Latest news in the Community, youth workers and not for profit sector

All the latest news articles and press releases from the sector.

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Unite calling note: Unite leads protest outside Ministry of Justice

17 June 2010

Unite will lead a protest outside the Ministry of Justice over the government's refusal to provide a relatively small amount of money to bail out the charity Refugee and Migrant Justice which has gone into administration.

Unite urges Ken Clarke to act as legal charity representing 10,000 asylum seekers goes into administration

16 June 2010

Justice Secretary, Ken Clarke was today (Wednesday, 16 June) urged to intervene as a leading legal agency for asylum seekers with 10,000 clients on its books went into administration.

Youth and community workers’ pay rally

07 June 2010

National delegates from the four trade unions represented on the JNC for youth and community workers held a packed rally in London last Saturday

Will Hutton asked to probe charity pay gaps by Unite

19 May 2010

Unite is calling on Will Hutton to investigate glaring pay differentials in the not for profit sector.

Stress in the charity workplace – ‘a modern day plague’, says Unite

28 April 2010

Stress in the not for profit sector workplace will come under the microscope as Unite launches a campaign which will involve more than 2,500 of its reps surveying their members.

Youth and community workers need ‘substantial’ pay rise to attract new recruits

13 April 2010

“The most important JNC pay submission for a generation.”

Tory charity manifesto plans ‘will hit services’, says Unite

13 April 2010

Key elements of the Conservative manifesto on the voluntary sector herald ‘a race to the bottom’ in terms of service delivery and employee conditions.

90 per cent of charity workers feel under pressure as funding crisis mounts

04 March 2010

More than 90 per cent of voluntary sector staff feel their well-being is being undermined due to the financial crisis facing charities.

Culture of clergy bullying ‘needs to be tackled’, says Unite

02 March 2010

A culture of bullying has yet to be understood or addressed in the church and in other faiths, Unite, the largest union in the country, will tell a meeting in London on 11 March.

Unite charity workers to lobby MPs on 9 March over funding crisis

16 February 2010

Hundreds of charity workers will be lobbying MPs on Tuesday, 9 March about the deteriorating funding and employment conditions in the voluntary sector.

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