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Unite has warned that St Mungo’s can no longer rely on agency labour to run a skeleton service while paying dedicated homelessness workers a pittance. Workers at the charity have been on indefinite strike action since June 27. A recent High Court ruling now threatens to plunge the charity into crisis without swift action. From […]
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Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
The article High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
The article High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.
News that the High Court has quashed the Government’s decision to allow agencies to supply agency workers to employers to undermine legal strike action was today (July 13) hailed by Unite as a “total vindication”. Following the Government’s decision to reverse the ban on employers hiring agency workers during strike action in July 2022, a […]
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The government is being accused today of `setting fire’ to workers’ rights’ in its forever war against UK workers which will see them become ever poorer amid a chronic cost of living crisis. Unite has hit out as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill returns to Parliament for its report stage today (January […]
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The union is challenging government regulations that undermine the right to strike
The article Court permits UNISON challenge on law allowing strike-breaking first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The vast majority of these cases were work-related personal injury claims
The article UNISON secures £29m in personal injury settlements for members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The bill now moves to committee stage, where UNISON will submit expert evidence on why a bonfire of workers’ rights is a bad idea
The article Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
In a major victory for Unite the union and workers employed at the Ineos Grangemouth site, a tribunal has ruled that an employer cannot impose a pay offer – and that Ineos must now compensate workers…Read more…
“As a member of UNISON Greater London, you and your family have access to specialist legal advice and representation from the UK’s leading trade union law firm, Thompsons Solicitors.Over the past year, Thompsons has secured just under £5 million…Read more…
I must admit that this article from “Nearly Legal” made me smile. Not that abuse and harassment isn’t a serious issue in housing but having a tenancy condition saying you cannot be “derogatory” (showing a critical attitude and lack of respec…Read more…
Shantha David is the first Black or Asian woman to head a legal services team – not just the first at UNISON, but the first anywhere in the UK
The article Making legal history, every month first…Read more…
Unite has secured a significant legal victory in its battle for compensation for workers who lost their jobs when construction and outsourcing giant Carillion collapsed in January 2018. Unite is…Read more…
As the police and crime bill makes it way through Parliament, we need to step up our campaign to stop the bill. The bill is a threat to the long established right to protest. It will give the Home…Read more…
The point of a demonstration is to be heard and to have an impact – the explicit aim of the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill seems to be to minimise any impact
The article Blog: This…Read more…
The fundamental freedom to protest is under grave threat, Unite has warned, as new draconian legislation significantly expanding police powers over public demonstration is being rushed through…Read more…
The right to picket is such a fundamental one that it is even protected in the Human Rights Act – it sits right alongside others such as the right to life and a fair trial. It is the most powerful…Read more…
The announcement today (November 13) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog that senior executives of Carillion ‘mislead’ the markets and acted ‘recklessly’ should result in the guilty…Read more…
The government has been forced to confirm that workers taking lawful industrial action have a right to picket their workplace during the Covid-19 lockdown. In doing so they have vetoed the actions of…Read more…