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Archive for December, 2009

UNISON chief warns against making public sector workers pay for “reckless greed” of city bankers

Dave Prentis pays tribute to "selfless" public sector workers who kept services running throughout festive period

December 31st, 2009 Unison news releases

UNISON gains more than £28m compensation for personal injuries in 2009

UNISON holds employers to account for workplace injuries.

December 31st, 2009 Unison news releases

Liverpool auxilliary nurse and UNISON activist awarded MBE

MBE for UNISON activist in New Year's Honours List

December 31st, 2009 Unison news releases

UNISON chief warns against making public sector workers pay for

Dave Prentis pays tribute to "selfless" public sector workers who kept services running throughout festive period

December 31st, 2009 Unison news releases

GMB Pubco Tied Pub Tenants Ballot For Industrial Action To Secure Lower Wholesale Prices In New Year

Newest group of trade union members seek £12,000 cut in wholesale prices to raise hourly income above national minimum wage

December 29th, 2009 GMB press releases

GMB/CTA Members Call Off New Years Day Cab Strike

With the inevitable results of accidents and casualties and possible fatalities and the bad weather and driving conditions GMB member cabbies thought it was unreasonable to deprive the public of the...

December 28th, 2009 GMB press releases

New laws for agency workers must have no employer loopholes, says TUC

The TUC is calling on the Government to give agency workers real protection from exploitation and genuine equal treatment on pay, holiday and hours, as it publishes its response to the draft Agency Worker Regulations consultation today (Tuesday). The draft Regulations seek to implement the EU Temporary Agency Worker Directive into UK law.

December 23rd, 2009 Trades Union Congress news releases

University funding cuts – UNISON response

UNISON condemns government plans to cut university budgets.

December 23rd, 2009 Unison news releases

Copenhagen – UNISON response

UNISON's response to the climate change conference in Copenhagen.

December 23rd, 2009 Unison news releases

RMT to ballot for action over Network Rail maintenance job cuts

RAIL UNION RMT confirmed today that it will be balloting members on Network Rail maintenance, and other staff affected by reorganisation plans, for national industrial action over threatened redundancies as part of the proposed axing of nearly 1500 rail maintenance jobs.

December 23rd, 2009 rmt releases