just 10 days to European health and safety week (24-30 October) – the annual focus on making sure that work and our workplaces are both safe and healthy. This year, the theme is “healthy workplaces…Read more…
Soft option
About 4,000 employees at AWE Plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are the latest group of UK workers to see their defined benefit pension scheme threatened with closure and an inferior…Read more…
UK urged to act before bulldozers enter The Jungle at Calais
UNISON urges members to sign petition calling on UK to accept responsibilities and allow children on their own to come to UK
The article UK urged to act before bulldozers enter The Jungle at Calais…Read more…
Rethink cuts
Plans to axe all the librarians working for Westminster city council and Kensington and Chelsea council will damage a first class library service and should be put to public consultation, Britain’s…Read more…
Mean spirited
The decision by the Post Office to push ahead with the closure of its defined salary pension scheme from the end of March next year has been condemned as ‘unnecessary’ and ‘mean spirited’ by Unite….Read more…
Safeguard budgets
A House of Commons debate on sudden infant death deaths should reinforce the need for health visitor budgets to be safeguarded according to Unite. Today’s (Thursday 13 October) backbench…Read more…
Fujitsu hammer blow
Fujitsu’s plans to axe 1,800 jobs – about 18 per cent of its UK workforce – has been branded ‘a hammer blow’ to the British economy by Unite. Unite national officer for IT, Ian Tonks,…Read more…
Combating racism
Unite is reaching out to NHS workplaces to combat the scourge of racism that holds back the promotion prospects of black Asian and ethnic minority (BAEM) workers in the health service. Unite…Read more…
Messages of support for Fujitsu Manchester
Since Manchester members issued their appeal for support they have been overwhelmed with messages from organisations and individuals across the…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants hold rally as strike ballot enters final week
Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County…Read more…
Nursing Associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON
Wednesday 12 October 2016 For immediate release Nursing Associates should not be nurses on the cheap, says UNISON Responding to the announcement today (Wednesday) by Health Education England that…Read more…
Public services campaign making its mark, NEC hears
Executive agrees report on campaign speaking up for members and public services ‘in the worst of political circumstances’
The article Public services campaign making its mark, NEC hears first…Read more…
Jailed Kurdish leader released
Unite the union and Labour front bench MP Kate Osamor were delighted to witnessed the release of jailed Kurdish political leader Kamuran Yüksek in Tukey on Saturday October 8. Kamuran…Read more…
Fujitsu to axe 1,800 IT jobs �a hammer blow� to the UK economy, says Unite
Unite has issued the press release below which is already getting a lot of coverage. If you aren’t a Unite…Read more…
Fujitsu to axe 1,800 IT jobs ‘a hammer blow’ to the UK economy, says Unite
Unite has issued the press release below which is already getting a lot of coverage. If you aren’t a Unite…Read more…
Health SGE by-election
Nominations will open on 18 November and close on 18 December
The article Health SGE by-election first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Mental health services ‘reeling’
Mental health services are reeling from a funding crisis, low morale and increased workloads, says a survey of NHS applied psychologists released today (October 10) by Unite. Unite’s survey…Read more…
Labour council accused of intimidating UNISON teaching assistants in Durham dispute
Friday 7 October 2016 For immediate release Labour council accused of intimidating UNISON teaching assistants in Durham dispute Teaching assistants who belong to UNISON – currently voting on possible…Read more…
Court of Appeal confirms holiday pay ruling for workers
Thousands of employees whose wages are partly based on commission moved a step closer today (Friday) towards claiming holiday pay previously denied them thanks to a Court of Appeal ruling on a case…Read more…
The battle for decent pay must be fought both at home and abroad
Today is World Day for Decent Work, when the International Trade Union Confederation marks the day in support of decent work for all people of working age across the globe. This year’s theme is…Read more…