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• ‘We must be united for battles ahead,’ says UNISON president

  31-10-2022 17:13
  Addressing delegates at UNISON’s national disabled members’ conference in Brighton this morning, the union’s president, Andrea Egan (pictured above), told them: “We face unprecedented times – and we must emerge united for the real battles that lie ahead”.
  Congratulating delegates on their work in the Year of Disabled Workers, she noted that activists had trained 100 new disabled officers for the union, which she called “a fantastic achievement.”
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• Workers’ protections at risk as Retained EU Law bill moves through Parliament

  31-10-2022 16:11
  Last week, the government’s Retained EU Law bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons.The bill, introduced by former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, has set a fast-moving conveyor belt in motion, which will see essential protections for workers automatically vanish in December 2023, unless the government decides to produce new and equivalent UK laws.
  UNISON is horrified by the measures included in the Retained EU Law bill. Many core workplace protections – including
  
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• Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament

  31-10-2022 16:11
  Last week, the government’s Retained EU Law bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons.The bill, introduced by former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, has set a fast-moving conveyor belt in motion, which will see essential protections for workers automatically vanish in December 2023, unless the government decides to produce new and equivalent UK laws.
  UNISON is horrified by the measures included in the Retained EU Law bill. Many core workplace protections – including
  
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