Pay increase at north-west England housing group follows rejection of 2% offer and a ballot for industrial action
The article St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise first…Read more…
Time to stop the violence plaguing workers in the community sector
MPs join UNISON members and employers at parliamentary launch of union’s Violence at Work charter
The article Time to stop the violence plaguing workers in the community sector first appeared on the…Read more…
‘It’s a disgrace that housing workers live in worse conditions than those they are trying to house’
Access to good, affordable social housing is key to family and social health, community service group conference hears
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Excellent update on extending the “right to buy” to Housing associations by enforced sale council assets – Redbrick blog
The strange case of a government housing policy that won’t happenby stevehilditch
By Ross FraserEveryone in the sector will recall the surprise late insertion into the 2015 Conservative election manifesto of a policy to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants – funded by the…Read more…
UNISON Housing Associations Labour Link AGM with John Healey MP
I am very pleased that John Healey MP, the Labour Party Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning has agreed to be our guest speaker at our branch Labour Link AGM at House of Commons on Wednesday 26 October 2017.
Due to limited space invite &…Read more…
Housing association pensions survey 2017
UNISON is carrying out mapping work on what is happening with housing association staff pension arrangements and their relationship with the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Please do all you can to encourage responses to this survey.
Than…Read more…
New staff agreement at the UK’s largest housing association
An agreement has been signed today (Thursday) by Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest housing association and UNISON, the UK’s largest union. It will allow the union to negotiate over pay and…Read more…
UNISON London Housing Association Branch AGM 2017: Secretary’s Report
Today is the AGM of my branch (12-2pm and 6-8pm at the UNISON Centre, London) and this is my contribution to our annual report. Picture of 2016 Branch Executive.
“2016 was a traumatic year for politics generally and for social housing and trade u…Read more…
UNISON Community National Seminar & Conference 2017
UNISON members that work for Housing Associations and the voluntary sector have an annual 2 day National Seminar and Conference.
This years seminar is in Bournemouth and started for me this morning with a meeting of the Service Group Executive t…Read more…
“One article does not wipe the slate clean”
A really important and interesting article by Steve Hilditch on the Labour Housing Group website “Red Brick” about the undermining of social housing during the last decade. The CEO of Notting Hill is not the only one and actually not the worse by…Read more…
Sadiq Khan announces new London bus drivers pay deal (and lets ask him next to deal with Union busters)
Great news from BBC for bus drivers and their families. Well done Sadiq our Labour Mayor.
We will be contacting him next about defending staff from Union busters in London Housing Associations.
“London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the cap…Read more…
Members fight back against derecognition threat
Housing association members could be balloted over industrial action at newly merged housing group, one of largest in Europe
The article Members fight back against derecognition threat first…Read more…
“Housing Associations have lost their soul” Call for new campaign group to make them more democratic and accountable.
At the Labour Housing Group fringe at this year’s Labour Party Conference former UNISON Regional Secretary Frank Hont (and now Liverpool Council Cabinet member for Housing) described Housing Associations as having “lost their soul”. This was in front of Labour Housing shadow minister John Healey…Read more…
UNISON Service Group Executive offers full support to fight Union Busting at Clarion Housing Group
Picture from Wednesday’s meeting of the UNISON Community Service Group Executive (SGE) in our National headquarters in London.
The Community SGE is made up of UNISON elected representatives from Housing Associations and Charities across the UK.
The S…Read more…
Clarion the Union Busters?
Circle and Affinity Sutton Housing Associations are merging this week to form “Clarion Group” the largest Housing organisation in Europe owning 130,000 homes. Astonishingly management have chosen this time to announce that trade union recognition and c…Read more…
Housing Associations and Charities that refuse to recognise Trade Unions are Human Rights Violators
This motion has been sent to the UNISON Community Conference next year by UNISON Housing Association branch.
“This Community conference notes:-
That a number of UK Housing Associations and Charities do not recognise trade unions for collective b…Read more…
UNISON welcomes end of compulsory ‘Pay to Stay’ policy
Government says it will not press ahead with policy which would have forced council in England to charge market rents to so-called high earners
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‘We will work to protect housing association jobs and conditions’
UNISON tells London housing associations planning merger that success of plans relies on ‘efforts of dedicated workforce’
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#Budget2016 ignores housing crisis
Sadly although Chancellor Osborne once again asserted that his party were “the builders”, today’s budget largely ignored the housing crisis. The best that can be said is that there bit was a commitment of £115 million to help the homeless and rough sleepers, who must be the…Read more…
Help halt the government attack on housing
New UNISON briefing on government’s Housing and Planning Bill highlights risks and offer advice on what you can do
The article Help halt the government attack on housing first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…