This is a blog post about an obscure section of a trade union rule book. If that is not your thing then please, look away now.Although it is now more than three years since I last held any office in UNISON, I do like to keep abreast of the latest editi…Read more…
UK plunged into recession
Prime minister Boris Johnson boasted in late May that the government had a ‘world-beating’ track and trace system in the works. Nothing could be further from the truth, as UniteLIVE highlighted…Read more…
Bakkavor sick pay win
Food manufacturer Bakkavor has committed to paying workers who need to self-isolate at its Newark dessert factory, where there has been a recent outbreak of coronavirus, their full basic wage…Read more…
‘I see no ships’?
The United Kingdom is famous for its seafaring tradition. The legendary Royal Navy has won many a maritime victory and our shipyards have been the envy of the world. Britannia may no longer rule the…Read more…
Serco track and trace failures
Unite has joined the Labour Party and others in calling for outsourcing giant Serco’s contract for running track and trace services to be scrapped. The call for the cancellation of the £108m contract…Read more…
‘Odious sleight of hand’
A bullying culture and using Covid-19 as a smokescreen are the hallmarks of an attempt by Go North West to reduce the wages of 500 Manchester bus drivers by an estimated £2,000-a-year. Unite said the…Read more…
‘Adequate sick pay’ call
Workers who need to self-isolate at a Bakkavor dessert factory in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where there has been a coronavirus outbreak must be provided with ‘adequate sick pay’, Unite said on Tuesday…Read more…
‘Ignored by the gov’t in their hour of need’
New jobless figures published on Tuesday (August 11) show the scale of the employment crisis facing the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly three quarters of a million jobs falling off…Read more…
What happened to Labour on Brighton and Hove City Council?
This is a cross-posting of a piece I wrote for Labour Grassroots (a site well worth a visit).
Last month, the Labour administration on Brighton and Hove City Council stepped aside, making way for the City’s second Green administration. To understand th…Read more…
Join our webinar on redundancy and the right to informed
Hear expert legal advice on protecting jobs as the country enters a period of uncertainty after the pandemic
The article Join our webinar on redundancy and the right to informed first appeared on…Read more…
Solidarity with Colombians as Covid compounds crisis
There is still time for branches to make donations to the president’s charity
The article Solidarity with Colombians as Covid compounds crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election nominations open – who should socialists support?
Nominations open today in the election to replace Dave Prentis as UNISON General Secretary, presenting quite a conundrum to serious socialists in UNISON’s ranks. My starting point is that serious socialists want to see UNISON achieve its potentia…Read more…
Croydon council job cuts ‘fire sale’
Croydon council is being urged to pause its consultation on mass redundancies in order to preserve jobs and protect frontline services during the health and economic crisis. The call to pause the…Read more…
Heathrow workers protest bosses’ greed
As part of Unite’s new aviation campaign, a series of demos were held on Saturday (August 8) and today (August 10) at airports across the country, where workers in the industry, Unite members,…Read more…
With 3.6 million in insecure work, we have an opportunity for change
TUC research has revealed that millions of people are stuck in insecure work. Improving job quality will lead to better outcomes for all.Read more…
‘Make your voice heard in the post-pandemic world’
We are living through unprecedented and dramatic times which has seen Covid-19 claim the lives of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens, and more than 500 NHS and social care colleagues. The…Read more…
Nurse apprentice funding ‘step in right direction’ but pay needs sorting, says UNISON
Helga Pile says government must guarantee a fair and consistent wage
The article Nurse apprentice funding ‘step in right direction’ but pay needs sorting, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Blog: When you’re the wrong sort of ‘vulnerable’
Kathleen Kennedy, deputy co-chair of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee, writes about the impact on disabled workers of being classified incorrectly
The article Blog: When you’re the…Read more…
Heathrow ‘greed’
The likelihood of industrial action at Heathrow airport is increasing after Unite began consulting members on proposals by the employer to cut pay by nearly a quarter for some workers. The union is…Read more…
Abdullah Öcalan: My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
By Abdullah Öcalan For over two decades, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held in the Turkish prison on İmralı Island. In this op-ed for Jacobin, he calls for a “democratic nation project”…Read more…