Barnet UNISON Press Release: 2 September 2015
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Q1. Is Canada in recession because of China? Q2. Will their newly-published ‘Federal Balanced Budget Act’ help?
Yesterday, as market volatility continued, GDP figures were issued showing Canada now in ‘technical’ recession. It was a close call, with quarterly growth in 2015 Q2 at -0.1 per cent, following a fall of -0.2 in Q1. But few seem in doubt that conditions in this G8 economy are a worry. The chart…Read more…
Government must act on energy
Unite is calling on the government to investigate the adverse impact of the planned closure of the Eggborough coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire which will bring job losses in the region’s…Read more…
Thunderclap launch for Kids4Libraries march – please support
UNISON welcomes end of employment tribunal fees in Scotland
UNISON has welcomed the Scottish Government announcement that it intends to abolish fees for employment tribunals in Scotland. This announcement comes the week after UNISON vowed to go to the UK…Read more…
UNISON report exposes truth behind the Chancellor’s pay con trick
Thousands of low-income households will be worse off next April when the increase in the minimum wage is more than wiped out by changes to tax credits, according to a new report from UNISON published…Read more…
The Contribution of the Ancients to Theories of the Mind.
~ by Ken Knapman On considering the most recent BBC discussions concerning Buddha, Socrates and Confucius. I have picked, what I consider to be relevant in relation to the historical development of…Read more…
UNISON’s NEC nominates Dave Prentis in general secretary election
National Executive Council makes decision on opening day of nomination period
The article UNISON’s NEC nominates Dave Prentis in general secretary election first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Zero hours jobs leap
At least 744,000 jobs in the UK come with zero hours contracts, a 20% rise in the last year alone, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. The TUC estimates there are…Read more…
Report of the UNISON NEC meeting on 2 September 2015
The meeting commenced with most members in the ninth floor Conference Centre and thirteen NEC members in the first floor audio/video link room.The NEC sent best wishes to two members who were unwell (Linda Sweet and Max Watson) and remembered deceased …Read more…
No to funding cuts
Unite has condemned the Northern Ireland Executive over the implementation of its budget which has forced brutal cuts on the Higher Education sector, resulting in almost 200 job losses at the…Read more…
Why did I get involved?
Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?
The article Why did I get involved? first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Women, communists and foreigners: the forgotten heroes of Paris, 1945
For years French politicians pushed a myth of liberation from the Nazis that was miltiary and male. The truth is somewhat different 1 0 3K Email French Forces of the Interior are supported by a…Read more…
Climate, Justice and Jobs – Sat 28 Nov Scotland’s Climate March
UNISON Scotland is showing our colours by supporting
the Stop
Climate Chaos Scotland Climate March on Saturday 28 November.
On that weekend around the world, millions will be
marching to put pressure on world leaders for an ambitious deal at the UN
climate negotiations in Paris in December.
Scotland’s Climate March is in Edinburgh, with
other marches taking place in Wales onRead more…
Pope still Catholic. Bears…
The UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) has voted to nominate Dave Prentis in the election for UNISON General Secretary.
Dave got 32 votes to 16 for leading left challenger John Burgess, 4 for Roger Bannister, 1 for Hayley Garner and 1 abstention. The NEC has 65 members in total.
Whilst the…Read more…
Stars in our schools
Join UNISON’s search for the unsung heroes of our schools
The article Stars in our schools first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Backing Corbyn – put on your tin hats
Every day seems to bring a new media-generated hoo-ha about what Jeremy Corbyn may or may not have said. As Owen Jones warns, we’d better get used to it. The vast armoury of the Tory press is trained…Read more…
Part-time poverty
Earning below the living wage is the norm for part-time women workers in more than 130 parliamentary constituencies, according to new research carried out by the TUC to mark Part-time Equal Pay Day….Read more…
A tale of sorrow while walking up Moel Famau – the “Hill of Mothers”
Two weeks ago, I went on a holiday walk from the North Wales market town of Ruthin to the top of the nearby Clwydian hill range, Moel Famau, and then back down to Ruthin. At the summit is the remains of a monument to the 50th Jubilee of King George the…Read more…
Cameron’s lying over free schools, says NUT
Union accuses PM of playing politics with schools in pursuit of his own ideological agendaRead more…