The offer was made five months after unions submitted a pay claim and three months after the pay rise was due
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Three branches, one message: UNISON rejects below-inflation pay offer
The offer was made five months after unions submitted a pay claim and three months after the pay rise was due
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ScotRail: public ownership is not enough
The Herald has been running a series of articles on ScotRail since it was taken into partial public ownership as the ‘operator of last resort’. As is often the case, the headlines don’t always reflect the content, which is generally good, and the…Read more…
Mick Lynch’s charisma is undeniable. As for his strategy and tactics, the jury’s out | Gregor Gall
Magnetic Mick is a smooth operator with a robust and radical message, but the RMT leader has arguably failed to stave off the government’s attack on rail workersIn late June 2022, as the first national rail strikes began, the RMT union leader, Mick Lyn…Read more…
JW Suckling drivers secure ‘fantastic’ pay rise
Unite the union has secured an inflation-busting pay increase for tanker drivers employed on the Phillips 66 contract delivering to Jet Garages and employed by JW Suckling. The deal is worth up to £11,000 a year for the drivers based in Essex, Grangemouth and West London. However, strike action involving Hoyer drivers based in the […]
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ScotRail – the start of a new journey
Today is a special day for rail campaigners who have been making a case for bringing Scotland’s railways back into public ownership for the 25 years since privatisation. ScotRail is back as a public…Read more…
UNISON condemns ‘shameful’ P&O Ferries action
General secretary calls for enforceable charter of employment rights and an end to ‘fire and hire’ culture
The article UNISON condemns ‘shameful’ P&O Ferries action first appeared…Read more…
The ‘poor relation’ in railway policy
I was speaking at a European symposium on rail policy this week, providing an update on developments in the UK. It was interesting to hear what other countries were doing post-pandemic. Most are…Read more…
The future is railfreight
In July, I was asked to write an overview of rail policy in the UK for a European think tank. An absolute pleasure for a rail buff like me after working for a union with no railway members. They…Read more…
UK rail policy in transition
One of the many things I enjoyed about working for UNISON was the range of issues we covered. While some days I wished I worked for a single industry union, it was rarely dull! However, I have always…Read more…
Air Traffic Control in the Highlands and Islands.
The public procurement of cutting edge technology is risky at the best of times. For a small public sector airport company to embark on such a programme during a pandemic, which is devastating the…Read more…
‘Heart-breaking sacrifice’
Unite has paid tribute to bus and transport workers in London who have died after contracting coronavirus ahead of a one minute’s silence being held at 11am tomorrow (April 17) and demanded that more…Read more…
Dock drivers dispute
Volkswagen Group faces serious delays as Sheerness dock drivers ballot for strike action in pay dispute.
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Public transport funding at a 30-year low
Merseytravel chair tells conference of problems for sector – and points to the public solutions
The article Public transport funding at a 30-year low first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
No deal lorry ‘chaos’
Ministers are ignoring the needs of lorry drivers in their planning for a potential no deal Brexit, Unite said today (January 17).
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Let’s make this the last major anniversary of rail privatisation
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the legislation that privatised British Rail into a complex series of franchise arrangements.
This is not an anniversary to celebrate. As Aslef’s…Read more…
Fair transport call
Unite delegate Kevin Terry said that Unite has long been fighting for fair transport on all fronts – from docks and seas to buses, taxis, rail, roads, aviation and more – as he spoke on Tuesday…Read more…
We need a radical Transport Bill, not another market dabble
The Transport Bill is an opportunity to take a radical look at integrated transport in Scotland. Sadly, the Bill as introduced falls somewhat short of this aim.
The Scottish Government has…Read more…
Act for our Future – help make new #ClimateChangeBill bigger and better
UNISON members are being urged
to help make Scotland’s new Climate Change Act as strong as possible.
With other members of Stop
Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), we are disappointed that the Scottish
Government’s proposals for the new Bill are not ambitious enough.
The SCCS Act for our Future
campaign has an easy online E Action. You can click here to email First Minister Nicola SturgeonRead more…
Unions aren’t to blame for the Southern Rail situation. They’re trying to help.
After much delay (it was completed in December) the DfT have finally published the Gibb Report into the causes of and solutions to the problems that beset the Southern Rail franchise. The report is complex and covers a huge amount of territory in its 1…Read more…