‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’
The article The truth about the cuts: the disability support worker first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
The truth about the cuts: the disability support worker
‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’
The article The truth about the cuts: the disability support worker first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Are you ready for NMC revalidation?
How nurses, midwives and health visitors renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council has changed – check out the UNISON guidance
The article Are you ready for NMC revalidation?…Read more…
Transparency call
Serious questions should be asked about reports that two financially challenged ambulance trusts in the east and west Midlands could merge, with a possible adverse effect on patient care. …Read more…
‘We will work to protect housing association jobs and conditions’
UNISON tells London housing associations planning merger that success of plans relies on ‘efforts of dedicated workforce’
The article ‘We will work to protect housing association jobs and…Read more…
Low-income workers urged to claim tax credits before universal credit arrives
Across the country the one million people in low-paid jobs who have yet to apply for tax credits should hurry up and do so before it’s too late and universal credit arrives in their area, say UNISON…Read more…
Chancellor creating a northern poorhouse with universal credit cuts, says UNISON
Nearly 31,000 working people in the North West stand to lose out as government cuts to universal credit work allowances kick in from today (Monday) warns UNISON. Cuts to universal credit were…Read more…
IMF & World Bank should change course on growth & austerity
The global trade union movement is pressing the ‘international financial institutions’ (IFIs) to switch track, abandoning support for austerity, and replacing it with a global recovery strategy consisting of public investment stimulus and coordinated wage increase; investments in…Read more…
What the British Say….
While I don’t think that this is a totally accurate reflection of how “Brits” or “Foreigners” think there are some home truths. Read more…
General Secretary’s report from March 2016 Unite EC meeting
I’ve got a copy of the General Secretary’s report from the March 2016 Executive Council meeting and will email it on to Unite members on request.Read more…
Nuit Debout . Huge anti-labor reform protests rock France
Published time: 9 Apr, 2016 16:12 RT – Daily news Live updates Thousands of people across France have taken to the streets to voice their protest against a newly proposed labor reform. Some…Read more…
The Panama Papers: Why Iceland?
By Gearóid Ó Colmáin Global Research, April 09, 2016 The most unusual aspect of this week’s ‘Panama Papers’ scandal was the appearance of the Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson…Read more…
A week of campaigning for Sadiq Khan as Labour Mayor of London in West Ham
Some pictures from the door knocking that has been going on by various ward branches in West Ham Labour Party during the last week.
On Sunday I helped out in Custom House. Interestingly, we are also asking residents how they will vote in the European …Read more…
Fraudulent Government Consultations on Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Exposed
TML Weekly is publishing below an article by Council of Canadians Trade Campaigner Sujata Dey on the International Trade Minister’s consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership neo-liberal…Read more…
As a trade unionist, this is why Britain must vote to Leave
Enrico Tortolano 7 April 2016 from open democracy The British left has a proud history of opposing the bureaucratic, undemocratic super state that is the EU. The case for Leave is stronger now than…Read more…
‘Our schools will not be academies,’ says major local authority
Adi Bloom Birmingham City Council has passed a motion stating that it does not want its schools to become academies At a meeting this week, Labour councillor Brigid Jones proposed the motion that:…Read more…
Dutch reject EU Association deal with far-right Ukraine
Voters in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU Association deal with Ukraine with about the same ratio as the vote to reject the European Constitution in 2005. Following the 2005 vote…Read more…
Latest statement from David Cameron on “morally wrong” tax evasion
Love it 🙂 #resigncameronRead more…
Live reports from delegation to Palestine – please support the boycott policy
Fourth report from a delegation to Palestine and Israel by Sam Macartney, UNISON Scotland International Chair: Day 5: Went to Hebron and was not surprised by the number of Israeli solders surrounding this city.
A few hundred Israeli settlers have live in Hebron since 1982. There have always been some issues but this has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. Ever since Israel’sRead more…
Hundreds of Co Durham teaching assistants protest at pay cut plans
County council’s plans could see vital school staff lose £1,000 to £5,000 a year
The article Hundreds of Co Durham teaching assistants protest at pay cut plans first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…