The worse European humanitarian crisis since the Second World War demands that we do our utmost
The article ‘Now is not the time to turn our backs’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Sports Direct: Stop your shameful work practices
Help us end this corporate giant’s reliance on low pay and zero-hours contracts.Read more…
‘Victorian’ work practices
Unite members dressed as Dickensian workers will protest outside Sports Direct’s annual general meeting tomorrow (Wednesday September 9), demanding an end to the retailer’s ‘Victorian’ work…Read more…
Fine words and ideals no substitute for investment: UNISON inquiry into Scotland’s libraries
Tuesday 8 September 2015
UNISON, the trade union for Scotland’s library staff, has published a report ‘Read It and Weep’, which outlines the experience of those working in Scotland’s libraries. It raises the concerns and difficulties of staff who are simultaneously being expected to expand services while being in the front line of cuts. The report is based on qualitative research from UNISONRead more…
Refugees welcome photos online
UNISON Scotland local government committee refugee welcome photos are now online. They can be downloaded through www.unison-scotland.org.uk and clicking onto our Picasa site.
Kate Ramsden, UNISON member, shows her support
The power of these pictures is that these are the local government workers who will plan, organise, manage and deliver the services that refugees so badly needRead more…
Pre-Strike Ballots and the Trade Union Bill 2015: Denying Workers the Right to Strike?
8 September 2015
By Alan Bogg, Ruth Dukes and Tonia Novitz
The Government’s indecently short consultation procedure on the important issues of restricting the right to strike, using agency…Read more…
Britain in the red: Households with problem debt up by more than a quarter since 2012
Today saw the first release of findings by the Centre for Responsible Credit (CfRC) from the joint TUC and Unison commissioned ‘Britain in the Red’ project. The project is looking at available aggregate and household survey data to track the extent of household over-indebtedness: assessing the…Read more…
Snakes up a tree! Palestinian date-pickers face daily peril
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the Jordan ValleyRead more…
CWU launches refugee aid appeal
Trade unionists urged to send supplies to CalaisRead more…
Households in debt rise by 28% as families struggle to survive
TUC and UNISON say UK needs a wages-led recovery, not another debt-fuelled bubbleRead more…
Workers’ Capital Conference 2015
Yesterday was the first day of the 2015 Workers’ Capital Conference, which this year is being held in London and hosted by the International Transport Federation (ITF). This global conference of union pension activists was organised by the Internationa…Read more…
Stansted scanners announce new strike dates
GMB members to take further action after rejecting 1.5% pay offerRead more…
Singing from the same hymn sheet – MU launches school teacher co-ops
Union offers advice for music teachers made redundant in local authority cutsRead more…
Unfair and discriminatory pay set to continue with this government
Another damning indictment of this government came last month when the High Pay Centre released its report on the pay of CEOs in FTSE firms. The figures clearly show that those at the top are…Read more…
Major attack on civil liberties
The Conservative government’s proposed Trade Union Bill has come under continued attack – today (September 7) from three prominent human rights groups, which have denounced the Bill as a “major…Read more…
Workers of the world unite to save your pensions!
Workers pensions across the world are facing similar challenges and we need to learn and act together.
I was at the 2015 Workers Capital Conference today, meeting with union pension negotiators and…Read more…
United Electrical workers first US union to join Israel boycott
At its national convention in Baltimore in August, the United Electrical Workers union (UE) adopted a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to pressure Israel to…Read more…
More bad news on UK manufacturing
Today the EEF (Engineering Employers’ Federation) affirmed the weakness of the UK manufacturing sector, halving their forecast for manufacturing growth in 2015 to 0.7 per cent. The chart below of ONS figures shows manufacturing proceeding since the 1990s in a series of fits and starts. Over the…Read more…
UNISON at the Burston school strike rally
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis celebrates the Burston strike school rally in Norfolk yesterday (Sunday)
The article UNISON at the Burston school strike rally first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
From the 99 % to the 1 %
The Tories are robbing the working poor and giving to the working wealthy, according to new research from the TUC. And the Tories tried to hide it. The richest working households will be over…Read more…