Search Results for “Pay and conditions” News and Blogs 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 considered the notorious Transatlantic […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Obituaries at UNISON conference

If your branch would like someone included in this presentation and the list which will be produced subsequently, please email the name of the member, branch and role […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The energy market needs regulation – but regulation that does not penalise members

And yet members were concerned that attempts to rein in excessive profits or poor practices could […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

TTIP is a ‘loaded dice’ that will hand public services to the multi-nationals

Paul Moist, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), said that TTIP and other free trade deals will lead to "democratically elected governments ceding power and authority […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON rallies against Tory attacks on facility time

"This is the crucial and defining issue for trade union organising," said service group executive member Alison […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Get tweeting at conference

Keep up to date with all the speeches, fringe events and activities at UNISON’s national delegate conference next week

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON tackles cancer in the workplace

That was the message at a UNISON Health and Safety fringe event at the union's national delegate conference last week, as the union launched […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘The UK is not a right-wing country, but a divided country’

The country also faces a continuing drive to privatise, notably in the NHS in England, and probation in England and Wales, alongside an increase in the number of free schools and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘Activists are the beating heart of UNISON’

With its new majority, the government is expected to continue its privatisation and outsourcing of public services. Its manifesto commitments to reduce trade union facility time and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘If we decide to fight, no-one can stop us’

But we proved them wrong. "We had a belief in ourselves. And a belief in the impossible." Since then record numbers of new members had joined the union, which […]

Article on the UNISON National site.