Sign the UNISON petition urging Parliament to debate plans giving ministers a right to tell pension funds where to invest money
The article More than 10,000 people call on MPs to debate LGPS plans…Read more…
Bin Workers Strike:
The Bullying of Sheffield’s Bin Workers results in 1st Strike for 17 years. Peter Davies GMB re Veolia strike Friday 1st GMB members on Sheffield’s bin service have seen the use of CCTV on the…Read more…
Service group executive elections
Ballots for contested seats on the union’s seven service group executives open on Monday 11 April when ballot papers start being despatched to members
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‘Sort this now’
Steel union leaders are set to meet today (April 4) to discuss the steel crisis in an effort to save thousands of jobs. “After a tumultuous few days this will be the first time representatives…Read more…
‘An inconsequential little protest’
Graeme Ellis didn’t expect that a very personal gesture of protest would help pave the way for the government’s budget u-turn on cuts to disabled people
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What next for the Trade Union Bill?
The Trade Union Bill is still at the report stage in the House of Lords, where it will be debated again on 19 April before being sent back to the House of Commons.
The Government could seek to reverse the amendments which have been, and may be, agreed in the Lords – but it is a testament to the…Read more…
Keep Osbourne’s thieving hands off our Pensions!
At the same time as Tory Chancellor George Osbourne, is trying to steal jobs from steel workers, benefits from the disabled, tax credits from the working poor and homes owned by Councils, he is also trying to plunder the local government pension scheme…Read more…
A victory for public sector unions on the road to the White House
Many in the US labour movement see the Friedrichs case as a direct attack on workers’ fundamental rights…Read more…
Where are all the Black historians
Black historians in the UK: the unseen scholars by Patrick Vernon By Media Diversified on March 30, 2016 Patrick Vernon OBE is a leading expert on African and Caribbean genealogy in the UK. Founder…Read more…
A Muslim Mayor to Fight Extremism and Make London Safe
I have been away last week in Wales and now catching up on posts. Picture is from the campaign launch of Labour Candidate for London Mayor, Sadiq Khan MP, that I attended beforehand in Westminster.
Former Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, spoke first…Read more…
Courses coming up in May
There is still availability in some UNISON courses coming up – ERA Refresher, Organising Stewards, Mental Health at Work and Writing and Editing Skills. If you are interested, see more here and contact your branch to apply.
ERA Refresher – Glasgow (residential) – 6 – 8 May 2016
This course is for any stewards/branch officers who have not undertaken any training in the last 5 years. It is notRead more…
Easter Rising 1916:
Commemoration of the Easter Rising 1916 Members of Cumann na mBan (the Irish women’s council) entered the General Post Office (GPO) and fought alongside their male counterparts, as well as in…Read more…
Amnesty International report finds abuse still rife as Qatar & FIFA make excuses
Amnesty International has poured cold water on Qatar’s claims to be protecting workers on FIFA World Cup projects, exposing a litany of abuses faced by people refitting the Khalifa International…Read more…
Amnesty International report finds abuse still rife as Qatar & FIFA make excuses
Amnesty International has poured cold water on Qatar’s claims to be protecting workers on FIFA World Cup projects, exposing a litany of abuses faced by people refitting the Khalifa International…Read more…
NMW increase welcome – but not to be confused with a living wage
I have been feeling a little conflicted about the new “national living wage” introduced today. On the one hand, it would clearly be churlish to do anything except welcome an increase in the national minimum wage to £7.20, as it will benefit about 1.5 million workers. We have quite…Read more…
UNISON Scotland jobs: Caseworker South Lanarkshire Branch – closing date 28 April 2016
Caseworker
UNISON Grade 5 starting at £34,864
35 hours a week to be worked flexibly
Applications are invited for a post of Caseworker to work with Branch Officers and stewards providing a representation service to members of the UNISON branch.
UNISON South Lanarkshire has 6000 members working in the local council, Leisure and Culture Trust, further education and the community, voluntary andRead more…
More than ‘tea and sympathy’
Three days after news broke that Tata Steel would be selling its entire UK business, business secretary Sajid Javid has finally returned from his trip to Australia and today (April 1) faces Port…Read more…
Keeping the home fires burning
All in a day’s work for the National Grid shift control engineer
The article Keeping the home fires burning first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Haufenweise schwarze Schafe
This article appears in this week’s edition of Jungle World. Die britische Labour Party und ihr neuer Vorsitzender Jeremy Corbyn haben ein Problem mit dem Antisemitismus in den eigenen Reihen….Read more…
‘So much for the Northern Powerhouse’
Trade unionists and MPs gathered in Manchester yesterday (March 31), to warn that state funding for northern England’s railways is set to fall by over 85 per cent during the next 10 years, with dire…Read more…