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UNISON is campaigning against the bill. We believe MPs should be focusing on the real problems our country faces […]

Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics

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.

UNISON general secretary congratulates council on opposition to bill that ‘rips up good employment relations’

Attacks on unions are attacks on working people too, says UNISON Commenting on government proposals to prevent people who work in the public sector from paying their union membership fees directly from their wages, UNISON Eastern Regional Secretary Glyn Hawker said: “This latest malicious manoeuvre from ministers shows how far they are prepared to go […]

Date

6 July 2015 – 4 May 2016

Trade unions are a force for good in society – the Government must stop its attack on working people and focus on the real problems.

Date

6 July 2015 – 4 May 2016

Trade unions are a force for good in society – the Government must stop its attack on working people and focus on the real problems.

Facility time, overwork and workplace stress among the big themes as unions engage with employers

Across the country, members join together to celebrate trade unions

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And it said that, if the bill becomes law, the council will not "co-operate with any measures in the legislation designed either […]

The statement calls upon the Welsh government to work with public sector employers and unions to persuade the Westminster government to reconsider. It follows the recent vote by Welsh […]

Disabled workers describe struggle to work 20 years after Disability Discrimination Act

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Warning that the bill will "undermine constructive employment relations and civil liberties" and "have a serious effect […]