W.E.U. News

Health Service, W.E.U. News 12/05/2017

NHS England boss pledges to continue investing in general practice

Whilst the Workers of England supports the continued investment in General Practice it is the level of investment in NHS England’s front line staff that we want increasing, this my not necessarily mean higher wages…

W.E.U. News 14/04/2017

Employers should turn to overseas workers only when they face genuine skills or labour shortages.

The Workers of England Union has always maintained that uncontrolled, unregulated mass immigration lowers your wages. The following article highlights (with figures and stats) why we hold that view. One point in the article explains…

W.E.U. News 05/04/2017

Councils cut services to pay staff £15m for trade union time.

Employees are automatically at a disadvantage when being represented by a Trade union who use work place reps, even more so when those reps are receiving vast amounts of money from the employer, making the…

W.E.U. News 31/03/2017

Local Jobs for Local People

Please Sign our Petition on the right hand side if you agree with ‘Local Jobs for Local People’ Businesses tendering for local Government contracts should be made to hire people who live close to the…

W.E.U. News 31/03/2017

ECJ considers holiday carry-over beyond sick leave

ECJ considers holiday carry-over beyond sick leave By Stephen Simpson on 30 Mar 2017 The Sash Windows judgment could be the highest-profile employment ruling to come out of the ECJ in Luxembourg in the run-up…

W.E.U. News 27/03/2017

Workers of England Unite

Dear Members In the immediate days following the terrorist attack in London there were many organisations, like the workers of England Union, looking on in dismay at what had occurred, we then started to reflect…

W.E.U. News 09/03/2017

WEU opens new office in Manchester

The Workers of England are pleased to announce that we have opened a new office at Stanmore House, 64-68 Blackburn Road, Radcliffe, Manchester M26 2JS Our Phone numbers and email contacts remain the same.

W.E.U. News 16/02/2017

‘Made in Britain makes sense’: The factory sewing fastest fashion in middle of town

Dear Members The Workers of England Union would like to to see more of this type of investment across England and the rest of the UK. We have from our conception highlighted how wrong it…

Public Transport, W.E.U. News 16/02/2017

Foreign owners in £90m windfall from UK rail

Dear Members The following article in the Standard (13th February 2017) that shows why the Workers of England Union has campaign for more government involvement in UK rail. That £90m windfall should have been coming…

W.E.U. News 08/02/2017

Landmark Supreme Court victory ‘could affect millions of people’

Landmark Supreme Court victory ‘could affect millions of people’ Supreme Court rules unmarried woman can access dead partner’s pension A Coleraine woman denied payments from her late long-term partner’s occupational pension from Translink, should have…

Health Service, W.E.U. News 10/01/2017

Labour’s Great PFI Swindle & Tory Austerity threatens the survival of the English Health Service.

“The English Health Service is struggling under the massive PFI Debts left to them by the previous Labour Government and current Tory Austerity increase the financial burden even further. They both need to held to…

W.E.U. News 30/12/2016

Zero-hours workers ‘£1,000 worse off a year’ than employees

Dear MembersThe Workers of England Union will continue to campaign on your behalf to stop Zero-Hours contracts, the following article highlights research undertaken by the Resolution Foundation that shows workers on Zero-Hours contracts face a “precarious pay…

Fisheries, W.E.U. News 29/12/2016

National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) Trawler men need their own English Minster to protect their fishing rights

Dear Member We welcome the call by the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) for an English Minister for Fisheries. National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) Trawler men need their own English Minster to protect their fishing…

Employment Law News, W.E.U. News 28/12/2016

Employment law changes 2017

Eight priorities for HR By Qian Mou from Personnel Today Significant employment law changes are anticipated for 2017, amid the ongoing uncertainty resulting from the Brexit referendum. Large compliance projects for data protection and gender pay gap reporting…