the election) saying that I thought that while the Left were unlikely to win the election, we were winning the battle of ideas. I don’t actually think this was a particularly insightful or original take, but i…Read more…
Last week I went to a packed out retirement function for UNISON Regional Secretary, Linda Perks. This is her leaving message to staff and members.
“I write to advise that I will be retiring from UNISON on 30 September after working for the union for over 34 years and being a member since 1979. …Read more…
The announcement of the closure of the Britvic plant in Norwich and the review by Unilever of its iconic Colman Mustard production has sent shockwaves through Norfolk. Unite, with members at…Read more…