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UNISON Inverclyde are proud to see
their ‘JoinUNISON.org the public service union’ advert being displayed at their community
football club – Greenock Morton FC.
It has taken a few months to get the advert from an idea
to reality. Inverclyde branch worked on the design with UNISON Scotland communications team, and with Morton football club. They bought space on an advertising board facing theRead more…
Workers in the hair and beauty industry are more likely than others to be stiffed of their entitled National Minimum Wage. That’s why in July, the HMRC launched a campaign specifically targeting the…Read more…
I have just signed into the new UNISON website for Capital Stewards and will start posting some links and articiles over the next few days. The site is currently only for UNISON activists and is password protected. If you are a UNISON pension trustee o…Read more…
Jim Sheridan, the former Labour MP whose law targeted illegal gangmasters exploiting migrant workers and ripping off the tax and benefit system says the law must be updated and extended. Jim…Read more…
UNISON probation members working for six community rehabilitation companies owned by Sodexo could be balloted on industrial action over the company’s voluntary redundancy terms
The article Probation…Read more…
HAVANA, AUGUST 14, 2015 OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA CENTRAL COMMITTEE Reality and dreams The leader of the Cuban Revolution insists that we will never stop struggling for peace and…Read more…
Drivers and warehouse staff announce Indesit strike datesRead more…
Prime Minister David Cameron has revamped his Business Advisory Group, and their first task will be to advise him on his EU renegotiation strategy ahead of the referendum on Britain’s…Read more…
(England cricket legend and Ashington FC manager Steve Harmison joined the protest) The Northumberland club hosted a rally in support of a campaign led by a national trade union the TUC ahead of its…Read more…
Today the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the independent research body that advises the government on migration policy, published its report on whether raising salary levels might reduce the number of migrants entering the country. The government asked the MAC to undertake this research to…Read more…
See our new facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UNISONActiveblog We’ve had problems with the existing facebook page that we are trying to sort out.Read more…
On Sunday, schools minister Nick Gibb is reported to have expressed ‘greatest concern’ in response to Ofqual’s report on OCR’s problems in marking exam papers in time last summer. Apparently,…Read more…
To some the term city wardens might conjure up images of eager ‘jobsworths’ doling out as many parking tickets as they can. But for wardens in Aberdeen it’s about so much more than just parking….Read more…
Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan should be freed to strengthen the peace process by enabling talks to move forward, says GMB union.Read more…
Let’s work together to make this new hospital a success,” general secretary Dave Prentis said as he opened a new UNISON shop in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
The article General…Read more…
This is one of those ‘one chart says it all’ posts. Yesterday I was too busy looking at the regular labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics to notice they’d also published a Supplementary Analysis of Average Weekly Earnings. It’s well worth a read, and…Read more…
Global markets are understandably jittery at what has become the biggest fall in the remnibi, China’s currency, since the 1990s. Duncan Weldon explained what is going on with his customary clarity on last night’s Newsnight programme. In a nutshell, between the reforms of the late 1970s and the…Read more…
The delivery of thousands of essential white goods, from fridge freezers, washing machines to cookers, will be severely disrupted, as more than 200 drivers and warehouse staff at Indesit UK Ltd gear…Read more…
This post was published yesterday on Left Foot Forward.
“Sadiq Khan’s mayoral manifesto shows his commitment to helping working people
While there are a number of good candidates standing to be the Labour Mayoral Candidate in 2016, there is one outs…Read more…
Date: Thursday 13 August 2015
Photo opportunity: Time: 12 noonDate: Thursday 13 August Place: UNISON shop, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Road G51 4TF
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis is to visit the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital today (Thursday).
Dave and UNISON’s national head of health Christina McAnea will be given a tour of the brand new hospital byRead more…