Workers at three DHL Supply Chain sites in South Yorkshire have overwhelmingly accepted an improved pay offer of 2.6 per cent for the year starting June 2016. Unite said that the 15 days of…Read more…
‘We proved the world wrong’
It’s been nearly a year since hundreds of steelworkers from across the UK descended on Parliament in a march to save an industry that forms the bedrock of all UK manufacturing. At the time,…Read more…
Checking out of the NHS
Stressed NHS staff are leaving to work in supermarkets because they are so demoralised by years of receiving 1 per cent pay rises or nothing at all, health service bosses warned yesterday (May 7)….Read more…
General election – three things you can do right now
There’s a lot at stake on 8 June – and here’s how you can get involved
The article General election – three things you can do right now first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Scrapping unfair parking charges ‘is the right thing to do’, says UNISON
Welcoming the Labour Party’s pledge to end hospital parking charges for patients, visitors and NHS staff, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The cost of hospital parking is heaping…Read more…
Our Polish members – in their own words
Three of UNISON’s Polish migrant members share their stories and their thoughts on a post Brexit Britain
The article Our Polish members – in their own words first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Policing by numbers
The number of police officers on our streets – so called bobbies on the beat – are frequently covered in the media. But we hear less about how many police staff those officers have working with them….Read more…
Local government workers consulted over pay
Local government branches in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are being consulted over the pay claim for the next pay round. It will cover hundreds of thousands of members in the three…Read more…
Pay Claim Consultation 2018-2019
The branch has organised two members meetings regarding consultation on the submission to the employer for the 2018-2019 pay claim: Wednesday 10 may 12 midday – 12.30 pm Glover Room, Stoke Town Hall Tuesday 16 May 12.30 pm-1.00 pm Glover … Continue reading →Read more…
Most of us will end up voting for an active industrial strategy. So what will we get?
General election campaigns are an opportunity for competing political parties to set out their visions of the economic and social future of the country. Those visions can be markedly different, but going into this campaign we are in the happy position …Read more…
West Hammers at Home and Away (Ilford North)
Picture collage from yesterday’s (Saturday) Labour campaigning in West Ham and Ilford North. In the morning we had street stalls in in Forest Gate and Canning Town, as well as canvass teams in Plaistow North, Plaistow South and Custom House.
Our West …Read more…
Can you help fund West Ham’s General Election campaign?
Dear JohnIn less than five weeks time, on 8 June, we will be casting our votes in the General Election.
I know I don’t need to tell you all how important this election is. A victory for Labour will rock Theresa May and the Tories to the core.
That is why I am asking you to make a…Read more…
What Is Really Happenning In Venezuela – Watch Here.
General election 2017: Make our UNISON members’ voices heard
Make sure members are registered to vote by 22 May;
Use our new campaign guide for branches and activists The general election is just five weeks away. It is vital that UNISON members make their voices heard – which means making sure as many as possible are registered to…Read more…
A Manifesto for Labour Law: what would it look like in Scotland?
05 May 2017
By Gregor Gall, Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Bradford; Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation; and Editor of the Scottish Left Review
In this abridged version…Read more…
IER FACT NEWS: What is Sectoral Collective Bargaining?
05 May 2017
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
The Labour Party has identified the restoration of Sectoral Collective Bargaining as a key element in its…Read more…
Devo Manc: unions will be hitting the ground running with the new Mayor
As expected, Andy Burnham has been elected as the new Mayor for Greater Manchester. Whilst the result may not be a great surprise, it is nonetheless important. With a population of 2.7million, Greater Manchester has the biggest set of devolved responsi…Read more…
Pay hike win
A pay deal at Rolls Royce Rotherham ABCF guaranteeing a minimum of 17 per cent over three years has been signed today (Friday May 5) with Unite. Unite said that the package which will benefit…Read more…
Higher education pay offer is ‘best to be achieved through negotiation’
UNISON’s higher education service group met yesterday to discuss the higher education employers’ full and final offer on pay for 2017-18.
The article Higher education pay offer is ‘best to be…Read more…
Warning fired
An academy chain with schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside is facing possible action from eight education unions over plans to axe support staff. The unions –…Read more…