Largest NHS union puts its weight behind Welsh government’s Choose Well call
The article UNISON launches #ChooseWellChampion campaign in ‘groundbreaking initiative’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Dave Prentis – Join UNISON marching for Climate, Justice and Jobs
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has spoken out to support the global call for urgent action on climate change this November and December.
He said UNISON members will be joining in marches and rallies across the UK, organised by Stop Climate Chaos Scotland and the Climate Coalition Movement, and in Paris, all timed to coincide with international demonstrations.Read more…
Remember Redcar
Next time you hear the Chancellor, George Osborne, talk about the ‘march of the makers’, the Northern powerhouse or that the Conservatives were now the party of the workers – remember Redcar….Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
Safeguarding the Future of Lewisham Hospital
The Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign (SLHC) has fought on many fronts, relying on its own initiative and mobilising all concerned people to participate in the fight, to safeguard the future of…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
No to the EU of Austerity! Develop Trade and National Relations for the People’s Benefit!:
As we go to press, the breaking news is that the anti-austerity, anti-EU parties in Portugal, which won an absolute majority as a coalition in the recent general election, have been denied their…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…
The Crisis in Britain’s Steel Industry::
Volume 45 Number 30, October 24, 2015 ARCHIVE HOME JBCENTRE SUBSCRIBE The Working Class Must Force the Government to Make the Alternative Happen The closure of Britain’s second largest steel…Read more…
Gloria Mills elected as ETUC women’s committee president
Union congratulates senior equalities officer on new role in European trade unionism
The article Gloria Mills elected as ETUC women’s committee president first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Re-inventing the wheel of well-being: NEF’s new measures of ‘national success’
GDP was not originally devised (in the 1930s) as a barometer of economic health, more as a means to that end. Yet as we anticipate tomorrow’s first estimate for the third quarter of 2015, it is undeniable that GDP growth is now used as shorthand for the success or otherwise of the economy (and…Read more…
Solar industry fears “systematic dismantling of UK renewable energy policy”
The solar power industry has challenged the government to support a three year survival plan which will add just £1 a year to consumers’ energy bills and save most of the 27,000 jobs now at risk from government cuts. It rejects the government’s claim to be helping “hard working…Read more…
UNISON will not be gagged, higher education branches hear at seminar
Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill
The article UNISON will not be gagged, higher education branches hear at…Read more…
Episode 11: ‘Hotels love scared workers’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week….Read more…
Tory says now is a good time for steelworkers to lose their jobs
Community says Lord Heseltine’s comments insult the families of those who are losing their livelihoodsRead more…
Union rep suspended after winning cuts campaign at work
GMB calls for reinstatement of rep who fought cuts at Rowley Owls NurseryRead more…
The name’s BECTU … union members protest outside Bond premiere
Union demonstrates outside Albert Hall after bosses refuse recognitionRead more…
ASLEF calls on Transport Minister to come clean over electrification costs
Government admits initial estimate tripled to £2.8bnRead more…
Understanding opens the door
As a black child in a predominately white village in the 1950s, former Unite national secretary for equalities, Bob Purkiss, occasionally encountered instances of racism. Those situations could…Read more…
Torbay Council to have referendum on Executive Mayoral system
This is interesting to anyone concerned with local authority governance. According to this report just under 1,000 people in Torbay took part in a consultation process, where they rejected the mayoral system in support of a new committee system involv…Read more…