UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis, today won the support of European Public Service unions, representing over 40m people, for a fair wages fight across Europe. The unions have pledged to back UNISON’s campaign to secure measures aimed at protecting British public services workers, who are being pushed into the arms of private companies as part of the Government’s privatisation plans
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The Prime Minister is mistaken if he thinks the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is the solution to public service reform, UNISON, the UK’s biggest union said today.
UNISON and the Fawcett Society have welcomed the Government’s commitment to tackle inequality and discrimination in the Equality Bill, due to be published on Monday, but want action to toughen up equal pay legislation.
Landmark New Year message pledges UK’s biggest three unions to mobilise in 2011
Huge cost involved in outsourcing revealed
Principles and timetable for negotiation
Activists and negotiators meet for two day seminar on pay, bargaining and equality
Profit motive in public services condemned by UNISON disabled members’ conference
Union plans week of activity, including seminar and parliamentary event, to boost the fight for a living wage
Union calls for bar on tax-evading firms winning public contracts
UNISON highlights how NHS Logistics helped avoid such issues, but was sold off
Plans will dismantle the probation service, which has been 105 years in the making, adds the union
Helping identify the factors which prevent effective action being taken to tackle racism in the workplace
Dealing with workplace reorganisations
The main points and issues in tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.