Just as it seemed the Trade Union Bill couldn’t get any worse, the government confirmed last week that it is pushing ahead with its last minute amendment to the bill – bringing in new plans to scrap check-off arrangements across the public sector. Check-off is the system through which…Read more…
Cuts threaten disabled people in work
Disabled workers describe struggle to work twenty years after Disability Discrimination Act
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The Trade Union Bill: Jenny’s story
My name is Jenny Edwards and I work as an associate practitioner
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20,000 call for change in union ballots
Today, the trade union bill committee are meeting to discuss the bill’s proposals on union ballots.Read more…
No, Prime Minister
On Wednesday (October 14), David Cameron told the House of Commons that he and I agreed. No, prime minister, we most certainly do not. For the avoidance of doubt, let me spell it out. The…Read more…
Threat to democracy
Some of the country’s top trade union leaders gave evidence to MPs at a committee hearing over the trade union Bill yesterday (October 15). The general secretaries of Unite, GMB, Unison and…Read more…
Trade Union Bill is bad for democracy and for working people, says UNISON
Union says that the Bill is designed to ‘stop union reps from carrying out their duties’
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Welsh members rally against Trade Union Bill
Members from across Wales rally outside the Senedd in Cardiff, while the Assembly debates motion opposing Westminster bill
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The Trade Union Bill: John’s story
My name is John Brisbane and I work as a staff nurse in a child and adolescent mental health unit
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Government opposition to online balloting for unions is based on a misunderstanding
At the trade union bill’s second reading, BIS minister Nick Boles outlined his problems with online voting: My hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Jeremy Lefroy) raised the question of e-balloting, and he is right that there is no in-principle objection to the idea of voting online. The…Read more…
New living wage figures show recovery not shared fairly
low wages are on the increase, the Office of National Statistics reported today. * The number of employees outside London paid below the living wage has risen by 2 percentage points since 2012, Reaching 23 per cent by 2014. The increase in London has been much sharper though, with the latest…Read more…
Government abandons unworkable plan to make unions give 14 days notice for a tweet
News just breaking (via the FT) that the government may have just dropped proposals under consultation as part of the trade union bill, requiring unions to give employers and the police two weeks’ notice of any social media plans around strikes and pickets. The idea had been that unions would need…Read more…
Trying to stop check-off for union subs ‘a silly and petty policy’
Trade Union Bill is “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic,” says Doncaster mayor Ros Jones
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A very clear message
More than 60,000 people joined a TUC march on Sunday (October 4) during the Tory Party Conference in Manchester to demonstrate against government austerity and the trade union Bill. The march…Read more…
Zac Goldsmith’s mayoral nomination at #CPC15 exposes the hypocrisy in the trade union bill
Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith has caused his fair share of headaches for his party since he entered Parliament in 2010. He rebelled over the lobbying bill. He opposed the government’s plans to sell off England’s national forests. He took a leading role in the campaign against Heathrow…Read more…
Thank you to everyone who made Sunday a success
Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march
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‘We will win – together’ Prentis tells Manchester rally
‘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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TUC March and Rally Manchester – #4octdemo
This picture is of UNISON members from London Ambulance Service (LAS) carrying our regional banner at the TUC demo today at Manchester.
Second from left is UNISON Vice President, Eric Roberts, who is the branch secretary of LAS.
This was a great day…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…
Burnley is latest council to attack Trade Union Bill
North West council criticises “unfair, unnecessary and undemocratic” attack that will “undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties”
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