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UNISON lobbying Scottish Parliament for fair funding for local services
Scotland’s largest trade union will lobby the Scottish Parliament on budget day (1pm, Wednesday 24 February 2016) to call for a fair funding settlement for local services.Local government has taken the brunt of cuts in Scotland. Scottish Government funding is down by 0.8%. Yet funding for local government is down by 4.5%. This is a £500m cut from local services this year. The cumulative costRead more…
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ETUC comment on UK deal
Commenting on the UK deal, Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation said “Cameron had succeeded in exempting the UK from important duties of EU…Read more…
We’re not quite there yet
Mark “Pasty” Turner was ‘a confused kid’ – but it didn’t stop him standing out from the crowd. At school he never saw the problem with wearing pink shirts – even if his classmates did. The…Read more…
Health workers keep the NHS afloat despite increasing pressures, says UNISON
Responding to the annual staff survey released today (Tuesday) by the NHS, UNISON says that health staff provide the sticking plaster that keeps the service together. The survey highlights the work…Read more…
‘Scrub the TU Bill’
East Midlands women speak out against unnecessary change in law ‘that can only harm relations between employers and workers’
The article ‘Scrub the TU Bill’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Zero Hours – Zero Solutions
23 February 2016
By Mark Freedland and Jermias Prassl, Oxford Human Rights Hub
Over the course of the past year, we have repeatedly highlighted the problems facing workers on so-called ‘zero-hours…Read more…
Budget Bill – Stage 3
The Scottish Budget is debated at Stage 3 in parliament tomorrow. While there is plenty of pain for all public services, it is local government that is bearing the brunt of austerity in…Read more…
UNISON Scotland’s next Green Network meeting is this Saturday, Glasgow
Reminder for all UNISON members interested in climate change!
Come to our next Green Network meeting in Glasgow – this Saturday, 27 February.
Guest speaker Ric Lander, from Friends of the Earth Scotland, will be speaking mainly on pensions disinvestment campaigns, but will be referring also to fracking and other important policy areas.
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TTIP: ‘Real and serious threat’
The government has repeatedly dismissed fears that an EU-US trade deal, currently being negotiated in secret, would threaten the National Health Service. Critics have long warned that clauses…Read more…
Bill’s tip dipping
Bill’s restaurant is the latest chain to be accused of keeping tips left for waiting staff by customers. Bill’s is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains. It has 67 restaurants…Read more…
After just one primary, Bernie Sanders is the most successful socialist politician in the US in 80 years
As someone who enjoys political history and playing around with numbers, here are the vote totals for democratic socialist candidates for US president since 1900, when Eugene Debs first ran. In 1924,…Read more…
Help us inspire members in a time of crisis
U magazine wants to highlight how the union helps members’ wellbeing
The article Help us inspire members in a time of crisis first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Legal Update: Holiday Pay.
Circular No NP/ 70 /16To All Branches, Regional Offices & Regional CouncilsOur Ref: L/2/201623rd January 2016 Dear Colleagues,Legal Update: Holiday Pay. Further to…Read more…
Apology from Jon Rogers
UNISON has been asked to publish an apology agreed by Jon Rogers, arising from written comments that Mr Rogers made about UNISON’s general secretary, Dave Prentis, in connection with the recent…Read more…
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TTIP deal poses ‘real and serious risk’ to NHS, says leading QC
Guardian Unite union set to present law expert’s advice to government, who they believe have kept Britain in the dark over deal’s potential impact on health service Nurses demonstrate against…Read more…
Tata Steel: deal in the offing?
As private equity firm Greybull Capital may be set to take control of Tata Steel’s Long Products division in Scunthorpe in April as part of a £400m deal to rescue the operation, steel unions have…Read more…
A ‘hidden history’
“Who hates the miners? Thatcher. Who else? The police, the public and the tabloid press,” says the character of legendary campaigner, Mark Ashton, to fellow activist Mike Jackson, during a Gay Pride…Read more…