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FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Youth workers rally to protect services for young people
Protesters and young people furious about youth service cuts drowned out a Birmingham City Council cabinet meeting today. The protesters gathered at Central Library before marching the short distance to the Council House accompanied by a backdrop of drums and horns, ... Read more
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Oxfam workers poised to strike for first time over poverty pay hypocrisy
Workers at anti-poverty charity using foodbanks due to low pay Hundreds of struggling Oxfam workers across the UK are balloting for strike action for the first time after rejecting a substandard pay offer. This is despite Oxfam having huge reserves and ... Read more
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Faith workers bearing the brunt of cost-of-living crisis
Unite survey shows clergy struggling to pay bills and relying on food banks A survey by Unite, Britain’s leading trade union, has shown that faith workers across various religions and denominations are struggling with the current cost of living crisis. Unite’s members ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Pay strikes at Kings Lynn’s largest social housing provider escalate
Freebridge housing workers on poverty pay despite £3.6m surplus and huge executive salaries Strikes at Freebridge Community Housing over poverty pay will intensify this week as Unite members take action over pay and conditions. Many of the workers, who perform a variety ... Read more
AUGUST 30, 2023
Hull Citizens Advice strikes intensify
Strikes by over 60 Hull and East Riding Citizens Advice workers intensified this week, as protests spread to the bureau’s offices in Bridlington and Goole. Nine consecutive days of fresh strike action began this week, following four days of industrial action in late July ... Read more
AUGUST 24, 2023
Autumn council strikes announced
Unite has announced that its members in an initial 23 local authorities will begin taking strike action from next week in a dispute over pay. Unite members have overwhelmingly rejected the local authority employers’ pay offer of just £1,925, a poorer ... Read more
JULY 11, 2023
Strikes by Harlow housing workers end with pay victory
Pay strikes by over 300 staff responsible for Harlow council’s housing stock and the cleaning and maintenance of council grounds and buildings have ended with a pay victory. The workers, who are employed by HTS, which is wholly owned by Harlow district ... Read more
JUNE 26, 2023
St Mungo’s workers to begin indefinite strike
From tomorrow (Tuesday 27 June) workers at St Mungo’s will stage an unprecedented indefinite strike accusing management of a shocking dereliction of duty towards the homeless and the charity’s own staff. This momentous decision has been provoked by the ongoing indifference ... Read more
MAY 09, 2023
St Mungos workers reject pay offer
Pitiful new pay offer fails to prevent month long strike at homeless Charity St Mungo’s which will begin on 30 May and end on 26 June. A month long strike by workers at the homeless charity St Mungo’s will go ahead ... Read more
APRIL 24, 2023
Unite members at the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) have returned a mandate for strike action with 68% voting to strike on a 78% turnout. Workers rejected the pay offer of just 3% after years of pay being squeezed and now the ... Read more
APRIL 19, 2023
Harlow council housing repair chaos increases as more pay strikes set
300 low paid outsourced workers employed by council owned firm being ripped off over pay Pay strikes by over 300 low paid staff responsible for Harlow council’s housing stock and the cleaning and maintenance of council grounds and buildings will continue ... Read more
MARCH 06, 2023
Rebellion at St Mungo’s homeless charity by underpaid and fed-up workers!
