This is a council currently at the centre of a police investigation over the controversial “One Connect” deal with BT. This is also a council where council leader Geoff Driver is currently on police…Read more…
Engineering a better society
Single mum Magda Lezama is a senior Leeds council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast and a UNISON activist.
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Business rates review – tame but sensible reforms
The long awaited Barclay review of business rates hasn’t exactly set the heather alight, but its recommendations are, in the main, pretty sensible.
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The Sound of Public Services
A UNISON trio are balancing their public service jobs with a new role – as rock stars
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SOS Day for libraries
Our Save Our Services campaign day of action this year takes place on 19 October and is focused on libraries. Libraries are a hub and a haven in our communities. They offer a place for people to…Read more…
Care companies must pay back pay to staff who do sleep-ins, says UNISON
Charities and care companies that have paid staff one-off payments for overnight sleep-ins should not be exempt from paying the national minimum wage, says UNISON. Claims for back pay could cost the…Read more…
Local government SGE by-election result
By-election for the local government service group executive Cymru/Wales female seat
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Support Manchester housing maintenance strikers
180 Unite members employed by Manchester Working Limited / Mears, who carry out vital maintenance in the city, have been been in dispute for five weeks and are currently striking on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Today they held an impressive protest …Read more…
How do you like your council coalition?
As the dust settles on coalition and other arrangements across Scotland’s 32 hung (or balanced if you prefer) councils, now is good time to look at how councils will operate in this…Read more…
Privatisation still the threat but we are turning the tide, conference hears
The ‘scourge of outsourcing’ and the successes we need to add to
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Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’
Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all
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’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’
Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they…Read more…
Delegates discuss building a campaign on pay
Local government conference welcomes early lodging of pay claim and calls range of actions to support it
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Local government to target bullying in the workplace
Conference agrees to spread the anti-bulling message, particularly during Young Workers’ Month in November
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Gender pay gap still a problem, delegates hear
Local government conference debates measures to tackle the issue, as the pay gap and the glass ceiling still exist
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Local government conference remembers Grenfell Tower
Minute’s silence, collection and statement form the branch, as last week’s fire casts its shadow over delegates
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Plight raised of Black workers in fragmented workplaces
Conference hears that the post-Brexit world, where the ‘other’ is increasingly seen as a problem, is making the situation worse for Black workers
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Delegates look to the future with debates on apprenticeships
Local government conference says apprenticeships are important, but must be properly funded and designed
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UNISON vows to build care campaign
Conference pledges to campaign on funding crisis and step up action to organise workers
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Unison pledges campaign to fight cuts to council funding
‘Our broad range of services are needed more than ever’ delegates hear as union local government conference gets under way
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