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Picture of volunteers, Councillors and Council outreach staff before the latest bi monthly count of people sleeping “rough” in Newham.
We met at Newham Dockside building at 11pm. We had a briefing on the purpose of the count and how to make sur…Read more…
Support for migrant members and Windrush survivors were key themes on the second day of Black members’ conference 2022
The article ‘We are public service defenders, not immigration border…Read more…
Institutional racism amplified by the pandemic was a strong theme of day one at UNISON’s national Black members’ conference
The article ‘Now is the time to mobilise and organise for racial…Read more…
Chronic staff shortages cannot be overcome as employers continue to offer low wages and poor terms and conditions to new staff. Aviation industry is “paying the price of mass sackings during the…Read more…
More than 31 years ago, in March 1991, Labour Briefing carried the report above about goings-on in what was then the single Brighton Constituency Labour Party, which had been suspended six months beforehand..
There is nothing new about the Labou…Read more…
On Saturday, 18 June, hundreds of thousands of people will be taking to the streets and marching, and I hope you’ll be there with us, John.
We will be marching together for a real pay rise, decent sick pay, and a…Read more…
Unite the union has secured a basic pay increase of more than 20 per cent over two years for HGV drivers employed by McPherson Limited, raising the workers’ wages by at least £2200 this year. The…Read more…
Pay strikes at the UK’s only ink manufacturer, Sun Chemical, will impact the printing of the Daily Mail as well as production for Amcor, Scheizwer and Multi-Colour Corp. Nearly 200 Sun Chemical…Read more…
As chancellor Rishi Sunak on Thursday (May 26) announced U-turn on a windfall tax on oil and gas companies’ profits to help pay for emergency relief to tackle the cost of living crisis, Unite has…Read more…
Great AGM. First in person for 3 years? A short adjournment due to a protest. Reception before and after in Town Hall courtyard. Followed by a couple of drinks in Eddies.
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Significant changes needed to give proper support instead of ‘firefighting’
The article Major investment needed to tackle a social work system in crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The Prime Minister and his mates partied while people put their lives on the line
The article Gray report makes sickening reading and shows betrayal of public trust, says UNISON first appeared on…Read more…
Rising prices and the TUC march and demo on 18 June dominate union’s NEC meeting
The article UNISON vows to keep up the pressure on cost of living crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Strikes planned for next week, which would have affected supplies to over 400 Co-op stores, have been suspended following an improved pay offer. Over 330 lorry drivers and transport clerks employed…Read more…
More health visitors and school nurses need to be employed to ensure a successful revamp in standards proposed by their regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Unite the union said…Read more…
Bus passengers in Yorkshire are braced for substantial strike action next month as workers challenge Arriva’s failure to tackle low pay. Over 650 members of Unite have recorded 96 per cent vote in…Read more…
A joint vision for the future of school support staff has been presented at the union’s school support staff seminar
The article UNISON and Labour highlight the importance of school support staff…Read more…
Whilst everyone else is waiting for the publication of the Sue Gray report, your blogger has noticed today’s annual publication of the official report on trade union statistics.There’s not a lot of change, although the recent trend to small increases i…Read more…
This is a desperate situation with NHS staff already quitting in their droves.
The article Put NHS pay right to stop NHS staff quitting amid cost-of-living ‘apocalypse’, says UNISON first appeared…Read more…
Ballot closes tomorrow 25 May at 5pm for online votes (UNISON members also had the choice of a postal vote which I suspect is now too late so they should search their emails for online ballot papers from CES)
This morning a UNISON member rang me…Read more…