Dedicated charity workers who are fed up with greed at the top of their homeless charity while they struggle to make ends meet are now being balloted for strike action. With the St Mungo's CEO paid more than £189,000 (according to ... Read more
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Outsourced Harlow housing repair and grounds workers to strike over pay
Over 300 staff responsible for Harlow council housing stock and cleaning and maintenance of council grounds and buildings will strike over pay in late February. The workers, members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are employed by HTS, which is a wholly owned subsidiary ... Read more
FEBRUARY 02, 2023
Staff anger reaching tipping point at the FCA
Management refuse to discuss rock bottom morale and poor pay. Regulator faces crisis with over half considering leaving the FCA. Exodus of experienced staff raises serious questions about the regulator’s ability to keep consumers safe. Unite, the UK’s leading union, has today (1 ... Read more
JANUARY 12, 2023
Shelter pay dispute ends as workers receive improved offer
The long running pay dispute at housing and homelessness charity Shelter has ended after workers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. Over 600 members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, took strike action last December over pay. During the strike action talks ... Read more
JANUARY 11, 2023
As industrial action by housing workers enters its twenty-third week without resolution, Unite demands Department for Communities intervention Thousands of social housing tenants are left without needed repair and maintenance work as a result of management intransigence. Unite the union has written ... Read more
JANUARY 11, 2023
Union leader brands Minimum Services Bill as “another dangerous gimmick”
Union leader brands Minimum Services Bill as “another dangerous gimmick” Grant Shapps is, as usual, economical with the truth. The evidence from abroad clearly shows this kind of legislation only forces unions to use other tactics, inflaming and prolonging disputes. Commenting on the ... Read more
DECEMBER 06, 2022
Unite ballots 4,000 Health and Social care workers for strike in early 2023
Healthcare staff warn NHS on life support and may not survive staffing crisis Nearly 4,000 more health and social care workers across Northern Ireland have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers across the UK, said today. Unite said its healthcare members are ... Read more
DECEMBER 02, 2022
Shelter workers to begin strike action in pay dispute
Shelter staff work tirelessly to keep roofs over people’s heads. But senior management’s refusal to make a decent pay award means that soon, some Shelter staff will be facing the very real threat of homelessness themselves. Over 600 members of Unite, ... Read more
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Shelter workers announce two weeks of strike action in pay dispute
Over 500 workers at the housing charity Shelter will stage a two week strike next month, in response to the organisation’s management attempting to impose a real terms pay cut on its staff. The workers, who are based across the UK, ... Read more
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Unite prepare to formally ballot members at the Regulator of Social Housing
Unite at The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) are now preparing to formally ballot its members for industrial action over pay after senior management attempted to push through modelling options on the basis of a 3% on average pay award ... Read more
NOVEMBER 09, 2022
Inaction by board leaves social housing tenants facing huge backlog of repairs and improvements
4,000 tenants have been left without much needed housing improvements and almost 400 houses left empty as a result of the inaction of the board of the NI Housing Executive. Unite members, who are on the thirteenth week of strike action, ... Read more
NOVEMBER 07, 2022
Unrealistic workloads force community support workers in Hounslow to hold strike vote
Workers employed by Hestia, a referral service which provides adult services in Hounslow in London, have begun a ballot for industrial action. A number of workers who are Unite members provide support for people ranging from mental health support, addiction, immigration ... Read more
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Unite General Secretary, Sharon Graham, says the legal victory means no employer can ever offer their employees inducements to undermine union collective bargaining, adding that union members have been resolute in their six-year battle to defend union rights: Their victory ... Read more
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Axing one in 10 staff at Royal College of Occupational Therapists called ‘rank hypocrisy’
Workers given just 3 days to make life changing redundancy decision or accept new jobs on worse terms Unite represents many of the affected workers, who include counsellors, therapists and support staff, and have called on Royal College of Occupational Therapists ... Read more
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Unite pledges to back local government workers battling for better terms and conditions
Unite, the UK’s leading union, has pledged to step up the fight for better pay, terms and condition for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is gearing up for fresh campaigns in councils. Unite’s local government members ... Read more
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Hestia Hounslow LIFE workers ballot for strike action
Workers at Hestia Hounslow LIFE are currently voting in a formal ballot for strike action. Previous articles on our website have indicated how these workers have attempted to engage Hestia in discussion over proposed changes for their service, pay and ... Read more
