Key issues will feature in debate and congress will recognise the work of activists Darren Barber and Margaret McKee
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Key issues will feature in debate and congress will recognise the work of activists Darren Barber and Margaret McKee
The article UNISON prepares to make its mark at TUC Congress first appeared on…Read more…
There was solid support for Friday’s (August 26) 24-hour stoppage by London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit. Unite members took to picket lines and services were severely…Read more…
In the months and years to come, we will fight this calculated attack on our hard won rights and freedoms alongside Amnesty International, Liberty, the British Institution of Human Rights and others….Read more…
The build-up to this year’s Stars in Our Schools celebration is under way
The article School stars are rising first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Angela Roberts has been elected to the UNISON national executive council and takes office immediately
The article NEC by-election result for Wales female seat first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
By-elections are to be held for vacant seats on all seven of the union’s service group executives, with nominations opening on 6 September
The article Service group executive by-elections first…Read more…
Unite has slammed manufacturing firm Wrightbus’ recruitment freeze as the latest blow to Ballymena and Northern Ireland’s manufacturing sector. The bus builders are well known for…Read more…
Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon…Read more…
Unite has expressed ‘bitter disappointment’ over the bus operator First Dorset’s ‘game playing’ on attempts to resolve a long running dispute as it confirmed a series of strikes hitting bus routes in…Read more…
UNISON calls for renewed pressure on right-wing paramilitary groups, as the peace process moves towards a referendum
The article Colombia still needs human rights monitoring despite peace deal first…Read more…
Aberdeen’s refuse collection staff and street sweepers are being threatened with fines if they smoke within or outside their own depots. Unions say staff have been told that anyone caught…Read more…
Campaigners against cuts to Bristol City Council will be holding a ‘snap’ protest from midday on Saturday August 27 at the water fountains, Broad Quay, BS1 4DA in Bristol city centre. The…Read more…
Unite London bus members working for Tower Transit will be staging the first of two 24-hour stoppages this Friday (August 26), over the imposition of roster changes and a failure by an increasingly…Read more…
Four decades after the Equal Pay Act and with a vast array of equal rights legislation on the books, this shouldn’t still be happening. Yet there’s ample evidence that women with children are denied…Read more…
Women with children face a wider gender pay gap, says a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
The article Women penalised financially for having children first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Over three million households (one in eight UK households) are paying more than 25% of their household income on repaying unsecured debts.
The article No-one should be forced to choose between…Read more…
Stagnant wages make problem worse for families struggling with low pay
The article More than a million families struggle with extreme debt first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Local government services in the historic city of Bristol will be shredded because of swingeing cuts imposed by the Tory government, trade unions warned today (Monday August 22). Care for…Read more…
And from the south east of England to Scotland – Unite is out to defeat the UK’s housing misery crisis. Unite Scotland announced (August 19) it is backing calls for a national strategy to…Read more…
Union will be producing information for members from the EU and their families to reassure them of their rights
The article Union sets up network to support members who are EU citizens first…Read more…