Members in further education have until 4 November to respond to the consultation on the employer’s ‘first and final’ pay offer
The article FE consultation on employer’s offer now open first…Read more…
All Aboard Making worker representation on company boards a reality
Speaking today at the Conservative Party Conference, the Prime Minister repeated her commitment to introduce worker representation on company boards. The TUC has just published a new report All Aboard that sets out proposals for making this a reality, …Read more…
Bradford mental health workers strike over imposed shifts
Company fails to negotiate over plans for ‘unfair’ work pattern which could see transferred UNISON members on call for 14 hours a day
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Still time to talk plea
About 150 workers at a chemical factory in East Lancashire will take industrial action in a dispute over imposed changes to their terms and conditions. The Unite members including manual…Read more…
Workers’ rights and Brexit: holding the PM to her pledges
Last Friday, I reiterated our key demand of the Government over Brexit: workers must not pay the price for the decision to leave. TUC opinion polling after the referendum showed that whatever people voted for on 23 June, it wasn’t to lose precious rights at work. The TUC and unions – as…Read more…
A life less ordinary
Women in prisons, suicide and domestic violence. Just a few of the issues Margaret McKee works on
The article A life less ordinary first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Why more carrot and less stick can help us to ‘Power Ahead’
The TUC recently published a new policy document, ‘Powering Ahead: How UK industry can match Europe’s environmental leaders’. This document sets out a path to a sustainable industrial strategy, in which ‘sustainable’ describes the economic, social and environmental challenges facing companies,…Read more…
Breast cancer, my union and me
Liz Potter was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in the summer of 2013 at the age of 49.
The article Breast cancer, my union and me first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Sometime inertia is better than momentum?
I don’t rate “Momentum” as an organisation.It seems to be a haven for ambitious people who want to flock around a Labour Leader respected above all for his lack of personal ambition. I know that many good people have joined Momentum, including many good friends whom I respect. I regret that I am…Read more…
Red Tories are trying to “nationalise without compensation” the £130 Billion Local Government Pension Scheme
I do sometimes wonder whether Communist Soviet Union “sleeper agents” in the Conservative Party have been “activated” since 2015?
The recent announcement of Government guidance that directs UK Council pension schemes to only invest…Read more…
Delivering fair work and effective employee voice
Fair work and employee voice are key elements of an economic strategy for Scotland. There is even a welcome cross party consensus developing.
I was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s…Read more…
‘Under the banner of community’
As night falls over Whitechapel the young men in black shirts spill into the narrow streets looking for a fight. Members of Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, they prowl around, seeking out…Read more…
The spirit of Cable Street must live on today, now more than ever
It’s 80y years since one of the pivotal moments in modern British history: key to the anti-fascist struggle; ky to how our country held firm against the rising tide of hate stalking Europe ; key to…Read more…
UNISON member goes topless in Birmingham for public services
Liz Potter’s double mastectomy following breast cancer left her determined to speak up for the NHS
The article UNISON member goes topless in Birmingham for public services first appeared on the…Read more…
The Conduct of Politics and the Fight for Empowerment
The way that politics is being conducted by those who cherish the cartel-style parties is nothing short of hooliganism. The disgrace is that it is being conducted in the name of democracy. It…Read more…
TUC letter to oppose CETA:
TUC letter to International Trade Secretary Liam Fox calling for him to oppose CETA The TUC has written to the Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox calling for him to oppose the…Read more…
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Tory conference – more weasel words than workers party
Theresa May entered Downing Street three months ago promising to do things differently. She was going to stand up for working people. She was going to be on the side of ordinary families. It’s a…Read more…
#SouthernBackOnTrack – Safety spun in numbers
Southern Rail – having seemed to have learnt nothing from their disastrous social media campaign yesterday with #southernbackontrack – have come back for more of a metaphorical kicking….Read more…
Housing crisis solved at #CPC16?
Perhaps not quite yet, I fear. Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced a new scheme to support house-building at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday, saying that: “We want to ensure everyone has a safe and secure place to live and that means we’ve got…Read more…