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Unite shines a light on `shocking’ pay situation for Scotland’s care and support workforce
More than half of those working in care and support in Scotland (52 percent) run out of money before their next pay day, and one in five don’t use energy when at home because they can’t afford to according to ... Read more
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Shelter workers begin balloting for strike action
Workers at housing charity Shelter have begun balloting for strike action after receiving an “insulting” pay offer. Shelter is imposing its pay offer on its staff and refusing to consider any further permanent increases to salaries, which the Union say is ... Read more
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Walsall Housing Group workers to strike over imposed pay cut
Members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are stepping up strike action this week after their employer Walsall Housing Group imposed a real-terms pay cut on the workers. The company has imposed a 3.1 per cent increase and an additional £300 one-off ... Read more
AUGUST 19, 2022
Unite hits out at another government assault on workers during cost-of-living crisis
Responding to the latest threats to workers and their unions from the government, this time made by foreign secretary and leadership contender Liz Truss, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “It looks like a competition about who can be the most ... Read more
AUGUST 16, 2022
Unite statement on record fall in UK wages
Commenting on the record three per cent fall in wages in real terms for UK workers, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This record fall in real wages demonstrates the vital need for unions like Unite to defend the value of ... Read more
AUGUST 01, 2022
Repair workers at Sanctuary Housing Association secure major pay increase
Over 300 workers employed by housing association Sanctuary in its repairs department have secured an additional nine per cent pay increase. The workers who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, recently held a demonstration about pay concerns. This followed ... Read more
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
The fight against the Health and Care Bill continues
Unite members will stage a series of actions up and down the country as part of the union’s NHS day of action on 26 February, which it is holding with SOS:NHS. Members of Unite’s Community section, along with activists in Unite in Health, ... Read more
FEBRUARY 07, 2022
Support for Regina Coeli House
Barbara McIlwrath (Sec) and Carolyn Lowry (Chair) of the CYWU NI Branch 114, (The Community, Youth and Playworkers in Unite) presented Bernie from Regina Coeli House with £200 in Sainsbury’s vouchers donated from the branch to help support the workers ... Read more
JANUARY 19, 2022
As CPI rate of inflation climbs to 5.4%, Unite GS Sharon Graham demands significant wage rises
As the CPI measure of inflation today was revealed to have climbed to an astonishing 5.4 per cent, Unite says real scale of crisis is revealed in RPI rise to 7.5 per cent – a more accurate figure of rising ... Read more
JANUARY 17, 2022
Economic forecasters to strike in a row over inflation
Economists and researchers at the world famous NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Social Research) will stage a two week strike in a row over two years of below inflation pay offers. The strike will start on Friday 21st January and ... Read more
JANUARY 12, 2022
Care workers rely on food banks as bosses stop sick pay
Two committed Bedford Borough Council care workers are relying on food banks to survive, after the council stopped paying them due to absences caused by long Covid used up all their sick pay allowance. Unite the union said this case raised ... Read more
JANUARY 12, 2022
Workers commence 24-7 work-in occupation of Regina Coeli House in West Belfast
Unite industrial and community members establish a solidarity camp outside the Regina Coeli Workers at Regina Coeli House have commenced a 24-7 ‘work-in’ occupation of the hostel to demand Ministerial intervention to save the facility. The house faces closure at the ... Read more
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Animal charity to hold ballot for strike action
Staff at the long-established Mayhew animal charity in North West London, patron the Duchess of Sussex, are holding a ballot for industrial action over staffing levels and trade union recognition. The ballot for strike action and industrial action short of a ... Read more
NOVEMBER 08, 2021
North West housing association workers begin strike ballot over pay
Members of Unite employed by Onward Housing and Hyndburn Homes Repairs Ltd have begun balloting for strike action over pay. The 230 workers at the housing association, who are based at depots in Accrington, Bolton, Manchester, Liverpool, Runcorn and Stockport, primarily undertake ... Read more
NOVEMBER 02, 2021
Youth services suffer ‘stealth cut’ of more than £400m
Rishi Sunak has been accused of including a 'stealth cut' to funding for youth services worth more than £400m over the next three years despite promises of levelling up. Sunak’s third budget included a slew of spending promises, as the Conservatives ... Read more
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Animal charity workers in consultative strike vote
Jobs cull planned at Mayhew animal charity spurs consultative ballot for possible industrial action Howls of protest have met plans to cut staff at the long-established Mayhew animal charity in North West London, as Unite the union holds a consultative ballot ... Read more
OCTOBER 05, 2021
