The Trade Union Bill is now in its report stage in the Lords. We need to keep the pressure on before it returns to the Commons. UNISON members have made a huge difference already – speaking to employers, councillors, MPs, peers and government ministers to tell their stories, making compelling arguments and keeping up the […]
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David Owen of the Halton local government branch said that “a pattern” had developed whereby service group pay disputes ended after […]
We’ve won some important changes to the Bill in the House of Commons, but at the time of writing, we don’t know whether it will […]
Ending union members’ right to have their subs deducted from wages would be disruptive, centralist and make absolutely no sense
"Whatever barriers they put in our way, they'll never stop our movement fighting for a fairer Britain." The trade union bill is currently being rushed […]
UNISON members working in public services will make more than half of the 1,000 strong group of workers travelling from across the UK to lobby their MPs today (Monday) at a mass lobby against the trade union bill in Westminster. Speaking at a rally outside the houses of parliament, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will […]
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My name is Graeme Matheson and I work as a building services engineer
Branch delegates gather to discuss strategic concerns of higher education workers, including the government Trade Union Bill
My name is Jenny Edwards and I work as an associate practitioner
Trade unions are there to help: why are they being attacked?
‘It’s time for an alternative to the cuts, the privatising agenda, and to the pay freeze destroying lives,” says Dave Prentis as 85,000 march against austerity, and for workers’ rights
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They call the government's rationale for its bill "perverse", adding that unions are an important voice for workers, protecting their terms and […]
Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which we will overcome again.