Search Results for “Local government” tagged check-off

I’m glad that the government have seen sense at this late stage. Dave Prentis’s blog UNISON general secretary Dave […]

UNISON Cymru/Wales head of local government Dominic MacAskill, who is staff side secretary of the Joint Council for Wales, said: “This bill […]

The government was heavily defeated on each vote, and will now be forced to rethink its plans when the bill […]

 “In much of the public sector, unions pay the hospital trust or the local council the cost of taking the subs at source, so there is no cost to the public purse […]

Whilst today’s concession from the government on check-off is a significant victory for our union and our movement - our battle continues on the […]

NHS Employers weren’t asked. The local government employers weren’t asked. Individual employers weren’t. Little wonder many of them are now […]

There were marches in major cities, members visited their MPs and wrote to their local councillors, others attended Parliament for a mass lobby, there was a week of action in February […]

It is yet another malicious attack from a government determined to deny ordinary working people a voice at work. But it's an attack we expected, and […]

"There is no pressure from employers to remove check-off, yet the government is pressing ahead anyway, even though there's no cost to the public purse as unions pay the […]

The government listened to our arguments about the huge value that union reps can bring, not just to public sector […]