As well as welcoming NUJ General Secretary Michelle Stanistreet, at our next meeting we’ll also be considering motions for the union’s Delegate Meeting (DM) in the spring.
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‘The heavens reflect our labours’
People lined Scunthorpe’s streets in solidarity yesterday, as hundreds of protesters marched through the town demonstrating against mass redundancies at a Tata Steel plant. 900 Tata jobs are…Read more…
Young Workers Month: Housing
As we enter the second week of the TUC’s Young Workers Month we turn to an issue that is a high priority for many unions’ youth sections: housing. The transition to living independently as an adult is becoming increasingly difficult: the supply of housing is clearly failing to keep up with…Read more…
Unions vow to take TU Bill fight to the Lords
MPs vote to pass “vindictive” Trade Union BillRead more…
Slave-state Qatar faces ILO investigation
Today, the UN’s workplace agency, the tripartite International Labour Organisation (ILO) voted to send a high level mission to Qatar to make an assessment of the real conditions faced by…Read more…
Junior Doctors’ Strike versus Jeremy Hunt Lies:
Strike in further education colleges:
Strike in further education colleges goes ahead tomorrow in pay dispute Members of the UCU in further education colleges will be taking strike action tomorrow in a row over pay. Staff are angry that…Read more…
West Ham Councillor Report: November 2015
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Councillor Report to West Ham Ward
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Scottish Parliament Trade Union Bill lobby
UNISON Scotland joined with the STUC at today’s lobby of the Scottish Parliament. There was a rally outside Parliament with speakers from the main political parties. Activists then watched MSPs debate the Bill in the main chamber debate of the day, passing a strong motion opposing the Bill. Ther is more detail in Dave Watson’s blog post. Thanks to the UNISON Scotland branches who supported theRead more…
Taking the Trade Union Bill into the Scottish Parliament
We took the Trade Union Bill campaign to the Scottish Parliament today. Scottish Labour used their time to ensure that MSPs had an opportunity to debate this legislation.
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5 surprising things about the Trade Union Bill debate…and 3 unsurprising things
The government’s controversial Trade Union Bill was just debated in the House of Commons, before making its merry way on to the House of Lords. The Surprising Bits: 1. Some Conservative MPs…Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Now they want to outsource social work!”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Now they want to outsource social work!”
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Public safety threat
Plans to axe police community support officers (PCSOs) in the West Midlands could be a serious threat to public safety and will spell the end of community policing as we know it, Unite has warned….Read more…
Fiscal fallacies (2): accounting identities and the case for government loan-expenditures
Related to the fallacy of deficit spending are arguments around accounting identities and the ‘principle of sectoral balancing’. The economics is extended from the government’s balance (its deficit or surplus), to the balances for all ‘sectors’, i.e. households, companies and the rest of the world….Read more…
Stop tipping rip-off
Restaurant workers need ‘decisive government action’ to stop employers creaming off their tips, Unite has said in response to the government’s investigation into abuse of tipping which closes today…Read more…
Rally for steel
Hundreds of steelworkers gathered alongside their community in Scunthorpe today (November 10) to stand united in the fight to save their industry and jobs at Tata Steel. The rally steps up the…Read more…
Schools need teaching assistant standards
Government should let UNISON go ahead and publish professional standards
The article Schools need teaching assistant standards first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
OECD wants “cool policies” to tackle climate change and stimulate growth
With evidence that for the first time, global temperature increases are now halfway towards the threshold of dangerous climate change, the OECD has called for government-led investment strategies and stronger regulatory frameworks to tackle climate change. Its effects “may otherwise not be…Read more…
Time for the stars in our schools
Stars in our schools day is fast approaching – tell us which superhero you’ll be dressing up as
The article Time for the stars in our schools first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘No support’
On the eve of the final Commons debate on the trade union Bill at report stage and third reading today (November 10), opposition to the legislation has reached critical mass. With human rights…Read more…