76% of people who responded to survey about the strike back UNISON members defending their pay
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Derby school support staff start week of action
Teaching assistants, school supervisors, admin staff and other support workers striking between 7am and 1pm every day this week
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Latest anti-union laws
The government has published new draft documents relating to the Trade Union Act 2016. These include:
Draft Code of Practice on industrial action ballots and notice to employers (which includes the new ballot thresholds)Draft Code of Practice on picket…Read more…
NEC pays tribute to Eric Roberts
‘We should make Eric proud by continuing on in the union – let’s make and keep this the best union’
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Government sets out who will be covered by 40% strike threshold
Threshold for ‘important public services’ takes effect on 1 March; political fund opt-in rules transition period starts on same day
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‘We will fight and we will win’ Prentis tells Durham strike rally
General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike
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Fujitsu fight
Up to 300 workers at IT giant Fujitsu in Manchester will be staging three days of strike action starting next week in a dispute over pay, pensions and job security. The members of Unite claim…Read more…
Protecting pensions
The ‘pig-headed’ failure of Post Office bosses to hold constructive talks over the closure of the defined salary pension scheme has prompted more than seven hundred managers to stage a second 24-hour…Read more…
Gatwick strike ballot
Unite has served notice that it will begin balloting almost 2000 members at Gatwick Airport Ltd (GAL) for strike action and action short of strike from next week. GAL stands accused of blatant…Read more…
Protecting human rights
Unite members working for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) are to take part in strike action next Wednesday (26 October) over ‘savage’ cuts. They will be joining…Read more…
UNISON and Scottish FE employers to talk at Acas
Further education committee agrees to talks, but further strikes remain a possibility
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Public services campaign making its mark, NEC hears
Executive agrees report on campaign speaking up for members and public services ‘in the worst of political circumstances’
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‘United, we can win‘ says Dave Prentis as he joins Derby picket
‘You are the union’ general secretary tells striking teaching assistants in Derby, battling imposed 25% pay cut
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Bradford mental health workers strike over imposed shifts
Company fails to negotiate over plans for ‘unfair’ work pattern which could see transferred UNISON members on call for 14 hours a day
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Still time to talk plea
About 150 workers at a chemical factory in East Lancashire will take industrial action in a dispute over imposed changes to their terms and conditions. The Unite members including manual…Read more…
Higher ed executive decides against industrial action in pay campaign
UNISON’s Higher Education Service Group Executive will meet on the afternoon of Tuesday 20 September 2016 to discuss the results and next steps.
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Scotland’s FE workers to strike on Tuesday 6 September
First national strike will take place in support of fair pay and parity with lecturer colleagues
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Higher education members vote on strike action over pay
Higher education members will be voting over strike action as a result of a 1.1% pay offer for the majority of staff.
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Scottish college workers vote to strike in pay dispute
College employers urged to use negotiations on 25 August to agee pay fairness or strikes will mark the start of new academic year
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Why has Britain stopped striking? Workers no longer feel empowered to act | Gregor Gall
With workers’ wages falling fast, it’s clear our country’s unions are not doing their job. Pernicious employers can be hit in the pocket with the right sort of action
Striking in Britain has now…Read more…