Social media reactions to our extremely well attended #killthebill event in London on 29 July 2015
30 July 2015
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A Kafkaesque nightmare
Unite community member Paul Rooney, a former social care worker who gave up his job to care for his severely disabled teenaged daughter, looked through his post one day to find a council tax bill for…Read more…
South African union bankrupted by employers’ legal case
The Commercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) has approached the Constitutional Court to overturn decisions by the Labour Court ordering the union to pay legal fees…Read more…
Trade union leaders: Sisi is not welcome in the UK
Mark Serwotka of PCS and Dave Ward of CWU join Unite and other trade unionists to campaign against David Cameron’s invitation to the Egyptian dictator.Read more…
Enter the new kid on the block – a “sustainable free market”
I dont know if we have a climate sceptic Chancellor. But global surface temperature are now passing more than 1 °C of global warming, relative to the second half of the 19th century. Is this the right time for the Treasury to cast out the UK’s ten key green energy policies for an untried,…Read more…
“Only young need apply. You’ll be sacked when you lose your freshness” – Japanese cafe owner
A woman was sacked from the Caffe Veloce chain in Japan after being told she was “no longer fresh enough”.Read more…
Welfare Bill will push more families to food banks and payday lenders
The second reading of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill did not get the media scrutiny it deserved. Instead, it was rushed through so MPs could go off on their long Summer break.Read more…
How can we resist the Trade Union Bill?
29 July 2015
By Professor Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC
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UPDATE: Campaign for Trade Union Freedom – Kill the Bill
Circular No: NP/ 135/15LA/49/1530th July 2015TO ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS & REGIONAL OFFICES …Read more…
Burnout Britain Mapped: employees missing out on paid holidays by nation and region
New figures indicate that 1,669,000 employees are missing out on their minimum legal entitlement to paid holidays. That’s an average of 6.4% of workers not taking up their legal rights. But this problem isn’t uniform across the UK, nor across all sectors, as you can see below. Missed…Read more…
UNISON supports Jeremy Corbyn & Angela Eagle in Leadership elections
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UNISON nominates Corbyn
http://www.unison.org.uk/media-centre/unison-supports-jeremy-corbyn-in-the-labour-leadership
I should leave the country more often!
For the first time in 12 years I miss a meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) and what happens?
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UNISON supports Jeremy Corbyn in UK Labour leadership election
Wed 29 July 2015
UNISON has decided to nominate Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership contest and Yvette Cooper as its second choice at the union’s National Labour Link committee today (Wednesday).UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:“Jeremy Corbyn’s message has resonated with public sector workers who have suffered years of pay freezes, redundancies with too manyRead more…
No to shift rota changes
Unite members under the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement today (July 29) rejected proposals over changes to shift rotas and terms and conditions following a consultative ballot,…Read more…
Rural workers will suffer
A renewed call for better pay and conditions, as well as better health and safety standards for farmworkers was made this month by Unite executive council member Ivan Monckton, who represents…Read more…
Put pensions plans on hold call
Changes to the Nestlé pension scheme that could mean that 7,600 workers losing thousands of pounds in retirement income should be put ‘on hold’ until a proper valuation of the scheme in December….Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
To advise further on the above, a questionnaire was sent out to all un-restructured members for completion. It was raised with me that some members…Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
Our Ref: BR2/150021st July 2015 Dear Colleague RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS For some considerable time your Senior Union Representatives have been seeking a commitment from South West Trains to…Read more…
RESTRUCTURING, STATION STAFF – SOUTH WEST TRAINS
To advise further on the above, a questionnaire was sent out to all un-restructured members for completion. It was raised with me that some members received this questionnaire by post and some by e-mail.
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When life beyond work ceases to exist
The number of people on zero-hours contracts, in which workers are not guaranteed any hours of work, is notoriously difficult to calculate. While the scale of the zero-hours epidemic is not…Read more…