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UNISON Scotland local government committee refugee welcome photos are now online. They can be downloaded through www.unison-scotland.org.uk and clicking onto our Picasa site.
Kate Ramsden, UNISON member, shows her support
The power of these pictures is that these are the local government workers who will plan, organise, manage and deliver the services that refugees so badly needRead more…
8 September 2015
By Alan Bogg, Ruth Dukes and Tonia Novitz
The Government’s indecently short consultation procedure on the important issues of restricting the right to strike, using agency…Read more…
Today saw the first release of findings by the Centre for Responsible Credit (CfRC) from the joint TUC and Unison commissioned ‘Britain in the Red’ project. The project is looking at available aggregate and household survey data to track the extent of household over-indebtedness: assessing the…Read more…
USi editor Tim Lezard reports from the Jordan ValleyRead more…
Trade unionists urged to send supplies to CalaisRead more…
TUC and UNISON say UK needs a wages-led recovery, not another debt-fuelled bubbleRead more…
Yesterday was the first day of the 2015 Workers’ Capital Conference, which this year is being held in London and hosted by the International Transport Federation (ITF). This global conference of union pension activists was organised by the Internationa…Read more…
GMB members to take further action after rejecting 1.5% pay offerRead more…
Union offers advice for music teachers made redundant in local authority cutsRead more…
Another damning indictment of this government came last month when the High Pay Centre released its report on the pay of CEOs in FTSE firms. The figures clearly show that those at the top are…Read more…
The Conservative government’s proposed Trade Union Bill has come under continued attack – today (September 7) from three prominent human rights groups, which have denounced the Bill as a “major…Read more…
Workers pensions across the world are facing similar challenges and we need to learn and act together.
I was at the 2015 Workers Capital Conference today, meeting with union pension negotiators and…Read more…
At its national convention in Baltimore in August, the United Electrical Workers union (UE) adopted a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to pressure Israel to…Read more…
Today the EEF (Engineering Employers’ Federation) affirmed the weakness of the UK manufacturing sector, halving their forecast for manufacturing growth in 2015 to 0.7 per cent. The chart below of ONS figures shows manufacturing proceeding since the 1990s in a series of fits and starts. Over the…Read more…
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis celebrates the Burston strike school rally in Norfolk yesterday (Sunday)
The article UNISON at the Burston school strike rally first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
The Tories are robbing the working poor and giving to the working wealthy, according to new research from the TUC. And the Tories tried to hide it. The richest working households will be over…Read more…
Nomination period runs from 2 September to 9 October during which time branches and other bodies can make a nomination
The article Northern Ireland regional committee nominates Dave Prentis in…Read more…
“After seven years of taking the wrong options, we have an opportunity to start making the right choices”Read more…
Car components company, International Automotive Components (IAC), is refusing to discuss 45 potential job losses with Unite. Despite having 35 per cent of the workforce as members the…Read more…
The Materialism of Time and Space and the New Consciousness. ~ kenneth knapman. (2014-15) All rights reserved, 2015 Contents: 1. Material Spacetime · Time Consciousness · Time and Nature · Spacetime…Read more…