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Saturday, 11 June 2011

The lost world of Tory trade unionism

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In the context of George Osborne's recent exhortations to big business to take up arms against unions, the suggestion by Tory MP Robert ...

Miners by Alun Rees

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(last shift at Tower Colliery) They were slaughtered at Senghenydd, at Cilfynydd, Porth and Maerdy. Where miners went Death went as well,...
Friday, 10 June 2011

Income inequality blights social progress and well being

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The excellent Institute of Employment Rights hosted an impressive talk last night at UNISON’s new centre in London. John Hendy QC welcomed R...

Worse than WorkChoices

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A UNISON Active reader in Sydney reports on the political onslaught against public service workers in Australia's most populous state o...

UNISON Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Gallery opens

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Last night the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Gallery within the new UNISON Centre in London was formally opened. The interactive gallery is a j...
Thursday, 9 June 2011

Bick remembers Ken Gill

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Rodney Bickerstaffe and the late Ken Gill were trade union contemporaries in battles against a former Conservative government, fighting for ...

30 years of wage stagnation

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Low and median incomes increased by just 27 and 56 per cent in the 30 years up to the recent recession, despite the UK economy more than dou...
Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Report of UNISON NEC meeting 8 June 2011

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Public Sector Pensions dominated the deliberations of UNISON’s National Executive Council meeting in London today. Dave Prentis presented a ...

3 Questions to Con Dem anti-union emmisary Vince Cable MP

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Professor Keith Ewing, who addressed the GMB Conference on the same day as Vince Cable MP earlier this week, poses three searching questions...

The wrong type of recession

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Last weekends’ papers were awash with some welcome dissent on Osbornes’ economic performance as calls for a ‘plan B’ strategy came from some...
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