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UNISON backs a raft of amendments aimed at protecting the rights of its members

Union backing new lobby for the ‘right to remain’ for EU citizens in the UK

Commenting on the publication of the Bill today (Thursday) that will see the transfer of European laws onto the the UK statute book, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The clock is ticking towards an uncertain future for anyone at work. Until now many of the laws that protect employees from unfair or unsafe treatment at the […]

There is a great deal on the line, and these negotiations will define the future of our country for generations. Yet we still know far too little about what the government’s red lines are – and whether ministers plan on selling the British people down the river.

‘Mostly, I speak and think and dream in English; you could say that I am English even in my sleep’

‘Mostly, I speak and think and dream in English; you could say that I am English even in my sleep’

Nurses, social workers and teaching assistants will be among EU citizens who will today (Monday) lobby MPs over their right to remain in the UK. The lobby is aimed at urging the government to guarantee immediately that these citizens will be able to stay post-Brexit. There are more than three million EU citizens living in […]

“Last month Melanie Onn MP put forward a bill in Parliament to ensure that every piece of workers’ rights legislation is guaranteed. There was an amendment that would have protected workers’ […]

No-one voted to leave the EU to weaken their rights at work. Few want to tear apart the families of those who have made their lives here. And everyone would, I hope, want to see a thriving British economy with well-funded public services in the years ahead.

For UNISON members, the EU secures rights at work and at home that protect individual workers from some of the worst excesses of the worst employers. For UNISON as a union, EU legislation makes […]

UNISON backs private members’ bill and launches its new network for EU members

Mr Goudriaan pointed out that the likes of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage never say how workers’ rights will be boosted or public service spending increased. There have, however, been […]

Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ in pretending to care about the NHS when they belong to a government that is to blame for ‘eye-watering’ public service cuts, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will warn later today. In a speech at the Our NHS: Safer IN rally at the TUC’s […]

When you’re considering how to vote in the EU referendum later this month, here are five key points to have in mind