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Unite head of operations Gail Cartmail spoke of the pressing need for a just transition to net zero on the first day of TUC conference on Tuesday (October 18). Moving a composite on defending jobs and a just transition, Gail said, “The need for action in the face of our climate emergency could not be […]
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Labour Party conference starts on Sunday in Liverpool and I am looking to being one of the two elected UNISON Labour Link delegates for Greater London. I will post when I can.However, quick plug with a different hat for a fringe I will be speakin…Read more…
Day One of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum Annual (LAPFF) conference started with a welcome by our Chair, Cllr Doug McMurdo.
First item was a blended panel on the Local Government Pension Scheme APPG (all Party Parliamentary Group) report…Read more…
Unite delegates highlighted the urgency of tackling the climate emergency and the importance of a green industrial revolution on the first day of policy conference on Monday (October 18). Unite…Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner gave an impassioned speech as he spoke in support of a motion on climate change at Labour conference on Sunday (September 26). Addressing conference, he…Read more…
My pass to Labour Party Conference has arrived, travel, Covid vaccination pass and accommodation sorted out and I am busy checking out which fringes and debates to attend. I am not a delegate, so no early morning delegation meetings to attend nor…Read more…
This evening I took part in a panel discussion at a SNP conference virtual fringe hosted by the Smith Institute and supported by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).on “Just transition”. I took part in my capacity as a Joint Vice Chair…Read more…
Last week I chaired this webinar on behalf of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF). While it can at times be tough being a trade union activist in this country it is nothing to the perils and physical dangers facing Colombian trade unions.&nb…Read more…
Next week I will chair this LAPFF (Local Authority Pension Fund Forum) webinar which is aimed at investors. If you wish to join please apply here
I joined the start of the virtual conference today. It was interesting to hear pension minister, Guy Opperman MP speak positively about defined benefit pension schemes. I wanted to ask him why then does the regulator appear to want to treat…Read more…
The TUC pensions conference brings together representatives from trade unions and the pension sector to debate the latest policy issues.
The full programme and sign up can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tuc-pensions-conference-fair…Read more…
Last Wednesday I attended the launch and first evidence session of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Local Government Pension Funds and its inquiry into ‘Responsible Investment for a Just Transition’. The meeting was chaired by Clive Be…Read more…
The government must urgently take action to support the development and purchasing of electric vehicles, as a major new poll finds the British public remains largely unconvinced about switching to…Read more…
Unite, which represents thousands of workers at Heathrow airport and throughout the airline industry, is urging the government to take immediate action to ensure that the planned construction of a…Read more…
It’s today!
UNISON is sending solidarity to today’s school #climatestrike strikes, marches and rallies in Scotland – and around the world.
Check out the Scottish climate strikes on the Scottish Youth Climate Strike website.
Our branches across the UK have been organising #GreenUNISON Week actions this week and in Scotland it’s Green UNISON Day today.
Branches are holding green workplaceRead more…
Government cuts to grants for green cars is putting the UK in the slow lane in the drive to alternatively fuelled vehicles, Unite warned today (July 4), as car registration figures showed demand has…Read more…
UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on
The article Defying the cold and looking to the future first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON, Unite, GMB and Prospect call for meeting with energy secretary after releasing template for a just transition to a low-carbon economy
The article Energy unions call for talks on just…Read more…
Four unions with 200,000 members in the energy sector have produced a blueprint so workers and communities can be helped to adapt to the advent of the low carbon economy. Today (December 18),…Read more…
At least 290,000 jobs in the UK and Europe will be at risk by 2030 under carbon emission targets for new cars without a plan for a transition from combustible engines to electric vehicles, Unite has…Read more…