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This is a little late. I have posted here and linked here on the first day of this global annual conference for trade union pension trustees and organisers that took place earlier this month.
(On my https://twitter.com/grayee account I tweeted o…Read more…
This week we look at the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) together with Unite in fighting racism. Today we start with how it all began. At Newcastle’s St James Park in 1995 it…Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Barnet UNISON propose 24 hour strike on 7 October
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Unite members concerned that 1,700 jobs are at risk at firm’s Surrey HQRead more…
Unions condemn Public Health England after it announces move from Porton Down to HarlowRead more…
This is the “Katie Hopkins” immigration test that the Tories are thinking of introducing to appease The Sun and Daily Mail readers.
Hat tip Becky Tye. Read more…
19 September 2015
By John Hendy QC
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Short-termism, on the part of corporates and investors, is an issue that apparently will just not go away. The first wave of criticism seems to have broken in the early 1990s. Michael Porter’s work on the subject is probably most famous, but also worth…Read more…
Despite the recent thaw in relations between the Iranian regime and western countries, the situation facing trade unionists in the country has worsened alarmingly this month. While we were in…Read more…
UNISON’s President Wendy Nichols has responded below to a bizarre (and “untrue”) attack on the union in the Guardian last week.
When I think of all the very strong and influential women in UNISON the idea that they are being “side lined” is fran…Read more…
Congress notes that there will be a referendum on Britain’s continued membership of the European Union at some time in the next two years, possibly before the 2016 Congress. Over the years, Congress…Read more…
By Lorna Unwin, Institute of Education. How can vocational teachers and trainers (VTTs) develop and their subject and pedagogical expertise? How much CPD goes on ‘under the radar’ as VTTs seek their…Read more…
Download ‘Protect The Right To Strike’ by John Hendy QC and Prof. Keith Ewing published by CTUF and IER…Read more…
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As supermarket chain Lidl announced today (September 18) that it would introduce a Living Wage of £8.20 an hour for workers in England, Wales and Scotland, Unite members demand to know why workers in…Read more…
The university principals’ campaign against the very modest proposals to modernise university governance in Scotland is now bordering on the hysterical.
The Scottish Government’s Higher…Read more…
Britain’s steel industry is at ‘crisis point’ warned Unite as it urged the government to step up its support for the troubled industry. The call follows today’s (September 18) decision by SSI…Read more…
Public Health England (PHE) has been accused of ‘acting in bad faith’ by not informing the trade unions before the announcement that its facilities will be moved from Porton Down to Harlow in Essex….Read more…
The 2015 Good Childhood Report comes to some chilling conclusions. Children in England were found to be among the most unhappy with their school life in the world. And their dissatisfaction…Read more…