Commenting on the Queen’s Speech, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today the government has announced another set of plans that fail to tackle the real problems Britain faces. “Ministers…Read more…
Next meeting: Wednesday 18 May 2012 at
Agenda
Wednesday, 18 May at 7pm for 7.30, Craft Beer Company, Upper North Street, Brighton
thecraftbeerco.com/pubs/brighton/
WelcomeElection of new membersTreasurers reportTrades Council…Read more…
Queen’s Speech: A failure to tackle the real problems Britain faces
A Conservative Party at war with itself, already out of ideas little over a year on from election day and a Prime Minister so afraid of his own shadow that he’s abandoned any semblance of a serious…Read more…
More jobs and investment
Financial media reported that JBS, the largest global food manufacturer, has informed its shareholders that it will seek to relocate headquarters to Ireland, a move that Unite has welcomed. …Read more…
The case for hope
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell yesterday (May 17) addressed young people at the TUC, as he outlined Labour’s case to back Remain in next month’s momentous EU referendum. It’s a case…Read more…
Will the disability employment gap ever be halved?
The TUC has published new analysis of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) ahead of its annual Disabled Workers’ conference which shows the differences in employment, unemployment and earnings between disabled and non-disabled workers. We have set out some key findings below. The government…Read more…
UNISON and the EU Referendum
https://www.unison.org.uk/our-campaigns/eu-referendum-23-june/
UNISON members having come out in favour of remaining in the European Union by a convincing majority, the Union has launched its campaign to inform members of UNISON policy.
Activists need …Read more…
UNISON Greater London Regional Council – Nothing to see here
It is disappointing that today’s meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Council doesn’t even have half a quorum. This means that the invited speakers (of whom those present are not permitted to ask questions) are addressing a largely empty hall …Read more…
National Express hits the buffers in Santa Rosa
Last week, I went to my fourth National Express AGM, and the second since I joined the ITF. I have to say this is a company that I view with increasing exasperation and I know colleagues both within the labour movement and the responsible investment fi…Read more…
More employees want to work from home – how can we make it happen?
Today marks the 11th National Work from Home Day, organised by Work Wise UK, who promote smarter working (flexible working, good homeworking and mobile working). The good news is that there has been some real progress over the past decade, with employe…Read more…
Newham Compass debate: Refugees and the EU – Wednesday 18 May
This looks like a really interesting debate tomorrow evening but I have a clash so I don’t think I will be able to make it. Read more…
The prospects for NHS Scotland and health policy
Improving the health of people living in Scotland ought to be a high priority for any government – so what might we expect from the next Scottish Parliament session?
Health inequalities remain…Read more…
3 key reasons why we’re recommending UNISON members vote to remain in Europe
We won’t be telling UNISON members how to vote, because that’s not how we operate. But we will be encouraging members to use their vote, and letting them know why we’re recommending a vote to…Read more…
Uber Alles
Uber drivers get unionised or maybe not…Read more…
Pay rise? What pay rise?
Workers can expect their pay packets to stagnate until at least 2020 unless the government intervenes to help raise productivity across the country, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and…Read more…
Fair pay plea
Unite members working for Teesside oil refinery, Hertel UK, are to be balloted for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The company has been notified that workers who provide repair and…Read more…
Austerity max
An angry demonstration has been staged against plans to cut health spending in Fife by tens of millions of pounds. Unite members joined local people in staging a noisy protest at Kirkcaldy’s…Read more…
A two term limit for elected Mayors
Last Thursday at a very well attended meeting of my local Forest Gate North Branch Labour Party,
members voted overwhelmingly to support the below rule change.
There was a really good debate with a wide range of different views and arguments ex…Read more…
Leaked treaty texts confirm TTIP threatens democracy
TTIP would undermine the ability of governments to promote health and safety and protect the environment against corporate depredation…Read more…
A Daily Mail hat trick: an attack on women, an attack on unions, and an attack on the EU
So who do you trust to come up with an informed and considered position on how the legislative framework that covers abortion could be improved: a Daily Mail journalist or the Royal College of Midwives, a union representing some X midwives who have ded…Read more…