As the Tories swung into power last week – despite securing little more than a third of the share of the national vote – they are now unfettered by a coalition government, and have already begun…Read more…
Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement
UNISON Scotland is involved in launching the new #10Asks on procurement today. Here’s the press release:<!–[endif]–>
Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement
New public procurement rules in Scotland should help tackle
tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of civil
society coalitions.
International development charities,Read more…
UNISON condemns colleges for ‘hiding’ £99m in arms length foundations
Thursday 23 April 2015
UNISON Scotland has condemned colleges for moving £99m into ‘Arms Length Foundations’ while cutting student services and ignoring low pay.
UNISON welcomes research by the Educational Institute for Scotland, which shows that while £99m has been siphoned off into off campus bank accounts. The sector has cut staff by 9.3% (over the last three years alone). And over 300Read more…
Care workers deserve living wage
#stuc15 The STUC endorsed UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter and committed to campaigning for a living wage for all care workers in Scotland. Delegates backed the call from the Chartered Society for Physiotherapy, which recognised the invaluable contribution of care workers to health and social care provision in Scotland and slammed the terrible working conditions for many as exposed by UNISON’s “TimeRead more…
Pay workers fairly plea
News that no high street chains are prepared to pay living wage seen has been condemned by Unite as “a bleak day for hard working Britain”. Millions will now “earn their own poverty” on our High Streets, as not a single major high street chain is prepared to commit to paying staff even the living […]
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A Living Rent
This motion was passed at my branch AGM which took place in City Hall last week. It will be one of our motions submitted to our UNISON National Conference in June (the other on “Union Busting”).
If people think a “Living Wage” makes sense, then what a…Read more…
Fair Pay Fortnight: Getting beyond poverty pay
Fair Pay Fortnight (16 February to 1 March) is a campaign from Britain’s unions, calling for a fairer approach to wages across the board, from the poverty pay that’s rife in many sectors,…Read more…
UNISON wins Comhairle living wage backdating
UNISON’s Western Isles Local Government Branch has welcomed the Comhairle’s recent agreement to backdate payment of the National Living Wage to its lowest-earning staff to April 2013.
Back in November the Comhairle, following an intensive campaign by UNISON, agreed to pay the Living Wage for 2014 exclusive of Distant Islands Allowance. However, the council disagreed with the union over itsRead more…
New Picturehouse to pay Living Wage: Let’s push for all of them!
Significant development in BECTU’s campaign to win living wages for all workers in the Picturehouse cinemas.Read more…
NEC Elections 2015: Community General Seat & Female Seat Nomination Request
I posted last week that this is the Labour movement election season with my election address for the UNISON Greater London Regional Finance Convenor position. Yesterday evening I send out nomination requests for the UNISON NEC elections (see below). I …Read more…
TUC New Year message – 2015 must bring living standards boost as average wage fell £500 in 2014
“In her New Year message, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady reveals that the real value of the average full-time wage fell by £487 in 2014 (from new TUC analysis – full details below). This means that the average full-time employee wage has fallen in real terms by £2,509 since 2010 – about…Read more…
The world needs a pay rise: Oxfam recognises the union role
Oxfam has today issued a guide for businesses on implementing living wages throughout their global supply chains, and it puts collective bargaining and trade unions centre stage. The paper is full of…Read more…
A Living wage for all Newham Council workers?
At the last meeting earlier this month of the Regeneration and Employment Scrutiny Commission, Councillors considered a “Living Wage” for all Newham Council workers.
We had a presentation by Emmanuel Gotora and Paul Regan from Newham citizens on behal…Read more…
UNISON Scotland statement on First Minister’s programme for Government
Wed 26 Nov 2014
Mike Kirby, Scottish secretary of UNISON, said ‘UNISON is Scotland’s largest trade union and we welcome the First Minister’s programme for government. There was much in Nicola Sturgeon’s statement to commend.
We welcome her commitment to protect public services and to increase NHS funding; her commitment to the living wage and to mitigate the problems of welfare reform; andRead more…
Picturehouse Cinemas: Pay all your staff a living wage
Can you help BECTU put pressure on Picturehouses to pay a fairer wage to their dedicated staff from Exeter to Edinburgh? Sign the petition now!Read more…
Let’s be bolder on tackling poverty pay during Living Wage Week
During Living Wage Week we should focus on ensuring that the 400,000 workers in Scotland on poverty pay are paid the living wage.
The idea behind a living wage is very simple. A worker should be…Read more…