The NHS is under threat from privatisation and cuts. The Tory health act has pushed the profit motive to the heart of the English NHS. Key treatments are being restricted, services cut and jobs lost, resulting in increased waiting times,…
The Low Commission was set up in Dec 2012 to investigate the future of advice on social welfare law issues in England and Wales. It has now published a draft report and recommendations on a future strategy for advice. See the attached…
Commenting on research from the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) that there could be one million workers on zero hours contracts, Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON, said: “The vast majority of workers are only on these contracts…
Whilst our Branch recorded a good turnout in the consultation exercise and rejected the 1% pay offer by a ration of 3 : 1 and we had a good Regional result unfortunately this was not reflected elsewhere other than in…
The morning session of conference was given over to Motions on combating the Government’s austerity programme. Motion 10 “Bargaining Through Austerity” focussed on the effect of austerity on the terms and conditions of our members and committed us to continue…
Tuesday marked the first day of the 2013 UNISON National Delegate Conference. The first item on the agenda was simply entitled “Welcome to Liverpool”. It proved to be a rousing welcome from guest speaker Ricky Tomlinson. Ricky gave an impassioned…
The morning session of day two of UNISON Local Government Conference opened with guest speaker Jennette Arnold, Chair of the London Assembly, Labour Group who spoke frankly about the effect on London of Boris Johnson’s time as Mayor. Jennette was…
Yesterday marked the first day of UNISON’s 20th Local Government Conference. Branch Secretary Pat McDonagh had already been busy before conference as part of his role on the Standing Orders Committee, assessing motions, prioritising them and adding them to the…
As part of the Age Immaterial campaign on women over 50 in the workplace, the TUC has created a survey aimed at union members over 50 (both men and women) to gather information on the impact of caring responsibilities on…
Rail privatisation has failed to deliver for rail users and taxpayers and has brought in little private sector investment, according to a recent TUC- commissioned report. The Great Train Robbery – written for the TUC by the…