College employers urged to use negotiations on 25 August to agee pay fairness or strikes will mark the start of new academic year
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College employers urged to use negotiations on 25 August to agee pay fairness or strikes will mark the start of new academic year
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The threat to 350 jobs at The Pizza Factory in Nottingham was branded ‘a hammer blow’ for the workers and the local economy by Unite last night (August 17). Unite is due to hold talks with the…Read more…
Unite, which represents bus drivers in Weymouth and Bridport, is waiting to hear if the company will agree to the terms of reference for arbitration talks under the auspices of the conciliation…Read more…
UNISON launches ‘salary loss calculator’ for UK university staff ahead of September’s industrial action ballot
The article How much have higher education workers lost? first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Union hosts community sporting event to help build relationships across the community and raise UNISON’s profile
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See recent report below from Financial advisors “Vedant Hedging” below. While this is on face value welcome, Joel Benjamin, from LOBO campaigning group “Debt Resistance” thinks there are more cynical motives behind this move.
“Whilst there is PR value…Read more…
I’ve joined a panel established by British Future to look at the detail of how a guarantee to EU27 citizens (people from the 27 countries staying in the EU) currently living and working in the…Read more…
Invoking Article 50: the Law, the Constitution and Politics The legal power to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union is in law a prerogative power vested in the Crown, which may be…Read more…
Abandoning the anti-democratic arrangements put forward by the European Union helps the struggle against Austerity and a return to funding in the post Brexit period of leaving the EU. Devolution in…Read more…
BA management was today (August 17) urged to drop its new controversial ‘unfair’ performance scheme, after its cabin crew voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in protest. …Read more…
Campaigners from the Unite have taken their message against massive NHS Fife cuts direct to the Scottish health minister. Members of the union lobbied NHS Fife board members at the…Read more…
Bus drivers and engineers at Brighton & Hove and Crawley have welcomed the firm’s ‘fresh look’ at its management style. Bus drivers and engineers at Brighton and Hove Buses and its…Read more…
Unite has welcomed the backing from the 400,000 strong US union, the UAW, for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party who remains imprisoned in Turkey. In a…Read more…
Around 140 employees are facing redundancy at a Teeside potash mine, after bosses announced “further restructuring” measures. The job losses, which are expected to take place by the end of the…Read more…
Today sees the launch of a new campaign for Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), set up by the End Violence Against Women coalition and the Everyday Sexism project, and supported by the TUC. The SREnow campaign calls for SRE to be made compulsory in …Read more…
The work that public servants do each and every day is more important than sporting prowess, but it will rarely receive a medal, will rarely headline the evening news or the front pages of the paper…Read more…
As services dangerously deteriorate, rail fares have continued to rise, outstripping wages by more than double since 2010, a new analysis has found. As it was announced today (August 16) that…Read more…
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Scotland needs a quality home care service to meet the growing demand and also ensures that patients who shouldn’t be in hospital are cared for at home. While there is a welcome commitment to address…Read more…