UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Ill-conceived government plans to remove statutory duties protecting children should never have been put forward. “Social workers recognised the danger of…Read more…
‘Tragic’ job cuts
Unite has described the decision by Intelligent Processing Solutions Ltd (iPSL) to close seven sites across the county resulting in approximately 600 job losses as “tragic”. Staff across the…Read more…
Back to work help
Unite is teaming up with employers and the employment charity, Tomorrow’s People in the South West to hold its first ever jobs and training open day in Bristol tomorrow (November 9). The event…Read more…
BMW strike: one step closer
Production of the iconic Mini and prestigious Rolls-Royce motor car could be disrupted in the coming months after BMW group car workers massively backed industrial action in a consultative ballot…Read more…
Cereal production at risk
Production of some of the nation’s favourite breakfast cereals could be hit by possible industrial action, unless a union rep working for Cereal Partners in Trowbridge, Wiltshire with an…Read more…
European steel protest
Steelworkers from Unite working for Tata Steel UK and British Steel will be joining thousands of fellow steelworkers from across Europe to march through Brussels tomorrow (November 9) to demand…Read more…
Equality watchdog on strike
Members of Unite working for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will be taking part in the first of two one-day strikes tomorrow (November 9), after talks over the implementation of…Read more…
Brexit cannot be an excuse to trash our rights at work
Workplace rights was at the heart of UNISON’s campaign to keep Britain in the EU. We may have lost that argument, but our concerns remain. Before the referendum UNISON members told us that rights at…Read more…
Fujitsu blog moving
We are in the process of moving to better software for this site. For the moment the most recent posts…Read more…
National hardship fund for Durham dispute
UNISON has today (Monday) authorised a national hardship fund to ensure that no teaching assistants on strike in Durham suffer financial hardship. The fund, made up of an initial £150,000 will be…Read more…
‘Major blow’
Unite is demanding to see the financial figures to justify the loss of 389 jobs at Muller’s milk plant at Chadwell Heath in east London. Muller Milk & Ingredients bought Dairy Crest’s milk…Read more…
‘Strongly supported’ strike
The two-day strike at IT giant Fujitsu in Manchester, which started earlier today (November 7), has been strongly supported by about 300 workers in the continuing dispute over pay, pensions and job…Read more…
Schools closed as Durham teaching assistants take two-day strike action
Nearly 100 primary schools across County Durham will be affected tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday as teaching assistants strike in a long-running dispute over cuts to their pay. School support staff…Read more…
Pensions betrayal
Workers at AWE Plc – the Atomic Weapons Establishment – will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday (November 14) in the dispute over the threat to close the defined benefit pension scheme and…Read more…
Unite dossier on Fujitsu pay inequality
Unite has today published a dossier on unequal pay in Fujitsu. The publication coincides with members in Manchester striking over…Read more…
When Sir Alex Ferguson met UNISON’s Tom Hart
Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film
The article When Sir Alex Ferguson met UNISON’s Tom Hart first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Welcome announcement
Caving in to pressure from all sides, including lobbying and campaigning from Unite, the UK government has finally announced today (November 4) that work on the long-awaited Type-26 frigates would…Read more…
Public oil investment call
Scotland’s biggest offshore union is calling on MSPs to back a Holyrood motion calling for public investment in the oil and gas industry. Unite is to ask every MSP to support a motion by North…Read more…
Fujitsu Manchester strikes on Mon 7 and Tue 8 November
All employees of Fujitsu Services Limited in the Manchester bargaining unit are entitled to take part in the industrial action,…Read more…
Nursing professionals ‘more likely to experience domestic abuse’
Cavell Trust research shows importance of union’s support for members as well as campaigning and negotiation on ‘an issue for everyone’
The article Nursing professionals ‘more likely to…Read more…