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Tuesday 2 June 2015
UNISON is calling on the Scottish Government to urgently increase bursary rates for Student Nurses and Midwives in the next academic year. This recommendation is part of the UNISON’s report Caring, Learning and Worried about Money which was published today (Tuesday 2 June 2015).
The survey of student nurses across Scotland found that 85% of student nurses relied onRead more…
Committing to a seven-day health service in the queen’s speech last week (May 27), the government echoed its manifesto pledge to provide GP access all days of the week from 8am to 8pm. …Read more…
Unite members at EM News Distribution are set to commence strike action for improved pay tomorrow (June 3) after an overwhelming ballot in favour of industrial action. Workers will…Read more…
Are you going to be in Edinburgh on Friday evening? Know anyone who will be? We need people who care about the exploitation being suffered by migrant workers in Qatar to help us protest at the…Read more…
Last week, the European Parliament’s international trade committee adopted a report on controversial trade deal TTIP, which will now go to the whole Parliament next week.Read more…
Facebook has reminded me of this post from last year as well. Read more…
WAITING for sporting chance. Palestinian team detained at border.
IT did not make the front-pages nor TV news here, unlike the arrests in FIFA, but there was a not unconnected incident on May…Read more…
My UNISON branch have agreed to composite (merge) this motion with similar ones at this years’ National Delegate Conference.
Millions of Brits face double trouble.
Firstly, employers are not putting enough into most pension schemes which means worker…Read more…
Are you going to be in Edinburgh on Friday evening? Know anyone who will be? We need people who care about the exploitation being suffered by migrant workers in Qatar to help us protest at the…Read more…
Bromley council’s plans to carry out a mass privatisation of services are being challenged by members of Unite with a third wave of strikes. The selective strikes from June 10 to 20 come…Read more…
Originally posted on Isle of Wight TUC:
This is totally unacceptable in a Modern thriving Society The IW has come second in the worst area in the South East after the Government decided not to raise…Read more…
29 May 2015by Mischa Wilmers A national day of action to protest against austerity took place across the United Kingdom, ahead of a large demonstration outside the Bank of England next month. The…Read more…
by Luke James Hackney MP unimpressed by leadership race LABOUR members face a “depressing” choice in the leadership election without a left candidate, MP Diane Abbott told the Star yesterday. The…Read more…
Certain States’ Support for Terrorists Enabled Massacre, Foreign Ministry Says – Syrian Arab News Agency – The Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on May 25 sent identical…Read more…
Opposition to U.S. Threats on Korean Peninsula Letter to President of United Nations Security Council – Ja Song Nam, DPRK Ambassador to UN – Demonstration in Seoul against U.S. and south…Read more…
– german-foreign-policy.com On May 26, German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen will begin several days of talks in New Delhi on questions of military and arms policies. India’s…Read more…
China Unveils New Military Strategy Amid Regional Tensions The Chinese government on May 26 released its new military strategy white paper, updating the most recent document of this kind that was…Read more…
European Union Summit in Riga EU Pulls Away from Ukraine and Its Eastern Partnership – Alexander Mercouris – That the European Union is quietly disengaging from its Ukrainian adventure…Read more…
This year we celebrate 30 years of women in the fire service. It is also time to say farewell to Paddington, London, White Watch manager Sian Griffiths, who is retiring after 30 years. One of the…Read more…
The dispute over a tracker device in the vehicles of employees working at the Finnish-owned lift firm Kone has been successfully settled today (June 1). As a result, the two-week strike by 300…Read more…