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On Tuesday 2 November there will be a virtual meeting of the UNISON London Regional Council. All branches can send delegates to this meeting.
At this meeting we will debate the following Emergency Motion 1 Received from the Greenwich Local …Read more…
Unite vice chair of the union’s national ambulance committee is dedicated NHS paramedic, Debbie Wilkinson. In September a 3 per cent pay rise was enforced on NHS workers – which although might sound…Read more…
Sharon Graham, called it right when she said, pre-Budget, that she feared workers would pay the price of the pandemic. It certainly looks that way. And realistically the best chance workers will have…Read more…
Sadly Unite’s fears that the government would make workers pay for the pandemic were borne out in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget statement today (Wednesday October 27).
The post Workers to pay…Read more…
Robert Blatchford’s – Editor of the Clarion newspaperFinal resting place – Grave
Horsham, West Sussex Hills Cemetery HorshamGrave PLOTM 016 Clarion
“FELLOWSHIP IS LIFE”
Clarion Van Clarion Cycling Clarion Choir Clarion Football, C…Read more…
Thomas Gavan Duffy was one of the first socialist speakers at Epsom during a visit from the famous Clarion Van August 1907 Duffy later MP Whitehaven
The Clarion “William Morris” Van visited Epsom again in June 1909
The chancellor’s budget statement is not what we expect from politicians who claim that theirs is the real party of public services
The article Blog: A masterclass in smoke and mirrors first…Read more…
Funding increases only begin to tackle cuts
The article Little to cheer on public sector pay in budget first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Like many people, I grew up thinking that the West had the best secret agents — James Bond being the most famous (fictional) example. It was only later on that I discovered the incredible…Read more…
It seems like everyone who reads this books loves it, and the praise from book reviewers in deafening. Allow me to offer a dissenting view. While the life story of the author is tragic and…Read more…
Ahead of this afternoon’s Budget statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, in no uncertain terms, that workers must not be made to pay the price for the…Read more…
Last week, a youth worker in the UK named Hannah Wilkinson tweeted an image from a textbook used today in this country for A-Level history. Students were asked “To what extent do you believe the…Read more…
Handing huge sums to contractors was a mistake
The article UNISON responds to Public Accounts Committee report on test and trace first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON Greater London activists met with Christina McAnea ahead of tomorrow’s government spending review.Our message to Rishi Sunak is clear: The government must find the money for the pay rise our members deserve.
Check out Christina’s b…Read more…
New charter calls for concrete steps to improve the working lives of disabled people
The article UNISON helps found Disability Employment Charter first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Ahead of the spending review, UNISON is calling on the chancellor to rebuild our public services
The article Blog: The government tries to look like it’s giving, but it’s taking away first appeared…Read more…
A new toolkit battles misconceptions about the condition and provides support to employers and employees
The article UNISON disabled rep hails new epilepsy toolkit first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Pay freeze should never have been imposed
The article Any public pay award below cost of living is a wage cut first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Holding down public sector pay was height of folly
The article Pay freeze will continue “in all but name” unless government departments get extra money first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…