Unison paid officials caught sabotaging leadership election
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 8 2015 19:22
A whistleblower within Unison's London region has leaked an audio recording of a meeting of paid officials flagrantly breaching the union's rules by working for the election campaign of the incumbent general secretary, Dave Prentis.
Unison activists vote to reopen 2015 pay dispute
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 25 2015 00:29
In an almost unprecedented move, rank-and-file Unison representatives in councils and schools voted in a special conference earlier today to tear up the 2014-16 pay deal which union leaders drew up with Labour Party officials and submit a new pay claim on top.
The Pop Up Union: a postmortem
When management at the University of Sussex announced plans to outsource 235 jobs, workers responded by launching a 'Pop-Up Union', a new tactic in modern British industrial relations. Is this a model other workers can emulate?
10 July pay strike in Kirklees
Submitted by Glimmer on Jul 10 2014 18:13
A report of the industrial action by public sector workers in Huddersfield and the surrounding area.
The 10 July public sector strike and going beyond formula
Submitted by Phil on Jul 9 2014 17:11
Tomorrow's coordinated strike by public sector workers looks set to be larger than the one on 30 Novermber 2011 that was billed as a public sector 'general strike.' But what does that mean, and are we in any better position now, industrially, than we were then?
An account of winning reinstatement for a suspended worker
A short account from a friend of ours of how he and his colleagues managed to get a member of staff who had been suspended on disciplinary grounds reinstated.
Mid Yorkshire health strike
Submitted by Glimmer on Jul 23 2013 20:41
Prolongued strike action in West Yorkshire hospitals has shown that attacks by the bosses can be fought off.
Unison instructs its members to enforce the bedroom tax
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 22 2013 16:20
The UK's largest public sector union, Unison, has issued guidance to its members advising them to enforce the hated bedroom tax.
Education Worker #10 - Victimisation
The tenth issue of Education Worker, focuses on victimisation in education, including articles on the Halesowen Four, London Met, and an interview with a victimised NUT rep.
Healthcare workers: where we stand-fighting on two fronts
Submitted by Between Your Teeth on Jan 23 2013 01:18
Basic overview of the terrain that health workers defending their terms and conditions is being fought on; Fighting both their employers, as well as a supine and complicit trade union bureaucracy. Written by a Solidarity Federation/Anarchist Federation dual carder and Unison steward working in Healthcare.
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