Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged national delegate conference 2015

Local government members to get tougher over pay

Increased outsourcing to the private sector meant that the NJC pay and conditions faced collapse, she said. Employers were taking the opportunity to create local bargaining pay […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

The threats and opportunities of devolution

UNISON’s national delegate conference discusses devolution

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Rescue our care from sharks and thieves’

Deirdre Costigan for the LGBT group also warned that if integration of health and social care was done badly it would have a negative impact on LGBT workers and service users […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

International rally and reception at national delegate conference

General secretary Dave Prentis will be joined by international guests from Swaziland, Colombia, Israel and Nigeria. We will also be launching an appeal for the office of a garment […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Gap between rich and poor ‘widening on a daily basis’

"The gap between rich and poor is widening on a daily basis," she said. A recent Oxfam report has stated that by 2016 the top […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Secret trade agreement ‘a battle between big business and everybody else’

Delegates at both the local government and water, environment and transport conferences in Glasgow […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Equal Pay

Conference
2015 National Women's Conference
Date
14 October 2014
Decision
Carried

2) The efforts of UNISON to champion equal pay for its women members winning a series of landmark cases and forcing employers to introduce […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

UNISON and Devolution

Conference
2015 National Delegate Conference
Date
23 February 2015
Decision
Carried

Conference recognises that the debate on fiscal and legislative devolution is fast moving across the UK and that public opinion across the United […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Women and Housing

Conference
2015 National Women's Conference
Date
13 October 2014
Decision
Carried

Recent research found that spiraling rental costs and stagnant wage growth mean 1.6million households are forced to spend more than half their disposable […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Black women and fibroids

Conference
2015 National Women's Conference
Date
8 October 2014
Decision
Carried

For most women they give no cause for concern and grow unnoticed. But, for others, the genetic disorder can mean heavy and painful periods and lead […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

LGBT rights and collective agreements

Conference
2015 National Delegate Conference
Date
23 February 2015
Decision
Carried

They have sought to destroy the very agreements that prevent them and their business friends from imposing poverty pay with no holiday or sick leave entitlements […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Older Women and Domestic Violence

Conference
2015 National Women's Conference
Date
14 October 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

Indeed, statistics confirm that in Redcar and Cleveland, women aged 45+ make up 25% of the population, suggesting there is an even larger […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Tackling vulnerable employment and casualisation

Conference
2015 National Delegate Conference
Date
23 February 2015
Decision
Carried as Amended

The proliferation of short hour contracts, false-self employment and the continuing exploitation of agency workers underlines the workings of a deeply unjust labour […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Conference
2015 National Delegate Conference
Date
1 January 2015
Decision
Carried

The others are the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). These agreements […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Intimate Terrorism and Coercive Control

Conference
2015 National Women's Conference
Date
15 October 2014
Decision
Carried as Amended

Instead, coercive control explains the range of tactics used by perpetrators to intimidate and control women. In Stark’s own phrase, the concept explains ‘how men entrap women in everyday […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.