The government is launching a new attack on redundancy terms, which could affect workers with a long-service record
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The government is launching a new attack on redundancy terms, which could affect workers with a long-service record
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If you’re concerned about the plans to scrap the NHS bursary in England, please contact your MP and ask them to sign EDM 1081
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Understandably many of the UNISON members I speak to are scared, concerned or just plain appalled by the government’s assault on women. But I’m determined that no bill, cut or law will ever stop…Read more…
UNISON and Unite are today (Monday) stepping up their campaign for pay justice at Action for Children by writing to trustees and celebrity supporters over what they see as pay double standards at the…Read more…
The Government wants to increase the small claims limit in road traffic cases from £1,000 to £5,000. This will mean that someone injured in road traffic accident with a claim at less than £5,000 would not be able to recover the cost of having a solicitor advise them. Consumers injured through no…Read more…
On the last Sunday of January was the 4th (and best attended so far) “Sunday Night Live” at the Stratford Picture House, E15 The idea is to encourage maverick thinking and get subject experts to debate with the public to better understand our wor…Read more…
Picture from a cold, wet, windy canvass session this morning in Custom House, West Ham. Lyn Brown MP (and her little Labour attack dog, Cara), Local Councillors and Party activists were out knocking on doors, talking to residents and asking them to sup…Read more…
Speaker from charity Forward urges UNISON members to fulfil their duty to protect women and girls from FGM
The article ‘Let’s focus on how we can protect girls from female genital…Read more…
Eight trade unionists who work for aerospace company Airbus are facing jail sentences in Spain for standing up for the right to strike and picket. They were in the UK this week explaining their case…Read more…
Junior doctor leaders have promised to fight on after the government in England announced it will impose a new contract on the profession. The British Medical Association said it was…Read more…
This week is “Heart Unions” (8-14 February) in opposition to this Tory Government’s fascistic attempts to destroy trade unions via their vile Bill which is currently going through the House of Lords. There will be a Labour Government in the future and …Read more…
Today the government has finally published draft regulations that will require large private sector employers to publish their gender pay gap. It is intending to commence these regulations from 1 October 2016 but companies will have until 30 April 2018…Read more…
In Part 5 of our Heart Unions series, we speak to an engineer who knows that it’s not just workers who heart unions – businesses do, too. The present government has styled trade unions…Read more…
If the government comes for the unsocial hours payments that NHS staff have come to rely upon following years of pay austerity, we will be ready for them.
The article NHS staff feel, quite rightly,…Read more…
Fyffes should be ejected by Ethical Trade Initiative for abuse of workers in tropical fruit plantations in Central AmericaRead more…
Unite members working for Tata Steel in the UK will join thousands of steelworkers from across Europe in Brussels on Monday (February 15) demanding urgent action to stop the flood of cheap imports…Read more…
Nearly 50 after the Ford Dagenham sewing machinists strike, when heroic women (pictured above) walked out and paved the way for legislation that made unequal pay between men and women unlawful, the…Read more…
Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference
The article Government cuts are denying women access to justice,…Read more…
On the face of it, a shop steward negotiating with Richard Desmond is about as superfluous a role as Donald Trump’s equality and diversity advisor. The media mogul, labelled Britain’s greediest…Read more…