UCU today (Monday) welcomed comments from the deputy primeminister, Nick Clegg, that schools and academies should never be run for profit, and called on him to give the same pledge over colleges and universities.
The purpose of the events is to highlight GMB opposition to the Tory led Coalition Governments Health and Social Care Bill which is to be debated on 7th September the evening of the vigil
It seems that the Council has got itself into the position of not knowing how many staff it will have from 1st October
The TUC is concerned that women's unemployment – already at a 23-year high – is set to rise around the UK as the government's public sector job cuts begin to bite. A TUC analysis of official statistics published today (Monday), reveals that the proportion of women employed in the public sector has risen at three times the rate of men over the last decade.
On publication of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) response to the Scottish Government’s discussion paper on corporation tax, Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary said:
The Tories claim that the private sector is more cost effective in providing quality health and social care despite all the evidence that this is not the case as it was the private sector that sunk...
A next step is for Southern Cross and the prospective operators to consult with GMB on TUPE transfer of staff on all their existing terms and conditions like pay and hours of work as the law requires.
Unionlearn has joined forces with learndirect’s campaign to get adults signed up for learning…
It’s that time of year again, just as we all return from those long deserved breaks, long walks, lying on the beach and catching up with the reading list…
On Monday 22 August, Colombian trade union activist, Alfonso Diaz Villa, was assassinated near his home in the Coroda region.