Delight for Glasgow janitors as 20-month strike ends in victory After a near two-year battle for a pay rise – led by Unison and dubbed locally as #Justice4Jannies – janitors finally won a six per…Read more…
Why we should still be worried about zero-hours contracts
The ONS release on the number of zero-hours contracts yesterday showed that there has a been a fall of 20,000 over the year. This is the first fall we have seen in the data series. However, at 2%, this is a drop in the ocean. There are still around 900,000 of these controversial contracts. Numbers…Read more…
Being taught to hate…shocking picture even after 25 years
Was this little boy nowadays one of the torch bearing Nazi thugs in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend?Read more…
What Kind of Education do we Want?
Many people interested in education are involved in teaching or support, some are parents and students. It has become a major political issue of our time and is under siege from Austerity. We need to…Read more…
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International US Charlotte Town attack on demonstrators. Trump caught out on support for riight wing supremacist, neo-nazi and KKK. Pragmatic approach in essence equating “Left” in same boat….Read more…
No ‘certainty’ for EU workers in Brexit plan
The claimed ‘certainty’ in the UK government’s ‘cut and paste’ job on EU law clearly doesn’t apply to EU nationals working in Scotland and the rest of the UK. Last month the UK government…Read more…
Brexit ‘band-aid’?
In an initial response today (August 16) to the UK government’s paper proposing steps to mitigate the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland, Unite said there is little in the proposals to…Read more…
Bin dispute win
Unite, today (August 16) said that it has achieved victory in the Birmingham bin dispute which will result in the suspension of the current industrial action. The union said that the city…Read more…
Begging for more hours
The latest labour market data out today (August 16) paints a superficially rosy picture if you look at the headline figures — wage growth is higher than expected, unemployment is down yet again and…Read more…
Give us guarantees
Unite members at Argos distribution centres began three weeks of strike action yesterday (August 15), after the company failed to negotiate an agreement covering redundancy and relocation. Find out…Read more…
From North to South, no community deserves to be abandoned
Where you are born should have no say on how your life pans out. But the reality of today’s Britain is different. Regional inequalities persist from birth to childhood, to working life and beyond. The North / South divide is not a myth… Your life is likely to be shorter if you’re from the…Read more…
‘All is not well’
British workers are set for another hit to their living standards, as rail fares surge to their highest in five years and wages continue to stagnate, even amid steady inflation. Rail fares for…Read more…
Carnival ‘bus chaos’
Unite is warning that bus passengers are facing widespread disruption across London over the August bank holiday weekend as key safety support staff hold a 48-hour strike over pay. The 400…Read more…
Strong stand
Unite members at Argos’ distribution network strike over the company’s failure to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages. Argos has failed to give…Read more…
Uber out
Police have slammed the ride-sharing app Uber in London for failing to report sexual assaults by its drivers, among other serious crimes, leading Unite to call for an end to Uber’s operating…Read more…
UNISON National Labour Link Committee Elections 2017
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The Sound of Public Services
A UNISON trio are balancing their public service jobs with a new role – as rock stars
The article The Sound of Public Services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Glasgow janitors win pay rise as new school year starts
20-month dispute ends in victory for janitors in nursery, primary and ASL schools
The article Glasgow janitors win pay rise as new school year starts first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Big Ben Bong Bonkers
August is usually called “The silly season” by journalists because there is so little news around as Parliament is not sitting and politicians are away on holiday. As a result they have to fill their…Read more…
Unison Success Over Failure To Consult
Organisations should consult unions before making changes to contracts that will affect their members, the Court of Appeal has said, in a ruling that could have wide-ranging repercussions for employers. The ruling came in a case brought by public service … Continue reading →Read more…