Union Newswire

Union renews call to stop jobs cull as Inspector casts doubt on all routes

February 28th, 2010 rmt releases

As the Olympic torch is handed on from this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver to London, the Playfair 2012 coalition is today (Saturday) launching a campaign for an ethical London Games.

February 27th, 2010 Trades Union Congress news releases

UCU today announced that it is balloting members at King's College London for strike action in a row over job cuts. Currently 205 posts at the university are at risk and several departments have been threatened with closure.

February 26th, 2010 UCU releases

Wrong and immoral to pay RBS bankers' £1.3 billion bonuses, says Dave Prentis

February 26th, 2010 Unison news releases

Dave Prentis speaks at the annual higher education conference.

February 26th, 2010 Unison news releases

Politics monthly | Leeds suspension | FE cuts | King's ballot | NEETS meet MPs | HE national bargaining | FE stress | UK brain drain | Arts fashion protests | marking victory | proper hours day | Defend public services march | Academicrelated meeting

February 26th, 2010 UCU releases

One in four public sector staff put in unpaid overtime worth nearly £9 billion a year.

February 26th, 2010 Unison news releases

The number of people working ‘extreme' unpaid overtime of more than ten hours a week increased by 14,000 to nearly 900,000 last year, according a new analysis of official statistics published today (Friday) by the TUC to mark Work Your Proper Hours Day (WYPHD).

February 26th, 2010 Trades Union Congress news releases

“Bringing together the first Public Services Summit today is an important step in moving the public sector forward in times of increasingly constrained resources.”

February 26th, 2010 WTUC news releases

The latest edition of Hard Hat, UCATT’s regular health and safety bulletin, has now been published and distributed to UCATT shop stewards, convenors and health and safety reps.

February 26th, 2010 UCATT news releases