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Supreme Court judgment: UK trade union law on strike action breaches Article 11 of the ECHR:

UNISON - UK's largest union’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking.

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The interviews this morning by Radio Northampton with former partners of Jonathan Nunn should be listened to. Link here. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

UNISON wins landmark judgment in the UK Supreme Court

Employers are no longer be able to discipline their staff for taking part in legal strike action.

UNISON's legal team fought the case on behalf of care worker Fiona Mercer.

“This is the most important industrial action case

We agree with this entirely and think the Northampton Chronicle should not have parroted his statement without any questions asked. NN Journal won’t be and we have contacted the council to express our concern at the statement issued by them.

#WestNorthants Council has been ordered to pay a domestic violence victim forced to sleep in a car after council failures. The Ombudsman wrote that the case shows the council “does not fully understand” the definition of domestic abuse. #LDReporter
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Celebrating workers who have taken industrial action this year UNISON - UK's largest union health conference ✊🏼💜💚💜💚

Solidarity with ASLEF members who are on strike today at Avanti West Coast, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry and West Midlands Trains. #ASLEFStrike

'The UK is in clear beach of its international legal obligations. MSL is in breach of international law and councils are entitled to take that into account.'

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Write to your council leader here: bit.ly/DefendTheRight

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Some employers didn’t know. One former NCC employee had a party at work with a cake, and was then sent a letter saying her retirement age had changed and had to go back to work. Thankfully now retired at last…

Join us today in London (12 noon) and Glasgow (11 am) to March Against Racism #StopTheHate

Tomorrow in Cardiff!

Violence at work should never be 'part of the job' yet council and school workers are 75% more likely to experience this.

Visit UNISON's new website to find out if your employer is signed up to our End Violence at Work Charter: endviolenceatwork.org

UNISON unequivocally condemns the comments made about Diane Abbott MP by a Tory donor as 'racist, sexist, unacceptable and dangerous'.

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Our caseworkers have been dealing with these kind of members since the visa was introduced. It's for many a gateway to exploitation. If you're a member get in touch for support. If you're not a member, you need to join us thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

To Muslims celebrating around the East Midlands, and across the UK, we wish you #Ramadan Kareem

Whether you're observing the holy month, or you want to understand how it impacts your friend or colleague, take a look at our #Ramadan guide 🔽
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This is great. Also a big issue is the culling of the nationals’ regional reporters.

The nationals often syndicate our stories but aside from the by-election and the odd stringer I can’t remember the last time I saw a national reporter venture up here to cover a local story.

Alex is from our branch attending as the UNISON East Midlands regional representative at the UNISONCommVolSector National conference in Chester this weekend. He attended sessions on #Pensions and the #CostOfLiving crisis for the community sector. #OrganiseToWin