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#uLDC15 Delegates backed a call from Northern Region for a range of supports to enable branches to campaign for in-house services and to keep the National Joint Council as the negotiating body for local government members’ pay, terms and conditions.
#uLGC15 Although Scottish delegates were not able to vote, East Dumbartonshire’s Tommy Robertson supported the motion but asked delegates “not toRead more…
#ulgc15 Scotland’s Carol Ball, Vice Chair of the Local Government Service Group Executive, called for support staff in schools to be properly recognised for their contribution to the wider education team, as delegates backed a campaign to reduce school support staff workloads alongside a campaign for increased funding and decent pay.
Carol said that a UNISON survey has shown that 80% of schoolRead more…
#uNDC15 Conference delegates backed a range of measures to combat the rise of vulnerable employment and casualisation across the UK and to restore decent jobs, decent pay and decent standards in the public, voluntary and private sector.
Scotland’s amendment highlighted the Working Together Review in Scotland which has led to the establishment of the Fair Work Convention – a stakeholder bodyRead more…
#uNDC15 As conference condemned the growing inequality in this country and backed a national and international political campaign to rebalance the economy to deliver a fair distribution of wealth, Aberdeenshire’s Kate Ramsden issued a challenge to all delegates, calling on them to get the message out to our members that austerity is not just bad for our members and the services we provide, but isRead more…
UNISON London branches have sent over 200 delegates to Conference.
At a packed regional delegation meeting on Monday evening, our elected regional reps Yvonne Green and Phoebe Watkins, briefed delegates on what to expect.
On Thursday evening all dele…Read more…
As the Northern Ireland power-sharing government faces a £600m black hole in its budget, the Treasury has offered to plug the gap with a loan in exchange for cuts to welfare and the public sector….Read more…
Speaking ahead of today’s (Monday) 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “On the day when we rightly celebrate human rights and access to justice, our…Read more…
Today I’m meeting Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament. Tomorrow, he’s meeting David Cameron to talk about Britain’s future in the EU. I’m asking Martin to make two clear points to David Cameron: 1. Cutting workers’ rights won’t win…Read more…
GMB condemns company for treating its staff with “utter contempt”Read more…
Egypt can be a tough place for workers with its cases of police brutality, mass arrests, abductions and attempted assassinations. In June last year, 500 workers of a national steel company protested…Read more…
Union outraged as a third of Britain’s rolling stock is to be sold to a consortium of secretive investors from Abu Dhabi and AustraliaRead more…
Keep up with the daily events at our National Delegate Conference by reading the reports of our Branch Secretary and delegate Justin Ashton. You are invited to email him to let him know what you think of the report. All … Continue reading →Read more…
Frances O’Grady today meets President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz MEP.Read more…
Ten Birmingham MPs write to Trinity Mirror boss over newspaper closure plansRead more…
This article appears in the next issue of International Union Rights, the publication of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights. In early August 2014, the Workers Advice Center (WAC MAAN)…Read more…
Trade deals are stalled due to popular pressure In both the European Parliament and Congress. What’s going on? When the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were launched in 2013, veteran Tory politician Ken Clarke MP was at his most avuncular when he said that…Read more…
#uNDC15 A thumping speech from Dave Prentis, UNISON general secretary, hit all the right buttons with Conference with support for the Glasgow strikers and a pledge that ‘an injury to one is an injury…Read more…
Following a two-day strike in April, Unite bus drivers in Bradford prepared for further strike action against their employer First Group last week over jobs losses and attacks to terms and…Read more…
Axing £12bn from the welfare bill was a prime Tory election pledge – one that’s proving so impossible that even senior officials within the party’s ranks itself are now pressuring chancellor George…Read more…
Wages are expected to grow at the fastest rate since before the crash, many newspapers reported earlier this week. It’s good news on the surface, but read further down their columns and the reason…Read more…