Multi-millionaire health secretary Jeremy Hunt has ‘kicked millions of working people, struggling to get by in the teeth’ with controversial remarks that axing working tax credits is ‘an important…Read more…
The government has got it wrong over tax credits, says UNISON
Commenting on remarks made by the Prime Minister over the weekend and by the Chancellor today (Monday) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:…Read more…
Come clean on wage rates
A public meeting to discuss the next steps in the six-month dispute to ensure an independent audit of wage rates is carried out at the £200m energy-from-waste plant being built at the Wilton complex…Read more…
Boat builders’ future at risk
A call for high-level talks has been called for over the future of Northamptonshire luxury boat builders, Fairline Boats, which has just laid-off a third of its workforce for up to five weeks. …Read more…
Keep Redcar coke ovens alight
Unite urged ministers to intervene and keep the coke ovens at the Redcar steelworks warm so that production could be resumed in the future and warned that its support package for SSI steelworkers was…Read more…
Safety first
Millions of workers are well aware of the potentially devastating impact of the government’s ideologically-driven trade union Bill which is currently going through Parliament. Their…Read more…
Len says wear red
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey is asking members and staff to wear red on Friday, October 23, in support of Show Racism the Red Card. Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is the UK’s…Read more…
Staff and residents lobby Northern Ireland Assembly in bid to save residential care homes
‘We cannot afford to walk away from the care needs of our elders – and nor can our politicians’
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‘Real incentives’ needed for average workers to save for retirement
UNISON responds to government consultation on tax relief for pensions
The article ‘Real incentives’ needed for average workers to save for retirement first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
End pay discrimination
Unite secretary for Ireland Jimmy Kelly expressed his union’s dismay at the miserly increase in the UK National Minimum Wage which comes into effect today (October 1). “An increase of 20 pence…Read more…
Jobs blow for printers
Telephone book printers RR Donnelley is set to close at the end of the year with a “devastating” loss of about 200 jobs. Unite is due to have talks with the management at the Flaxby plant in…Read more…
Learning with Unite
It’s only been open a few weeks but already the new Unite learning centre at Vauxhall Motors in Ellesmere Port is proving to be a “fantastic” success. When Unite general secretary Len…Read more…
UNISON lobby for pay justice for school and council workers
Cymru Wales members gather at local government meeting
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UNISON general secretary salutes members ahead of Rhondda lobby
Local government workers protest over slashed car allowance
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Caerphilly council condemns the trade union bill
UNISON general secretary congratulates council on opposition to bill that ‘rips up good employment relations’
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UNISON warns of staff exodus as two-thirds plan to leave the NHS
Low pay and staff shortages driving NHS staff to consider quitting the service
The article UNISON warns of staff exodus as two-thirds plan to leave the NHS first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘Outrageous’ payout
While public sector workers — from nurses to civil servants and police officers — were dealt a blow in July after chancellor George Osborne announced another four years of public sector pay freezes,…Read more…
March to protect public services in Jersey
Unite is urging members of the public in Jersey to join in a massive protest over cuts to public services this Saturday (October 3). The States of Jersey government are planning huge cuts to public…Read more…
Labour’s new kinder way will help to win people back to the party
UNISON welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s vision of a ‘kinder, more caring’ society
The article Labour’s new kinder way will help to win people back to the party first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Facility time pays dividends for employers and staff
Get involved in our campaign to drop the trade union bill
The article Facility time pays dividends for employers and staff first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…