18 February 2016
By Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights
It’s official! The Trade Union Bill currently being rushed through Parliament by the Conservative Government is in…Read more…
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18 February 2016
By Carolyn Jones, Director, Institute of Employment Rights
It’s official! The Trade Union Bill currently being rushed through Parliament by the Conservative Government is in…Read more…
“Pay to Stay” seems to be finally making the news. This is the speech I made at the UNISON London regional AGM this month, while moving my branches motion on this and “Right to buy”. The motion was passed unanimously and will go to the UNISON national …Read more…
Colleagues,
I felt the need to get some thoughts onto paper – or least an electronic variant – as I transited between two different, but overlapping labour/social movement educational fora over the weekend. These were (and are), I argue, radical …Read more…
The giant multinational packaging corporation Smurfit Kappa is being accused of ‘blatant union busting’ by the global union confederation Union Network International (to which Unite in…Read more…
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will today (Wednesday) meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to warn that strengthening EU protections for workers and creating more decent jobs…Read more…
To strike is no crime – we will not be silenced…Read more…
Northern Ireland’s manufacturing workforce was dealt another blow as aerospace firm Bombardier announced today (February 17) that more than 1,000 jobs would be axed in its Northern Ireland operation,…Read more…
Mental health services have received some welcome media attention recently. If acute hospital services were this limited there would be a major public outcry – so why do we accept second best for…Read more…
“We need to put in place measures not just to stop this government but to grow and strengthen our union,” Dave Prentis tells executive meeting
The article The issues facing us have never been bigger…Read more…
17 February 2016
On 11 February 2016, the IER, Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, People’s Assembly, Class and the Trade Union Coordinating Group held their second joint rally, bringing together…Read more…
UNISON President Wendy Nichols addressed the elephant (not) in the room at the start of today’s meeting of the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) (of which, more later) when she reported that UNISON is still waiting for the report from the Returning Officer appointed in relation to the…Read more…
Serious questions have been raised about the future of training in the construction industry, already plagued with skills’ shortages, as the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is set to axe…Read more…
Real earnings grew in 2015 by 2.5%, a positive figure for the first time since 2007. I.e. 2015 was the first year when pay growth outstripped inflation in 8 years.* But there is a long way to go: real earnings still stand 5¾% below the 2007 peak. Projecting forwards using the official forecasts for…Read more…
Hat tip Ravi. “In recent days there has been a storm about the recently announced 2016/17 local government grant settlement from central government. The creation of a new £300m relief fund will mainly be used to help Tory-run councils, like David Cameron’s Oxordshire County Council, with…Read more…
The Rule of Private Military and Security Interests U.S. Military Spending Continues to Soar U.S. President Barack Obama said in his final State of the Union address on January 12 that the U.S….Read more…
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UK Construction Blacklisting: Union wins £5.6m compensation payout to 71 blacklist victims Seventy-one construction workers have received blacklisting compensation payouts averaging nearly £80,000…Read more…
The five shortlisted statuesThe name of the successful sculptor chosen to create the statue of Mary Barbour will be announced from the stage of the Gala Concert scheduled for this Sunday, 21 February…Read more…
Responding to a report today (Tuesday) from NHS Improvement on the rising demand for nurses in the NHS, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Reports that the NHS needs another 15,000 nurses…Read more…
It is not too late to treat staff – who have given so much – with the respect they deserve, and to negotiate with them in good faith. By doing so, a strike that nobody wants can be averted, and…Read more…