Britains largest union has helped protect Watson from move to abolish his position – but according to insiders made same move in 2012 for similar reasons Tom Watson pleaded for […]
Barnet council has already brought some services back in-house. Unions are calling for more. On Monday 1 April 2019 Capita staff working in Strategic Human Resources (HR) and Finance services […]
With media and even social media overloaded with Brexit inanity, it would be easy to miss the fact that the UK’s largest trade union UNISON – which has over a […]
Industrial action ends after Birmingham City Council bows to Unite’s demand for fair treatment for its members and for agency workers The long running Birmingham bins dispute over ‘secret payments’ […]
Court action begins today in the dispute between unions and Birmingham City Council over the council’s continued failure to correct its actions after Acas mediation talks break down Unite and […]
Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s controlling Labour group resigns in protest at the council’s anti-union behaviour Kerry Jenkins, the Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) Labour group – […]
The SKWAWKBOX has covered at length the abysmal behaviour of Birmingham City Council (BCC) – over a period of a year and a half and still ongoing – toward its […]
Dispute over Birmingham’s refuse collection services takes bizarre turn as council stretches credulity in attempt to use Thatcher-era anti-union laws to block strike over discriminatory payments The twists and turns […]
Birmingham City Council (BCC) triggered a lengthy dispute with Unite and Unison members of its refuse collection force by making an extra payment to GMB members who did not participate […]
Huyton in the Knowsley borough on Merseyside hosted PCS chief Mark Serwotka, Unite’s Sheila Coleman, Unison’s Paula Barker and others for an important seminar on the government’s consciously cruel Universal […]