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Dave Prentis comments on the announcement in the Lords that the government is no longer to stop unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets

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

 “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 […]

This will cover some 127 workplaces with about 450 members – all of whom are members of Kent local government branch but do who not work for the county council. The project will run from 24 April to 21 […]

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 […]