Let’s celebrate unions; let’s celebrate UNISON; let’s celebrate the victories of the past, and those that are yet to come
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NHS: Emergency Action Plan.
Statement for Emergency Action: It is with great dismay that we hear of the crisis in A&E at St Mary’s Hospital. It an affront to us and our NHS, that the basic human right to healthcare is being…Read more…
Nuclear Power Plant explosion just over water to the Isle of Wight
Reports have come in that there has been an explosion in the engine room at the EDF Flamanville plant in North West France just opposite to the Isle of Wight.People in the locality and workers are…Read more…
LIVE: Unite EWC conference
Unite reps on European Works Councils (EWCs) are convening for a special two-day Unite conference in Esher today (February 9) to discuss the union’s campaign on Brexit to defend jobs, rights…Read more…
Joe on the importance of unions as a teacher – #heartunions
8th – 14th February 2017 is #heartunions week, celebrating the great work unions do, and paying tribute to the reps who are an important part of that. The Unsung Heroes series is running all week,…Read more…
Industrial CCS in Teesside: the cinderella project that could set the UK towards its climate and growth goals
The recent TUC report ‘Powering Ahead’ argues that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an investment in our industrial and environmental future. It will be important for the economic regeneration of key industries by stimulating future clean growth in the UK. Teesside Collective is working to make…Read more…
Chris and zero hours contracts – #heartunions
8th – 14th February 2017 is #heartunions week, celebrating the great work unions do, and paying tribute to the reps who are an important part of that. The Unsung Heroes series is running all week,…Read more…
Stand for Socialism first of all
Today I attended a meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (aside from meetings at the June Conference I expect that this will have been my antepenultimate meeting). At that meeting we discussed NEC motions to our Conference in June, and – crucially – we had to consider the implications of…Read more…
Trade unions can fix our employment tribunal disaster
08 February 2017
By Ben Crawford, Assistant Editorial Officer, IER
The findings of the Ministry of Justice Review of employment tribunal fees, which was finally released this week, show that…Read more…
End blacklisting for good
Unite, the country’s biggest union for construction workers, renewed its demand for a public inquiry into blacklisting today (February 8) and backed calls by the Labour MP Chuka Umunna to strengthen…Read more…
‘Flexible’ for who?
Amid the Brexit worry surrounding Parliament’s on-going debate over the triggering of Article 50, there appeared to be a crack of light from PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC). Despite the…Read more…
UNISON prepares for a campaigning year
First NEC of 2017 covers campaigning to defend the NHS, anti-Trump protests, industrial action and preparations for national delegate conference
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Brewster judgement means pension schemes must look again at their rules, says UNISON
Responding to the Supreme Court ruling today (Wednesday) concerning Denise Brewster’s successful claim to her partner’s pension, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today’s judgement is good…Read more…
Zero tolerance
Driving a bus isn’t easy – you’ve got to be constantly on alert, surveying both what’s happening on the road and monitoring passengers in your vehicle to ensure their safety. But what many…Read more…
Our NHS
After chronic underfunding, accelerated privatisation and failed reorganisations introduced by the previous coalition government, the NHS as we know it is now in grave danger. That’s why…Read more…
Nicola’s experience at the Edinburgh Fringe – #heartunions
8th – 14th February 2017 is #heartunions week, celebrating the great work unions do, and paying tribute to the reps who are an important part of that. The Unsung Heroes series is running all week,…Read more…
Post Office ‘slash and burn’
The latest tranche of Post Office job losses is another example of ‘the rickety management’ that is driving a much-valued national institution into the ground, Unite said last tonight (February 7)….Read more…
User needs for union joining forms
Union joining forms are an important but often overlooked step in union organising. You need a process to get people into the union, check applicability in some cases, gather their contact data and…Read more…
Brushing the dust off Collective pensions: TUC Pensions Conference
The subject of Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions got an unexpected airing at the TUC Pensions Conference last week. The topic was not even on the conference agenda. For, after losing its most high profile backer in former Pensions Minister Steve Webb with the end of the Coalition…Read more…
Rob learns as he represents NHS workers – #heartunions
8th – 14th February 2017 is #heartunions week, celebrating the great work unions do, and paying tribute to the reps who are an important part of that. The Unsung Heroes series is running all week,…Read more…