One of the strangest views you hear expressed about the result of the EU referendum a month ago is that the impact on the economy has not been as severe as the Remain campaign claimed. Apart from the political turmoil in both the Conservative and Labou…Read more…
UNISON seeking legal advice for EU migrant members
UNISON is seeking advice from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) .
The article UNISON seeking legal advice for EU migrant members first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
EU acts against exploitation of migrants. Bit late.
Last month, before the referendum, I took part in a meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation in Brussels. The European Commissioner for Social Affairs, Belgian liberal Marianne Thyssen, addressed the meeting and disc…Read more…
Unite Policy Conference 2016 – Wednesday’s business
I’ve already posted videos of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech and Sharon Graham’s presentation on the Unite Industrial Strategy – Work, Voice, Pay.
The liveliest debate of the day was around the aftermath of the EU referendum and what UNITE’s position on freed…Read more…
Brexit’s implications for the rest of Europe: relaunch social Europe now!
As I’ve already reported on Stronger Unions, leaders of Europe’s trade union movement visited London on Monday. They were here in part to show solidarity with the British trade union movement post-Brexit. But they were also beginning to grapple with the implications for the rest of…Read more…
Government must do more to reassure EU health workers post-Brexit, says UNISON
Government must do more to reassure EU health workers post-Brexit, says UNISON EU health staff employed in the UK need guarantees from the government that their jobs and futures are not under threat,…Read more…
Defending Corbyn and Freedom of Movement
Unite’s National Industrial Sector Committee (NISC) for my sector (GPM&IT) met this week and agreed to submit the following as emergency motions to the Unite Policy Conference this month.
It is likely that the “leadership” will try to avoid either…Read more…
Give EU migrants already here an assurance they can stay
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has co-signed a letter in the Sunday Telegraph today building on the joint statement that she made with CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn last week, calling on the government to guarantee that EU migrants already in the UK can stay no matter what…Read more…
Will Brexit affect workers’ rights?
Most UK employment rights are guaranteed and therefore protected by EU law, which means the Government cannot remove or reduce those rights whilst we are part of the EU. Holiday pay and…Read more…
Johnson’s real agenda coming clearer: watch out for your rights!
Boris Johnson is at least the bookies’ favourite to become Conservative Party Leader and therefore Prime Minister, and, as the leading Conservative on the Leave side, he fulfils one key criterion for PM in post-referendum Britain (“you broke it, you bought it!“) So it’s…Read more…
After Brexit – Where now on health and safety and employment rights?
Before the referendum the TUC gave a strong warning that the rights of workers to a safe workplace could be threatened by a vote to leave the EU, as could many employment rights. Now that that has…Read more…
Responding to the EU Referendum – Len gets it wrong
After a campaign marked by racism, fear-mongering and lies from both the main campaigns, the result is now out – a vote to leave the EU. This isn’t the result Unite campaigned for, our union was clearly on the “Remain” side, though (thank goodness) it …Read more…
Working people must not pay the price of leaving the EU
The result of the referendum is, of course, a disappointment for the TUC. We campaigned hard for Remain, because we believed that was the best option for working people’s jobs, wages and rights. But the British people have spoken – and they have voted to leave the EU. As the representatives of 6m…Read more…
‘We can fight together for a more social Europe’
EPSU general secretary tells local government conference that Brexit would not ‘cure what is wrong in the EU, in the UK or elsewhere’
The article ‘We can fight together for a more social…Read more…
Brexit could drive up energy bills, says UNISON
Energy bills for millions of consumers could rise and power supplies may be more vulnerable if the UK votes to leave the EU later this week, says UNISON today (Monday). On the day of its annual…Read more…
Shadow minister praises UNISON’s work for a living wage water industry
WET conference vows to keep up the pressure to ensure “the living wage for all in the water industry”
The article Shadow minister praises UNISON’s work for a living wage water industry first…Read more…
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ over the NHS, says UNISON
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ in pretending to care about the NHS when they belong to a government that is to blame for ‘eye-watering’ public service…Read more…
Brexit — a Republic of Ireland perspective
There are good reasons why people in the Irish Republic are concerned by the referendum in Britain and Northern Ireland to decide future EU membership. That they are concerned is confirmed by a…Read more…
Brexit Tories ‘cannot be trusted’
As soon as the EU Out campaign was dubbed BREXIT you could hear broadcast journalists salivating with unadulterated pleasure. It’s a word that demands emphasis. The Remain campaign without an…Read more…
Health committee chair makes the right choice on EU vote, says UNISON
Responding to the defection of Sara Wollaston MP to the Remain camp over claims the NHS would benefit financially if the UK voted to leave Europe, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “When…Read more…