As Christmas approaches, UNISON is highlighting the importance of keeping the meat we eat hygienic by making sure slaughterhouses continue to be inspected by well-trained state-employed meat hygiene…Read more…
Let’s talk about racism at work
The increase in racist and xenophobic attacks post-Brexit created a public outcry and highlighted the fact that racism is still an issue in modern Britain. This came as no surprise for many Black…Read more…
Christmas pain
Families up and down the country will be desperately struggling at the worst time of the year as thousands will feel the full force of the government’s new benefit cap which many in Manchester were…Read more…
Time to tackle expensive PPP borrowing
The Scottish Government’s spending plans for 2017/18 is unlikely to be a cheery read when it’s published on Thursday. However, when budgets are being cut, it is all the more important that government…Read more…
Queen’s grocer staff tips ‘Scrooge’ shame
Fair tips campaigners will target the Queen’s grocer, Fortnum and Mason tomorrow (December 15) over its Scrooge-like raid on staff wages and service charge payments which has left staff seriously…Read more…
Clarion Housing Strike, Boycott and Union Rights call
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What will the Certification Officer hearing mean for the future of UNISON?
I have kept to the promise I made not to provide a running commentary on preparations for next week’s hearing in front of the (Assistant) Certification Officer of complaints made in connection with the election for UNISON General Secretary last year. Being in possession of some three thousand pages…Read more…
Brexit battle
Labour will fight for a Brexit which delivers “strong relations” with the EU and preserves the UK’s ability to trade in goods and services with the continent. In a major speech in London, Keir…Read more…
Qatar labour ‘reforms’: actions speak louder than laws
Qatar’s new labour laws will not end abuse, warns Amnesty, and FIFA must act to force real change. Hot on the heels of the deal between Qatar’s World Cup Supreme Committee and the international construction unions to allow the latter to keep an eye on workers building World Cup stadiums, comes…Read more…
New barriers to small injury claims could have a grave impact on workers
13 December 2016
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, The University of Liverpool
The government appears intent upon saving the insurance industry costs in excess of £1 billion a year – a…Read more…
‘Excellent’ Nissan pay deal
A two-year pay deal for about 7,400 employees at car giant Nissan was hailed by Unite today (December 13), as ‘excellent news’ that rewards a dedicated workforce. The workforce accepted the…Read more…
‘Paying over the odds’
Bringing Scotland’s crisis-hit bus industry back into public hands could generate up to £76m a year to improve services, according to research for Unite. Unite commissioned Transport for…Read more…
Actions speak louder than laws
Qatar’s new labour laws will not end abuse, warns Amnesty, and FIFA must act to force real change. Hot on the heels of the deal between Qatar’s World Cup “Supreme Committee” and the international…Read more…
Food banks hope to give Britain’s ‘hidden poor’ a festive Christmas
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger
The article Food banks hope to give…Read more…
Consultation on political fund review: December-January
Rule changes need to be be submitted for NDC 2017 to comply with Trade Union Act regulations coming into force in February 2018
The article Consultation on political fund review: December-January…Read more…
Something we can (almost) all agree on: the #right2remain
Yesterday the immigration think-tank British Future launched a report setting out hot to put into effect the right for EU citizens living and working in the UK to remain in the UK after Brexit. The report was drawn up by a panel chaired by Labour MP an…Read more…
NEC elections 2017
The nomination period will open on Monday 9 January 2017 and close at 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017
The article NEC elections 2017 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Christmas ‘havoc’
The delivery of Christmas gifts from Argos, such as iPhones, could be seriously disrupted as drivers are set to strike for 72 hours over the failure to honour holiday back pay, Unite warned today…Read more…
#LAPFF Annual Conference – Wednesday.
Last week I went to the annual conference of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
I missed the first day (Wednesday) but below is an excellent report on the day by guest blogger John Walker who is a UNISON member and sits on the Cambridgesh…Read more…
A UNISON Christmas Carol
A spectre is haunting a large building on the Euston Road.Well, given the season, three spectres maybe. Each, in turn, is troubling the slumber of those who sleep there.First, there is the ghost of elections past, a spectre who reminds the sleeping sou…Read more…