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Coalition’s cuts draw a dividing line across Britain
Dave Prentis is the General Secretary of UNISON, Britain’s biggest public sector trade union with more than 1.3 million members Another week, another example of the coalition’s cuts hitting the poorest...
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Coalition cuts spending; families cut food, healthcare, kids clothing…
Dave Prentis is the General Secretary of UNISON, Britain’s biggest public sector trade union with more than 1.3 million members The struggle that families of public sector workers face has been laid...
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Warnings of “perfect storm” of industrial action in Scotland
Scottish finance secretary John Swinney is this week expected to make a statement to MSPs criticising the UK government’s reforms to public service pensions and to outline the SNP’s own plans for...
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Hutton repeats his big fat lie on public sector pensions
John Hutton has an opinion piece in the Telegraph today in which he repeats his politicised claims on the “sustainability” of public sector pensions. Hutton writes: In an increasingly uncertain age,...
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The coalition continues its ‘women problem’ by taking away our pensions
Liz Snape is Unison’s director of policy As we expected, the run up to this week’s strike is being characterised by government accusations that those behind the action are bully boys and hardliners....
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International engagement with Israel’s trade unions is essential to the peace...
. By Professor Alan Johnson, Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM), and a member of Labour Friends of Israel ‘The Histadrut are just an...
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Homecare: It’s time to care – why we need an Ethical Care Charter
Matthew Egan is an assistant national officer for Unison, focusing on homecare Day in and day out huge numbers of disabled, old and vulnerable people are receiving rushed, substandard and undignified...
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Four chasing every UK job
Four people are chasing every job in England, Scotland and Wales, and in some areas more than 10 jobseekers are chasing each vacancy, according to a new survey. London is one of the worst hit regions:...
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Union membership increased by 59,000 to 6.5 million in 2012
Trade Union membership rose by 59,000 to 6.5 million last year, according to a report by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report published today. The increase is the first since 2003...
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We should be supporting progressive forces in Israel, not boycotting them
By Emine Ibrahim, chair of Redbridge Unison, Greater London Region Below is Emine’s speech to the UNISON National Delegate Conference on Thursday, June 20. In a long standing tradition,...
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The inflation magic trick
TweetKaren Jennings is UNISON’s assistant general secretary for bargaining, negotiating and equalities Inflation has fallen and the government has hit its inflation target for the first time in over...
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‘All hail the rich’– the reality behind tory tax claims
TweetBrandishing figures published last year by Revenue & Customs, right-wingers have been exalting the contribution of the UK’s richest 1 per cent to income tax revenue over recent months. It’s a...
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The government would be foolish to keep ignoring teaching assistants
TweetJon Richards is national secretary of Education and Children’s Services at Unison On 18 March the ever diligent Alex Cunningham MP will lead a parliamentary debate on Teaching Assistants (TAs)*,...
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Zero hour contract consultation attracts 36,000 responses
TweetA government consultation on zero-hours contracts has been flooded with 36,000 responses from people wanting to talk about problems and abuses. The consultation on exclusivity clauses in zero...
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Outsourcing: the joke has always been on the workers
TweetSara Gorton is a senior national officer at UNISON During Fair Pay Fortnight lots of attention is rightly being paid to the continuing pay cap being imposed on public sector workers. Yet, just as...
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Nominate your worst example of outsourcing
TweetUnison are inviting nominations for the all new ‘Wolfie Awards’ – focusing on waste and service failure caused by the outsourcing of public services UNISON is pleased to announce a new opportunity...
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The brutal impact of austerity on Scotland’s public services
TweetScotland’s budget is being slashed by more than £6 billion in real terms Scotland is not exempt from austerity and it is the most vulnerable who are hardest hit, as services are cut back, jobs go,...
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Striking council workers and other public sector employees have a point –...
TweetLocal government has borne the brunt of the coalition’s ‘austerity’ measures When hundreds of thousands of local government and school support workers down tools and strike today, they will do so...
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Strong unions won you your rights, not kind-hearted rich men
TweetDecent pay and conditions for working people didn’t simply drop out of the sky Reading some of the reporting on today’s strike action by public sector workers, you could easily believe that it was...
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Ending the public sector pay cap could raise millions
TweetLifting the pay cap would be beneficial for both the exchequer and the economy The argument that public sector pay rises are unaffordable has been seriously dented by a new report published...
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