Workers vote for strike action at Greenwich Leisure Limited over back pay owed
Social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has been given ‘a reasonable timeframe’ to sort out the pay issues of its Lewisham leisure staff, such as failure to pay wages owed and redundancy enhancements - or face strike action. Unite the union members ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 26, 2021
POLL: Public firmly onside with unions defending workers against abuses
The public is firmly onside with trade unions when it comes to acting to prevent the mistreatment of workers, a poll for the country’s leading union, Unite, reveals today Sunday 26 September. Nearly seven in 10 (67 per cent) support unions ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 07, 2021
Unite calls for ‘Wealth’ tax to be mobilised to pay for social care reform
The money to ‘fix’ the decades-old problem of social care requires a wider tax base to finance it rather than concentrating on National Insurance that hits the incomes of working people, Unite the union said today (Tuesday 7 September). Unite, which ... Read more
AUGUST 16, 2021
The chequered employment relations of controversial social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) are again under the spotlight as employees at leisure centres in Lewisham are being balloted for strike action over pay issues, such as failure to pay wages owed ... Read more
JULY 15, 2021
St Mungo’s strike ends after independent review into bullying grievances agreed
Maintenance staff at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s have been on strike for twelve weeks in what had become a protracted dispute but the strike was called off today after the management agreed to an independent review into bullying grievances ... Read more
JULY 02, 2021
Striking St Mungo’s staff protest over bullying at housing charity’s Oxford shelter
Striking maintenance workers at the St Mungo’s housing charity are staging a protest in Oxford today over bullying and anti-union behaviour by the management. When: 12.30pm – 2pm, Friday, 2 July, 2021 Where: Floyds Row, Oxford, OX1 1SS Around a dozen members of Unite, the ... Read more
JUNE 02, 2021
With the end of lockdown restrictions in sight, Unite urges government to see the bigger picture as NHS care backlog grows As the UK today (June 2) marks its first day of zero Covid fatalities in ten months, an ostensible end ... Read more
MAY 13, 2021
Unite members in the property services department at St Mungo's have been on indefinite strike against a campaign of bullying and intimidation by senior management since April 22nd. Please support members where possible at their planned strike events: Friday 14th May - 8.30am to ... Read more
APRIL 08, 2021
Industrial action called at St Mungo's
Maintenance workers at the St Mungo’s housing charity will begin indefinite strike action from Thursday 22 April in response to ‘appalling treatment’ by senior management, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today (Thursday 8 April). The all-out strike follows a warning in March by Unite, which has ... Read more
MARCH 18, 2021
Management accused of targeting union reps at housing support charity St Mungo’s
Unite has called for a ‘bullying and anti-union culture’ amongst the management at London-based housing support charity St Mungo’s to end. With more than 500 members at St Mungo’s, Unite said that a ‘disproportionate’ 44 per cent of Unite stewards ... Read more
MARCH 08, 2021
This government is actively anti-women
Unite national officer Siobhan Endean: On International Women’s Day, let’s organise to hold this government to account It couldn’t be clearer. The Tories are completely out of touch with the realities for women of the impact of the pandemic and have ... Read more
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
GOVERNMENT USES DIVIDE AND RULE TACTICS WITH PUBLIC SECTOR PAY FREEZE
Unite have strongly criticised the government’s decision to freeze pay for public sector workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In his one-year Spending Review announced today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government could not “justify across the board pay rises” due to ... Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’, says Unite
Public sector employees, many of whom are essential Covid-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not learnt the lessons of austerity, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today (Friday 20 ... Read more
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Massive increase in food bank usage during pandemic underscores necessity for welfare reform
New figures released today reveal 2,600 emergency food parcels were provided for children every day on average by food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network during the first six months of the pandemic. Food banks in the Trussell Trust’s UK network saw a shocking 47% increase in need during the crisis, building on record ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Unite campaign to save RSPCA jobs
Unite has launched its campaign to make donors and the public aware of what is happening at one of the country’s best loved and well-supported national institutions. Unite is urging the Chief Executive of the RSPCA, Chris Sherwood, to get around ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
MP urges government to support to the charity sector
An Opposition Day Debate on the Protection of Jobs and Businesses saw Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, move a motion asking: “That this House calls for the Government to abandon its one-size-fits-all withdrawal of the Coronavirus Job Retention and ... Read more
AUGUST 06, 2020
RSPCA blame Covid-19 for plans to sack 279 workers!
