‘The government needs to take direct action’ on Redcar job cuts
The article UNISON comments on job cuts at Redcar steel plant first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
New range of materials available to promote Stars in our Schools campaign
Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools
The article New range of materials available to promote Stars in our Schools campaign first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Praise for Caerphilly council opposition to trade union bill
Trade union bill is an attack on democracy and socially divisive
The article Praise for Caerphilly council opposition to trade union bill first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Pension loss for war grave staff scandal
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is to slash the pensions of staff who tend the cemeteries of the war dead. The CWGC is pressing ahead to break the final salary linkage for the…Read more…
Councils condemn trade union bill
Employers across the country join unions in condemning ‘unnecessary and petty’ legislation
The article Councils condemn trade union bill first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Beer’s off?
A global pay freeze by brewers Carlsberg has left a sour taste in the mouth for workers at its Northampton plant. As a result, nearly 200 engineers, brewers, processers and packers at the Bridge…Read more…
‘There is an alternative to austerity’
UNISON general secretary uses Labour conference to call for an end to the cuts, privatisation and pay freezes that are ‘destroying lives’
The article ‘There is an alternative to…Read more…
Rhondda Cynon Taff council set to implement living wage
UNISON campaign wins living wage to low-paid members
The article Rhondda Cynon Taff council set to implement living wage first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Save Redcar steel
The government’s much vaunted ‘Northern Powerhouse’ risks being nothing more than empty rhetoric unless it intervenes to save the SSI steelworks in Redcar on Teesside, Unite said today (September 28)…Read more…
No business case
Business secretary Sajid Javid has been urged to ‘bang heads together’ so that the US bosses of Goodyear hold ‘genuine’ consultations over the threat to 330 jobs at its Wolverhampton plant. …Read more…
Council pension funds would like to go green, but doing so now would cost them dear, says UNISON
Calls from campaigners that the UK’s 101 local government pension funds should stop investing in fossil fuels are admirable, but over-simplify the huge task that disinvestment would mean, says UNISON…Read more…
Rally for Redcar
SSI, Majuba Road car park, Redcar, Teesside TS10 5BJ 18:45 tonight (Thursday 24 September 2015) A rally tonight in Redcar will highlight the crisis in the UK steel industry which is…Read more…
What’s it like to be a healthcare student?
UNISON is asking students to take part in an online survey to gather evidence about their experience on placements and at university, and how it affects them and their family
The article…Read more…
Holiday pay result
Unite has won compensation for cabin crew for underpayment on all elements of holiday pay at easyJet. The ground-breaking deal covers basic pay, sector pay and commission. Cabin crew’s holiday pay…Read more…
Government cuts make a mockery of new NICE homecare guidelines, says UNISON
New guidance from government advisors the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) could see a real improvement in the standard of homecare delivered across the UK, but longer visits…Read more…
New career framework for TAs – but professional standards still delayed by DfE
“Delay to government professional standards document has been a step back for a profession that has been largely neglected by the government since 2010”
The article New career framework for TAs…Read more…
Cameron’s welfare merry-go-round
A new report out today (Tuesday September 22) shows that the best way to help the in-work poor is through tax credits and that they should be increased to eliminate financial inequality. But…Read more…
‘UNISON has always stood up for women’
UNISON president rebuts claims that the union is dominated by men
The article ‘UNISON has always stood up for women’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
The government is to blame for the situation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, says UNISON
Commenting on the news today (Tuesday) that Addenbrooke’s Hospital has been placed into special measures, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is a shocking indictment of the…Read more…
Pay rise win after strike threat
The threat of strike action by refuse workers in the London borough of Bromley has led to a ‘double your money’ pay offer which sets an example for other firms providing outsourced local government…Read more…