Union manifesto for May’s election says a Welsh government must work hard to protect our services
The article Cymru / Wales launches manifesto for public services first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
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Union manifesto for May’s election says a Welsh government must work hard to protect our services
The article Cymru / Wales launches manifesto for public services first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
I’m halfway through an event about the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) at Wilton Park, the FCO’s conference centre, and it’s the usual stimulating mix of stakeholders (a handful of business and union representatives), senior civil servants from various…Read more…
As the Trade Union Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords it is worth reminding ourselves about the potential implications for health and safety. As Frances O’Grady said in Hazards…Read more…
The UNISON community conference started on Saturday afternoon after the close of the seminar. I spoke in favour of this motion below.
“Conference, President, John Gray, one of your elected Community NEC members and proud to be a health and safety rep. Moving motion 2 “Violence at Work” on behalf…Read more…
Workers in the UK are being cheated of more than £30bn in unpaid labour over the course of a year, a new TUC analysis has found. More than five million people worked an average of 7.7 hours…Read more…
UNITElive caught up with a delegation of steelworkers on their way to attend an opposition day debate on the future of steel tonight (February 29) in Parliament. We spoke to Jason Bartlett…Read more…
Farm workers in Wales celebrated on Friday (February 26) as they received a six per cent pay rise, after the Welsh government signed off on an historic Order enabling it to set its own minimum rates….Read more…
The fate of the Shepton Mallet Cider Mill, which faces closure at the end of the summer with the loss of 120 jobs, is symptomatic of a wider problem facing the West Country – how to create decent,…Read more…
Commenting on the BBC story on the high number of vacant posts in the NHS, UNISON Head of Health Christina McAnea said: “Cutting vital nursing jobs in a bid to save money is a false economy. As a…Read more…
Agreement reached on regrading to reflect paramedics’ skills as UNISON prepared for industrial action ballot
The article Yorkshire ambulance paramedics win pay rise first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Neath Port Talbot set to pay as registration fees for school support staff as UNISON campaign continues
The article Neath Port Talbot becomes latest Welsh council to agree to pay fees first appeared…Read more…
Facility time, overwork and workplace stress among the big themes as unions engage with employers
The article UNISON Scotland joins day of action against Trade Union Bill first appeared on the…Read more…
UNISON, UCU and NUS unite to launch Don’t cut me out campaign for funding of post-16 education
The article Unions challenge Assembly Members to unlock Wales’ potential first appeared on the…Read more…
What Stand to Take on the European Union In the context of the Referendum as to whether Britain should remain in or leave the European Union, we are reprinting the following which originally appeared…Read more…
The Unison Community seminar resumed on Saturday morning with workshops, followed by a panel debate headed by our lay President, Wendy Nichols, on “any questions about Unison”. There was questions about democratic processes, low turnout in union electi…Read more…
It is known that workers’ rights met their strongest opposition through the inception of Thatcherite neo-liberalism in the 1980’s. In Britain the challenge to workers’ organisation,…Read more…
Low pay and attacks on terms and conditions following on from underfunding mean ‘a broken system held together by compassion and dedication of exploited workforce’
The article Community activists…Read more…
The Government is currently consulting on what they euphemistically refer to as “reforms” of “public sector exit payments” – in other words a wholesale attack upon the rights of public servants facing redundancy.You can read the complete consultation document online – and you should. What began as…Read more…
The Proletarian Front Appears in All Its Determination and Splendour! Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto: The Proletarian Front Appears in All Its Determination and Splendour! Read more…
Vital evidence risks being destroyed because police forces are failing to properly train and protect the support staff who regularly guard crime scenes, says a UNISON report today (Saturday). The…Read more…