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Colleagues,
I was very pleased to be with a group of Ruskin teachers and students this morning with one of the pickets of junior doctors at the John Radcliffe hospital. The striking medics were really pleased to be joined by the highly enthusiastic Ru…Read more…
Last night’s Trade Union Bill debate in the House of Lords exposed once again how ill-thought through and partisan the government’s Bill is. We heard concerns raised from right across the House about the threat this Bill poses to good industrial relations and fair treatment at work. Bishop of…Read more…
Date: Tuesday 12 January 2016
UNISON local branches across Scotland are calling on Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, to meet UNISON members to hear about the damage Government policies are having on local government and to discuss the future of local services.UNISON is the biggest trade union in local government and branch secretaries from across Scotland have written to the FirstRead more…
Knowing the Redbridge Mayor I am sure that the band (and piper) will be excellent! Read more…
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=ztyN7Nay5GVE.k23VwWSwZSqAAny UNISON member who can should show solidarity tomorrow with the junior doctors’ strike action. (The link above gives details of all the picket lines which will be mounted tomorrow).
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Social care is delivered by people, informal carers and workers, not robots. This means improving the quality of care in Scotland has to seriously address workforce issues.
I was facilitating a…Read more…
11 January 2016
By John Hendy QC and Professor Keith Ewing, Chair and President of the IER
Today marks the House of Lords coming to grips with the government’s Trade Union Bill. The trade unions are…Read more…
As the Tories and their tabloids ramped up attacks on junior hospital doctors, other health professionals rallied in support of the 24 hour strike action set to start tomorrow morning at 8am. NHS…Read more…
Grants available to support members studying in further and higher education
The article Learning and Open University grants for UNISON members first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Rallies and marches back the NHS bursary in London, Manchester and Newcastle
The article ‘Bursary or Bust’ is the cry as NHS students rally across England first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Today’s (Monday January 11) annual survey by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF shows that Britain is becoming less competitive as a base for manufacturers. “The EEF’s survey is yet another wake…Read more…
The NHS Blood and Transplant service needs new donors – particularly if they are young, Black or of South Asia origin
The article Don’t just give something up for new year – give blood…Read more…
Next meeting
Tuesday 12 January at 7.30 at the Craft Beer Company, Upper North Street, Brighton
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UNISON refutes minister Simon Hamilton’s claim for trade union non-engagment on NHS pay
The article NI minister imposes NHS pay award first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Dismissing the Centre for Policy Studies report on the local government pensions scheme (LGPS) published today (Sunday), UNISON head of pensions Glyn Jenkins said: “UNISON fundamentally disagrees…Read more…
The Trade Union Bill is an unacceptable attack on Britain’s unions. Unions are a part of the body politic in this country and for Labour Party peers like myself, many of whom are lifelong trade unionists, it is an attack on us and the people we believe we should be supporting. Unions have…Read more…
Head teachers in Greenwich are being urged to support the campaign to save the council’s mobile library service which deliveries at least 22,000 books a year to children and those with mobility…Read more…
Today’s (Monday 11th January) annual survey by the manufacturers’ organisation EEF is yet another a wake-up call for the government said Britain’s largest union, Unite as it warned manufacturers…Read more…
On Thursday evening I was invited to speak to a joint meeting of both Forest Gate Labour Party branches on the Trade Union Bill. It started off with a quiz on trade unions, which was an excellent ice breaker and introduction. I then spoke about trade u…Read more…