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Regional Secretary Jo Galloway visiting the NSL picket lines this morning in Camden, London. These Traffic wardens deliver a vital service to the community, working long hours doing a difficult job.
It’s time for NSL to do the right thing and pay it’s…Read more…
On Friday this indicative strike ballot was sent to Clarion Housing Group UNISON Members being threatened illegally with either giving up their pensions or being fired (possibly even without being rehired). A full postal official ballot of all UN…Read more…
After work this evening I went to the UNISON picket line outside the LAS headquarters in Waterloo, Central London. I went to show solidarity and support on behalf of Greater London UNISON Regional Council officers and my own Housing Associations …Read more…
Follow here for news and views on the latest day of NHS industrial action
The article Put NHS pay right – NHS strike rolling report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Follow here for news and views on the latest day of NHS industrial action
The article From the frontline to the breadline – NHS strike rolling report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier
The article Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON members working for the Environment Agency are striking this week after seeing their pay fall by 20% since 2010
The article Blog: Standing with our members at the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff in the Environment Agency have seen their pay eroded by over 20% in the last decade and are now “working one day in every five for nothing”
The article UNISON calls on minister to unlock EA pay talks ahead of strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital
The article The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“John -Next week, Ambulance workers will be back on the picket line after their calls for fair pay and safe working conditions went unanswered. The week after, Environment Agency members will be striking for the first time in history. Thousands m…Read more…
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham will be joining striking Muller workers at the firm’s Stonehouse site from 10.30 am this Saturday, November 12. Nearly 70 HGV drivers and shunters employed by the German dairy giant and who are responsible for delivering milk products to supermarkets nationwide have been on strike since August. The dispute is over imposed […]
The post <strong>Unite leader to join Muller Stonehouse picket</strong> appeared first on Unite Live.
It looks like shoppers in the north of England face empty Morrisons supermarket shelves over the holiday season – as the offer of a real terms pay cut has prompted hundreds of drivers employed by Wincanton PLC on the Morrisons contract, to begin voting on strike action. The supermarket chain across the north now faces […]
The post <strong>Profiteering risks empty Morrisons supermarket shelves</strong> appeared first on Unite Live.
New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms London is facing severe disruption later this month as its outsourced security guards, employed by OCS Group UK Ltd, begin strike action over poverty rates of pay. The security guards who work at the market, the hub of London’s fruit vegetable and plant trade, are paid just £9.69 […]
The post London market security guards to strike appeared first on UNITElive.org.
Managers must put people before profits and pay staff proper, fair wages
The article University staff vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Company refuses to negotiate with the union over a 3% pay offer
The article AQA strikers take their fight to company HQ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
She said, “The company [Felixstowe Ports] is making an absolute fortune. it could pay 50 per cent more on your wages and still be in profit. We are asking for 10 per cent. What is the problem?
The post Felixstowe: Unite GS urges company to ‘come clean’ appeared first on UNITElive.org.
UNISON says AQA is stubbornly refusing to discuss pay with staff.
The article Exam board staff to strike on A-level results day, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
No worker wants to go out on strike, but staff can’t afford to feed their kids, pay for housing or fill up their petrol tanks
The article University staff reject below-inflation pay offer and vote on strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Tomorrow members of the RMT union will be taking a second day of National strike action to support their claim for Fair Pay and Job Security. After years of wage restraint, the Railway employers are only offering a 2% wage increase this year, inc…Read more…
Unite to stage targeted industrial action as council workers express disgust at 1.75% pay offer
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