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‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis

Government plan to replace Human Rights Act is ‘the gravest threat to freedom in Britain since the Second World War’

David Owen of the Halton local government branch said that “a pattern” had developed whereby service group pay disputes ended after […]

And it looks nothing like the government’s original bill The Trade Union Act received Royal assent on 4 May but a whole raft of measures the government wanted to bring in that would have had the potential to weaken trade union organising are not in the Act. Gone are the abolition of DOCAS in the public […]

We didn’t manage to defeat the entire bill, but we did manage to remove several elements of it that would have irrevocably damaged the trade […]

“These measures would have stopped unions from collecting members’ subs via their pay packets. They would also have prevented […]

Ministers have backed away from an outright ban on facility time across the UK’s public services

‘Now at least UNISON can concentrate on campaigning to protect public sector employees at work and the services they deliver’

The government has announced that it will not continue with its plans to ban union members in the public sector from paying their subs by deductions from their wages. Instead check-off (also known as DOCAS) can continue where unions pay the costs incurred by employers. This follows the three defeats over the bill the government suffered in the […]

“But thanks to a good deal of union campaigning behind the scenes, UNISON and the TUC have built an effective coalition in the Lords that persuaded the government a ban […]

NEC hears update on Trade Union Bill and agrees EU referendum campaign

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 […]

Peers voted overwhelmingly for three amendments to the bill, on electronic balloting, facility time, and the funds used by unions for political campaigning […]

The Bill includes a requirement for the public sector to stop ‘deduction of contributions at source’ (DOCAS) – a simple way union members pay their subs […]

The Bill includes a requirement for the public sector to stop ‘deduction of contributions at source’ (DOCAS) – a simple way union members pay their subs […]