UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis commens on government proposals to prevent people who work in the public sector from paying their union membership fees directly from their wages.
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis commens on government proposals to prevent people who work in the public sector from paying their union membership fees directly from their wages.
Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again.
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Ending union members’ right to have their subs deducted from wages would be disruptive, centralist and make absolutely no sense
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Yet as a result of today's changes, UNISON will still be able to collect subs from our members via their employers (at no cost to the […]
‘Now at least UNISON can concentrate on campaigning to protect public sector employees at work and the services they deliver’
This is a bad bill but without the labour movement pushing back with passion and vigour, it could have been much worse.
So what did we achieve? The key changes we won: union members can continue to pay their subs via payroll if they wish. The government […]