UNISON Branches have until Wednesday to ask questions of the Annual Report to be presented to our Conference next month by our National Executive Council (NEC).
Thus far fewer than a dozen questions have been asked of a Report which (in line with pract…Read more…
Len McCluskey: Labour’s fresh thinking on investment will lead to a stronger economy
Labour must put the brakes on the `Sports Direct economy’ caused by a discredited political dogma which has down-graded industrial strategy, rejected the investment that is vital to growth and has…Read more…
Scotland in UNISON May 2016 now online
Reports of all the main UNISON speakers at the STUC Congress 2016 in Dundee
– Politicians must be bold in opposing austerity
– STUC to fight for fair and Social Europe
– Framework sets out vision for fair work in Scotland
– UNISON wins call to defend human rights
– Post election – where do the unions stand now? – Mike Kirby
– North Lanarkshire beats off privatisation
– Zero hours – bad forRead more…
Sunday Night Live 22 May: Remain & Leave on Trial
I hope to attend this debate on Sunday evening.Read more…
SOC – see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil?
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EU migrants to Britain and Irish people
There are some very careful phrased statements being made at the moment about EU migration into the UK. The wording is important, because there is a key different between EU migrants and EU nationals working in the UK. This difference is the Irish. Whi…Read more…
Why UNISON branch funding matters
Next month more than 1500 delegates, representing 1.2 Million UNISON members, will gather in Brighton for UNISON’s twenty third annual Conference.Delegates will meet against the backdrop of the first year of majority Tory Government this century, which…Read more…
EU launches consultation on social impact of TTIP
Last week, the European Commission launched a consultation on its latest ‘Sustainability Impact Assessment’ report of the EU-US trade deal known as TTIP. Beneath this rather technical title lies an important opportunity for campaigners to call for TTIP negotiations to dramatically change direction…Read more…
‘Economic vandalism’
40 workers at Shepton Mallet’s historic cider mill will be clocking off for the last time today (May 20) as Irish drinks company C&C Group presses ahead with plans to close the profitable site,…Read more…
Overcoming austerity together
Volunteers from the County Durham Socialist Clothing Bank, which was set up with the assistance of Durham Unite Community in October 2014, have been presented with the Durham County Council…Read more…
Brexit brigade don’t have the NHS’ best interests at heart, says UNISON
Commenting on Michael Gove’s comments about the NHS, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “No-one should be taken in by this latest bout of NHS scaremongering from the Brexit brigade….Read more…
What has the EU done for women?
What has the EU done for women? Unite speaks with women members who share why they’ll be voting to Remain.
The post What has the EU done for women? appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
‘Boaty’ jobs fight
Unite has said it will fight dozens of compulsory redundancies at Cammell Laird, the Birkenhead shipyard set to build ‘Boaty McBoatface’. Unite had been holding meetings with bosses at the…Read more…
TTIP victory
In a major victory for Unite and other campaigners, prime minister David Cameron caved in to public demands to exempt the NHS from provisions in the massive, controversial EU-US trade deal known as…Read more…
NHS deficit damaging services to patients, says UNISON
Commenting on new figures showing a deficit of £2.45bn in NHS finances, UNISON head of health Christina McAnea said: “This is yet another set of damaging figures that show the NHS is under…Read more…
Trade Union Learning: What I’ve Learnt
Colleagues,
Just a brief(ish) post from Warwick University library as I work on my doctoral thesis. I thought I’d write up some personal notes/reflections on what I consider a trade union education pedagogy to look and feel like.
This is partly becau…Read more…
‘Death knell for key industries’
The decision by the European Parliament recently to oppose granting Market Economic Status (MES) to China is very welome. It follows extensive lobbying by Unite and our global union with the US…Read more…
Cuts threaten equalities
Unite has warned against further budget cuts and redundancies at the crisis hit Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), in a letter to MP Maria Miller. The EHRC, set up as in independent…Read more…
Tax avoidance – there are few battles that matter more
Avoiding tax is morally wrong, and pulls vital funds away from public services under pressure – not just at home but around the world. Fighting against tax avoidance is imperative, but it is not a…Read more…
Why The EU Must Not Grant China Market Economy Status
The decision by the European Parliament recently to oppose granting Market Economic Status (MES) to China is very welome. It follows extensive lobbying by Unite and our global union with the US…Read more…