From the Debate on the Third Reading of the Trade Union Bill Angela Eagle, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: As I did on Second Reading, let me begin by drawing the…Read more…
Trade Union Bill:
Trade Union Bill Is a Malicious Attack on the Workers’ Right to Organise The government’s Trade Union Bill is a malicious attack on the dignity of the workers and their right to organise….Read more…
It’s all gone quiet over there?
http://unisonactive.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1
When the world was young, in early 2010, the (then fairly new) UNISON Active blog (written by and for UNISON activists)(though mostly anonymously) was full of posts promoting the candidacy of incumbent General Secretary, Dave Prentis (then seeking his third…Read more…
Swindon Council to ’empower’ local people by denying them power to decide on parishes
At the Council meeting yesterday I asked a couple of questions on the Community Governance Review which will consider whether to introduce parishes into all the non-parishes areas of the town. Question 1: “Will the administration make a commitment that no area of the town, which currently does not…Read more…
Retired Members’ conference reports
MAC Senior, the newssheet for UNISON Scotland retired members, has six lively pages reporting on the 2015 UK Retired Members’ Conference in Brighton last month.
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YoungMinds says make a noise about bullying this anti-bullying week
Lucie Russell, Director of Campaigns and Media at Young Minds explains what you can do to tackle bullying (originally posted on Safer Schools). The theme of Anti-Bullying Week 2015, coordinated by…Read more…
No diversions
Bosses should focus on settling the wage rates dispute at the £200 million energy-from-waste plant being built at the Wilton complex on Teesside, instead of hiding behind court injunctions to divert…Read more…
Save our services
Unite – which represents staff in Oxfordshire county council’s early intervention hubs – will join hundreds of concerned residents on the streets of Oxford tomorrow (Saturday 14 November…Read more…
Don’t lose your voice
Unite is urging people across the country to make sure they are registered to vote with with just days left before the end of the transition period to new the individual electoral registration…Read more…
Rock and a hard place
The government’s £13 billion sale of ‘bad bank’ mortgages to a United States equity firm threatens the long-term security of thousands of home owners Unite has warned. …Read more…
Eliminating fuel poverty by Nov 2016? I think not.
Given the short term thinking that bedevils much political thinking, we can be forgiven for looking cynically at government targets that stretch long ahead of the political cycle. However, sometimes…Read more…
Eyes Left
What do Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Loach and Melvyn Bragg all have in common? Well along with a whole slew of others they are backing the return of the Left Book Club. The original club was founded in…Read more…
Barnet UNISON: ‘Statement on the council’s report ‘Barnet future library service’
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Burma: On the way to a cautious democracy?
On 8 November the people of Burma (Myanmar) expressed their democratic right and voted in favour of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party. This victory will give Burma its first democratically elected government in decades after nearly 50 years under military…Read more…
Croydon University Hospital UNISON members supporting Dave for General Secretary
Pictures of UNISON members who work in Croydon University Hospital supporting Dave Prentis to be elected as our General Secretary. Read more…
When a manager tells you there is no need for a union rep as it is only an informal meeting
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Court brings Home Office to heel over Cuban Five visa
In a victory for freedom of expression, the Home Office has been forced to climb down over its refusal to issue a visa to a leading Cuban campaigner, in a legal move that may also benefit trade union…Read more…
New Scotland in UNISON now online
Trade union rights are human rights – London lobby report; Equal pay victory for Fife workers; The silent slaughter of jobs and services; FE ballot: Members urged to reject 1% pay offer; New procurement guidance should extend Living Wage; STUC St Andrew’s 28 November; Scotland’s Climate March 28 November; Big increase in assaults on public service workers; Water privatisation ‘ultimate marketRead more…
Potash hammer blow
The north east economy has suffered another hammer blow with around 220 job losses announced at the potash mine at Boulby, near Middlesbrough. Unite, which has about 800 members at the UK’s…Read more…
Unions from 12 countries call for a global moratorium on fracking
Thirty trade union bodies representing tens of millions of workers have issued a statement calling for a global moratorium on fracking.Read more…