Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley has often appeared invincible by using the massive profits he has generated from forcing his employees to endure low wages and zero-hours contracts to knock out his…Read more…
Get grip on manufacturing
Unite has made it clear ministers have still not ‘got to grips’ over formulating a coherent manufacturing strategy as figures showed a sharp dip in industrial output in July. The union said…Read more…
Tipping the balance
Unite’s fair tips campaign has roared on all summer and been hailed by the Guardian as ‘impressive’. There have been key victories, but the work’s not over yet. It’s rare for a union campaign to…Read more…
Number of families with problem debt up by more than a quarter since 2012, new report reveals
The number of households with problem debt has increased by 700,000 (28 per cent) since 2012, according to new TUC and UNISON-commissioned research published today (Tuesday). The report,…Read more…
Occupying Hebron via the back door
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the West BankRead more…
Go Directly! Pay protests outside more than 40 Sports Direct stores today
Unite also organises demo outside company’s AGM in DerbyshireRead more…
Here’s your hard-working families, Dave: 3.5m people work excessive hours
TUC research shows the number of employees working more than 48 hours per week has risen 15%Read more…
Corbyn’s energy policy is not a throwback to the 1980’s
Jeremy Corbyn’s energy policy proposals have caused some excitement in the sector, even if those reacting haven’t always read it properly.
The headlines scream that Jeremy Corbyn is in favour of the…Read more…
“State-sponsored victimisation of trade unionists” – UCATT on TU Bill
Union says government aims to intimidate workersRead more…
“It’s from workers and it should go back to workers”
Check out this post below by UNISON’s head of bargaining and Campaigns in Scotland, Dave Watson, on the first day of the Workers Capital Conference which took place yesterday.
Also this YouTube video above by the ITF.
“Workers of the world unite to …Read more…
Barnet LG Branch Nominates John Burgess for General Secretary
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It’s less about money buying happiness, but more about the unhappiness without it
There was a lot of press at the weekend on the general theme that ‘money buys happiness’, prompted by the ONS well-being analysis issued on Friday. But thinking more about the results that were covered briefly here on Friday, these headlines might draw the wrong conclusion. There is a…Read more…
The Materialism of Time and Space and the New Consciousness
~ kenneth knapman. (2014-15) All rights reserved, 2015 Contents: 1. Material Spacetime · Time Consciousness · Time and Nature · Spacetime and the Universe · The possibilities for the future 2….Read more…
Economic taskforce call
Unite has called for local political representatives to work together and establish an economic taskforce to help secure employment for the southwest border region of Ireland. The region has…Read more…
Still living large
Grossly overpaid bankers, who helped trigger the worst financial crisis in generations in 2008, are still living large according to a European watchdog report, with the UK being home to the biggest…Read more…
Be proud, be inspired, be union
As the Tory government’s Trade Union Bill looms on the legislative horizon, the rights of working people are under unprecedented threat. The Bill, as human rights groups pointed out this week,…Read more…
‘Now is not the time to turn our backs’
The worse European humanitarian crisis since the Second World War demands that we do our utmost
The article ‘Now is not the time to turn our backs’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Sports Direct: Stop your shameful work practices
Help us end this corporate giant’s reliance on low pay and zero-hours contracts.Read more…
‘Victorian’ work practices
Unite members dressed as Dickensian workers will protest outside Sports Direct’s annual general meeting tomorrow (Wednesday September 9), demanding an end to the retailer’s ‘Victorian’ work…Read more…
Fine words and ideals no substitute for investment: UNISON inquiry into Scotland’s libraries
Tuesday 8 September 2015
UNISON, the trade union for Scotland’s library staff, has published a report ‘Read It and Weep’, which outlines the experience of those working in Scotland’s libraries. It raises the concerns and difficulties of staff who are simultaneously being expected to expand services while being in the front line of cuts. The report is based on qualitative research from UNISONRead more…