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Join us on Monday to stop this nightmare that is the Trade Union Bill
The article Tricks but no treats first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
My name is Graeme Matheson and I work as a building services engineer
The article The Trade Union Bill: Graeme’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Cymru/Wales local government employers defend facility time, check-off and union rights for council workers
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Tackling racism ‘is one of our most urgent tasks – we cannot let it slide off our agenda,’ general secretary tells London celebration
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T works as a night awake care assistant in a residential home for the elderly.
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My name is Sean Keown and I work as a Pharmacy Technician. My job involves dispensing and checking medicines, counselling patients, and updating computer systems related to the issue of patient…Read more…
Roger is 70 years old and has been retired from Sheffield City Council as an administrator since 1997
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Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill
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Disabled workers describe struggle to work twenty years after Disability Discrimination Act
The article Cuts threaten disabled people in work first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Friday 23 October 2015
UNISON media release, with Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS)
The Westminster Government faces a series of awkward human rights questions following action by the United Nations. The UN has directed the Government to address a ‘list of issues’ ranging from welfare cuts and reliance on food banks to blacklisting and the erosion of trade union rights.
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My name is Jenny Edwards and I work as an associate practitioner
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‘Scrapping check-off will be hugely disruptive for unions and the working people who belong to them,’ says Dave Prentis
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General secretary tells West Midlands activists: unions are as relevant today as they ever were – ‘when times are tough, we show our strength’
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UNISON general secretary tells Parliament that draconian proposals are ‘a major attack on workers’ rights in this country’ and ‘a negation of democracy’
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Union says that the Bill is designed to ‘stop union reps from carrying out their duties’
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Members from across Wales rally outside the Senedd in Cardiff, while the Assembly debates motion opposing Westminster bill
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My name is John Brisbane and I work as a staff nurse in a child and adolescent mental health unit
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Trade Union Bill is “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic,” says Doncaster mayor Ros Jones
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‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights
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Some photos of Scotland branches at the huge Manchester demo against austerity and the TU Bill on 4 October are now online. at https://picasaweb.google.com/117247006402711752943/ManchesterOctober42015?noredirect=1 More to follow.Read more…