This week I’ve been at Brighton with unions from across the country at the TUC, but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to speak to and on behalf of Derby teaching assistants and other school…Read more…
Derby school staff lobby Parliament
School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut
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UNISON activists’ work recognised with TUC awards at congress
Eastern convenor Darren Barber and vice president Margaret McKee honoured at annual congress
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What kind of way is this to run a decent and compassionate care service?
The blame for the social care crisis must be laid at the government’s door. Ministers must get tougher with enforcing the law so firms aren’t able to cheat their staff. More money must be put into…Read more…
UNISON’s biggest ever homecare legal case over workers paid as little as £3.27 an hour
Seventeen home care workers employed across the London Borough of Haringey – backed by their union UNISON – are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court in a dispute involving illegal…Read more…
Teaching assistants’ pay should be set the same way as teachers, says UNISON
The pay of teaching assistants should be agreed nationally like that of teachers, then local councils would not be able to undermine their earnings and working conditions, says UNISON today…Read more…
‘We must fight for facility time – for our members and for our services’
UNISON president Eric Roberts tells TUC unions must make the case for a system which gets better outcomes for union members and employers
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UNISON urges greater ambition in defending workers’ rights
Congress hears call to step up the fight in defence of union and workers’ rights during Brexit
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UNISON vows to campaign for midwives and their patients
Eleanor Smith makes pledge at TUC Congress alongside the Royal College of Midwives
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Cameron quits
David Cameron has stood down as the MP for Witney with immediate effect, two months after resigning as prime minister. The former Conservative leader’s legacy will be defined by his unleashing…Read more…
Step up on steel
British voters are backing the country’s steel industry with a widespread call for action by the government to step up its support for the beleaguered sector. According to Unite, which…Read more…
The British people didn’t vote for more cuts on June 23rd
This week the labour movement comes together – as it has done so for almost a century and a half – at the Trades Union Congress. There can seldom have been a time when unions have been…Read more…
UNISON congratulates Amy Marren
Medal-winning Paralympian with a connection to the union
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On the offensive
TUC Frances O’Grady highlighted today (September 12) the importance of reaching out to young workers in a revitalised movement which places the concerns of the next generation of trade unionists at…Read more…
Stop this anguish call
Trade unions affirmed their commitment to a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment following an emergency motion at the TUC conference yesterday (September 11) which was unanimously carried. …Read more…
Nothing ever handed to us on a plate, TUC president tells congress
‘Let’s use our fighting spirit to organise, to campaign and to win’ UNISON’s Liz Snape urges delegates
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UNISON LGPS petition forces Parliamentary debate
Petition was launched as part of the campaign against attempt to control what pension funds are invested in
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We can’t turn the clock back on Brexit, but let’s use the negotiations to build a better future, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis
Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON…Read more…
Herts NHS cash-for-pensions deal is ‘morally wrong’ and ‘legally suspect’, says UNISON
12 September 2016 Unions will today (Monday) be protesting outside Lister Hospital in Stevenage against an offer of cash incentives by East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust to nurses who opt out of…Read more…
Keep health visitor promises
Scotland’s leading health visitors’ union says the Scottish government has to keep its promises on fair funding and extra staff if it wants the named person scheme to be a success. The…Read more…