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Picture from the traditional Conference social for members of West Ham and East Ham Labour Party members on Monday evening.
While I have no doubt this picture will now reappear in various Newham based blogs with helpful captions and comments I am sure…
Despite being a delegate (and in theory having a reserved seat) there was still a massive queue for us to get in for the “Leader’s speech”.
The atmosphere in the hall itself was one of anticipation and a genuine curiosity about what Jeremy would say a…
Press Statement by the UNISON Scotland Delegation who visited the Kurdish region in Turkey.
The compensation given to slave owners after emancipation in 1833 was the biggest bailout by the state until banking crisis – and David Cameron’s family benefited.
Unison activist Stephen Smellie reports from Turkey on the state-sponsored abuse and terror meted out there against trade unions and their brave activists
My name is Alyson and I’m a midday assistant in a special school
The article The Trade Union Bill and my job: Alyson’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.
Like many of us, Ruth Rollin, a tattooist and Unite community member from Leeds has been deeply saddened by the images of Syrian refugees in the media. The body of little Aylan washed up on…
Local government workers protest over slashed car allowance
The article UNISON general secretary salutes members ahead of Rhondda lobby first appeared on the UNISON site.
UNISON general secretary congratulates council on opposition to bill that ‘rips up good employment relations’
The article Caerphilly council condemns the trade union bill first appeared on the…
Low pay and staff shortages driving NHS staff to consider quitting the service
The article UNISON warns of staff exodus as two-thirds plan to leave the NHS first appeared on the UNISON site.
The partnership between the Co-operative Bank and UNISON as part of our UNISONplus membership benefits package ends on 30 September – UNISON branches need to know what this means for them, including …
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The article Trade Union Bill survey – your right to support at work is being…
The branch Executive Committee of 16 September 2015 voted to endorse Heather Wakefield as their preferred candidate for the Unison General Secretary election.
TUC says he addresses the issues that matter most to working peopleRead more…
NEWS FROM UNISON HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS BRANCH
Think again: Don’t Sell Off our Homes For immediate release – 29 September 2015
UNISON Housing Associations Branch is warning that the Housing Fringe at the Labour Party conference last night showed that a number of the major Housing Association…Read more…
In one of his occasional speeches on public services last month, David Cameron eulogised the role that private companies play in revamping things: What energises many markets are new insurgent companies, who break monopolies and bring in new ways of do…
Reacting to the speech by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn delivered to the party’s annual conference today (September 29), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey hailed it as a ‘shot in the…Read more…
While public sector workers — from nurses to civil servants and police officers — were dealt a blow in July after chancellor George Osborne announced another four years of public sector pay freezes,…