Unite says that the RSPCA are using Covid-19 as a 'woeful excuse' to implement cost-cutting measures that include the sacking of 279 workers as part of a jobs’ cull strategy that predates the pandemic. Unite has been calling for an extension ... Read more
JULY 15, 2020
#UniversalDisCredit Day of Action
The continued use of benefit sanctions just as the country is entering a period of heavy and sustained job losses is ‘unnecessary and particularly cruel’ and must be stopped. The Unite Community campaign to reform the most punitive elements of Universal ... Read more
JUNE 18, 2020
‘Excessive’ RSPCA proposals to axe 300 jobs will be ‘challenged’
Proposals by the RSPCA to make nearly a fifth of staff redundant amid the pandemic have been described as being ‘excessive’ and will be ‘challenged’. Unite is demanding that the animal welfare charity enter into a comprehensive consultation to minimise any potential redundancies ... Read more
JUNE 03, 2020
Excluded from Chancellor’s support schemes
Anger mounts among self-employed, PAYE Freelancers and many other worker groups as they are once again excluded from Chancellor’s support schemes. On Fri 26th May, the Chancellor announced the extension of the JRS and SEISS income support schemes. Incredibly, he continued ... Read more
MARCH 12, 2020
Workers from the homelessness charity St Mungo’s in Bristol, Brighton and London are taking three days of strike action on the 16-18 March 2020. Unite has been warning the charity that its treatment of staff and the attacks on members working ... Read more
MARCH 03, 2020
Workers at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s are gearing up for three days of strike action from March 16 to 18 inclusive, after last ditch talks, under the auspices of the conciliation service, Acas, failed to resolve a row over ... Read more
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Employee pension contribution hike for hundreds of workers
The UK’s largest housing association, Clarion Housing Group, has written to members of its Pension Scheme (CHGPS) informing them that from 1 April, employee contributions for some defined benefit pensions could be set at 22.9% of their salaries. This rate will ... Read more
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
RSPCA workers vote to strike over new detrimental ‘bully boy’ contracts
Staff at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) have voted by 73 per cent to strike over the management’s arbitrary imposition of new ‘performance pay’ contracts. Unite has said that it would be announcing strike dates ... Read more
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Unite ballots members at Dundee Independent Advocacy Support
Unite the union has today (12 February) confirmed that it will open a week long industrial action ballot involving its membership at the Dundee Independent Advocacy Support (DIAS). Staff are being asked to vote on action in a dispute over an ... Read more
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Support Unite members at RSPCA!
Unite members at RSPCA are currently being balloted for strike action over detrimental new contracts. No worker should be forced into signing their contractual right to sickness, holiday and maternity pay away. The CEO is refusing point blank to negotiate with our ... Read more
FEBRUARY 04, 2020
Unite members at the RSPCA are voting to protect their rights at work
For more information about this dispute please see Workers to be balloted over the imposition of 'bully boy' contracts Read more
FEBRUARY 04, 2020
Second time lucky as St Mungo’s staff vote to strike
Unite has balloted over 500 members at the homelessness charity for a second time in less than six months in a dispute over the tearing up of the junior staffing cap agreement, which risks reinstatement of ‘race to the bottom’ terms ... Read more
JANUARY 29, 2020
RSPCA Workers to be balloted over the imposition of 'bully boy' contracts
Unite will be balloting its members at the RSPCA for strike action following an overwhelming vote in a consultative ballot to reject the management’s arbitrary imposition of new ‘performance pay’ contracts. The ballot will open on Tuesday (4 February) and will close ... Read more
JANUARY 28, 2020
Appeal to St Mungo’s board to ‘help rebuild trust’ ahead of strike ballot result
Unite has appealed to the St Mungo's board of trustees to ‘help rebuild trust’ by persuading senior management to reconsider its position and join last-ditch talks, ahead of the strike ballot result, which is due next Monday (3 February). Unite is ... Read more
JANUARY 21, 2020
Staff at St Mungos urged to vote YES to defend jobs, skills and quality services
Unite believes that its members deserve to be treated fairly and with respect and are urging members to vote for strike action as it reballots workers at St Mungos. The decision to reballot members has been taken as St Mungos push ahead with changes ... Read more
JANUARY 06, 2020
Email blunder at St Mungo’s exposes shameful anti trade union tactics
