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UNISON-supported legal victory secures new holiday rights for all workers

Aug 11, 2022By John's Labour blog

 Supreme Court judgment guarantees minimum paid annual leaveAll workers in the UK will now receive the same minimum level of paid annual holiday leave, regardless of how many hours they work, following a landmark legal judgment by the Supreme Cour…Read more…

Aug 11, 2022John's Labour blog

GPM&IT NISC June 2018

Jul 26, 2018By Ian's Unite site

This is my personal report, not an official one. It omits most of the industrial business, as this is often confidential. Other than that, if you are aware of any errors please let me know.

This was the first meeting of the new National Industrial Sec…Read more…

Jul 26, 2018Ian's Unite site

Philosophical Belief Discrimination

Jul 21, 2018By John's Labour blog

Interesting…. (no known relation)

Philosophical Belief Discrimination

Can an employer discriminate on grounds of philosophical belief where the employee is the only person to hold such a belief?

No, held the EAT in Gray v Mulberry.

Ms Gray worked…Read more…

Jul 21, 2018John's Labour blog

“Sleep-in shifts judgment is a huge mistake”

Jul 13, 2018By John's Labour blog

This judgement is bad news for hundreds of thousands of low paid care workers (including my
niece).

Being paid not even the national minimum wage for work is simply a disgrace. I hope UNISON lawyers can find a way forward on this.

If not we need to …Read more…

Jul 13, 2018John's Labour blog

Latest anti-union laws

Dec 9, 2016By Ian's Unite site

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…

Dec 9, 2016Ian's Unite site

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to Unite Policy Conference

Jul 13, 2016By Ian's Unite site

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech showed how much his own views align with Unite policies. He got particularly strong applause for his commitments to renationalise the railways and repeal the Trade Union Act. He also talked about the Workplace 2020 discussions ab…Read more…

Jul 13, 2016Ian's Unite site

Defending Corbyn and Freedom of Movement

Jul 3, 2016By Ian's Unite site

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…

Jul 3, 2016Ian's Unite site

Report from GPM&IT NISC April 2016

Apr 19, 2016By Ian's Unite site

The committee, which covers the Graphical, Paper, Media & IT industries, met Monday and Tuesday. This is a summary of some key points. I’ve not included most of the industrial detail (and some other points) in my report because not everything is appropriate to post publicly. For jargon, see…Read more…

Apr 19, 2016Ian's Unite site

Report from UNITE sector conference, November 2015

Nov 26, 2015By Ian's Unite site

The conferences were organised over three days, with services sectors on Monday, manufacturing sectors on Tuesday, and transport sectors on Wednesday. The Graphical, Paper, Media & IT (GPM&IT) conference was on Tuesday. This report covers the p…Read more…

Nov 26, 2015Ian's Unite site

Tribunal fees deny thousands justice, union tells MPs

Nov 19, 2015By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON tells select committee that there are 70% fewer claims for justice since tribunal fees were introduced

The article Tribunal fees deny thousands justice, union tells MPs first appeared on the…Read more…

Nov 19, 2015Dave Prentis blog

Civil Rights and the Trade Union Bill

Sep 6, 2015By Ian's Unite site

I’ve written a piece on the Tories’ new Trade Union Bill and opposition to it, which has been published here.Read more…

Sep 6, 2015Ian's Unite site

Protect the right to strike

Aug 20, 2015By Ian's Unite site

The Tories’ new Trade Union Bill is a massive attack on civil rights, from the right to strike to freedom of expression and assembly.

TUC General Secretary Fraces O’Grady has produced a short video as part of the campaign against it:

The TUC has als…Read more…

Aug 20, 2015Ian's Unite site

Guilty of being pregnant, and telling truth at job interview

Dec 16, 2014By RandomPottins

 WHEN we were young it was considered a feature unique to faraway totalitarian regimes, and unimaginable in Britain, that the state should dictate to couples whether they could have children, or…Read more…

Dec 16, 2014RandomPottins

Tory equality policy is a sick tribute to the memory of Stephen Lawrence | Mark Serwotka

Apr 22, 2013By Mark Serwotka @ CiF

Twenty years on from Lawrence’s murder, government plans to remove a key equality law would roll back years of progress
Our Tory-led government will today mark the 20th anniversary of the racist…Read more…

Apr 22, 2013Mark Serwotka @ CiF

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