Unite has called on Howard Sinclair, CEO of homelessness charity St Mungo’s, to step down immediately after a misdirected email revealed that the charity had been working with a top London PR agency on a strategy to stop people joining ... Read more
DECEMBER 03, 2019
Peabody's CEO leaves staff and residents unimpressed
Businesses "driven by money concerns" Last week’s column by Peabody Chief Executive, Brenden Sarsfield (Inside Housing 29/11/2019) makes the call for change many in the social housing sector would want. But staff and residents are not impressed. Mr Sarsfield writes, “Some say we ... Read more
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
‘Devastating critique’ by Unite of RSPCA bosses over pay dispute and bullying culture
Unite has published a devastating critique of the managerial style at the RSPCA with an open letter to the chief executive Chris Sherwood. In the letter, Unite said that recent talks over pay and new contracts were ‘deliberately restrictive, disingenuous and designed ... Read more
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Greenwich housing repair workers to strike
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council are set to strike for five days over plans to introduce a new pay structure which will see cuts in pay. Unite said its members voted by 95 per cent for strike action ... Read more
OCTOBER 22, 2019
'Taking back control' - Unite members successfully confront Brexit challenges in the workplace
Major new research shows that Unite members are working together to successfully confront the challenges Brexit is presenting in workplaces up and down the country. Despite widespread political and public division over the UK’s relationship with the EU, the academic research found Unite ... Read more
OCTOBER 02, 2019
Greenwich council housing repair workers vote to strike
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council have overwhelmingly voted to strike as they are disgusted over the way they are being treated, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, said today. Unite said its members had voted by 95 per ... Read more
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Amnesty staff ballot for industrial action over redundancies
Unite to ballot its members employed by Amnesty International for industrial action in a dispute over redundancies. Amnesty International announced in June that it was planning to cut 146 posts which would result in 93 job losses. While the number of job ... Read more
AUGUST 12, 2019
Insecure workers entitled to 28 days paid leave
In a blow against precarious work, senior judges have ruled all workers are entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid annual leave, even if they do not get given work or are not paid for parts of the year. The ... Read more
AUGUST 05, 2019
St Mungo’s balloted amidst victimisation row
Unite is urging Robert Napier, the chair of the board of the homeless charity St Mungo’s, to carry out an immediate investigation into an allegation of victimisation of a lead Unite representative. The call comes in response to emails, obtained under ... Read more
AUGUST 01, 2019
400 jobs affected as largest NCS provider confirms departure from the scheme
The National Citizen Service Trust, the royal charter body that runs the scheme on behalf of the government, confirmed that it would no longer contract its largest provider, The Challenge, after it had been 'unable to reach an agreement on a requirement to ... Read more
JULY 30, 2019
Talks aimed at resolving a long running dispute between Unite and St Mungo's mediated by Acas have collapsed. It is deeply disappointing that St Mungo's senior management are determined to plough ahead with changes that threaten the very integrity of our ... Read more
JULY 19, 2019
REVIEWING THE STATUTORY GUIDANCE - YOUTH WORK PROVISION
As already reported, a review of the statutory guidance for council youth service provision has been launched by Civil society minister Mims Davies saying the review would focus on services to reduce social isolation among young people. (Read more here) Announcing ... Read more
JUNE 27, 2019
Welsh Government more than doubles youth work funding
The Welsh Government chose Youth Work Week to recognise the important and vital role of youth work and youth services and launched a new Youth Work Strategy and a commitment to more than double youth service funding to over £10 ... Read more
JUNE 26, 2019
NUBSLI continue to be a powerful voice
The National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI) celebrates its fifth anniversary amid renewed warnings that government cost cutting and the unethical behaviour of some interpretation and translation agencies is harming deaf people’s access to public services. NUBSLI, one the ... Read more
MAY 23, 2019
Voices need to be heard. The young and people supporting them must be recognised.
For many years the government and local authorities have neglected the Youth; we’re expected to be docile, to not question their authority or our rights, and allow our futures to be decided for us or have them be destroyed. Subsequently ... Read more