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Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse is the heart of the giant sportswear retailer, handling clothes and kit that will be sold all over the country. The pace of work there is relentless, and the harsh conditions have long been protested by Unite, who represent workers there. But now a…Read more…
Palestine: Six protesters killed in Gaza by Israeli army
Hamas leader Haniyeh declares third intifada ISRAELI troops killed six protesters in Gaza yesterday as clashes escalated across the Palestinian territories and Israel. The Israeli military said about…Read more…
Mick Jagger in Cuba
The living legend of rock ‘n’ roll toured Havana’s Historic Centre Author: Michel Hernández | michel@granma.cu october 5, 2015 19:10:46 The emblematic lead singer of The Rolling…Read more…
Scottish Green Party Conference
October is a busy month for political party conferences, starting this weekend in Glasgow with the Scottish Green Party. UNISON Scotland was there explaining the impact of austerity on public service workers and the services they deliver.UNISON Scotland’s new paper ‘Combating Austerity’ was popular with Scottish Green councillors struggling with the impact of austerity budgets. We partnered withRead more…
TUC Rally and March #4Oct15 – A week on
The picture collage above is from the TUC Rally and March which took place last Sunday in Manchester. I went with UNISON Greater London Regional colleagues and helped carry our Banner.
It was estimated that 85000 trade unionists from all over the…Read more…
New Scotland in UNISON now online
Holyrood and councils can combat austerity; Show your colours for Climate, Justice and Jobs; Fight ‘draconian’ anti union bill; Refugees welcome here international special; Council staff accept pay deal; Edinburgh beats privatisation; Fire and Rescue ballot; Gas job losses; End police cuts; Libraries need more than fine words and much more in this issue. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/siu/Read more…
The Government Can Save Redcar : Judith Kirton Darling MEP
Kurdish Women Are Fighting ISIS
RT filmed a unique documentary “Her War: Women Vs. ISIS” about young Kurdish women in Syria, who are defending their country against the Islamic State (IS formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) militants. For…Read more…
World Mental Health Day
Tomorrow (Saturday 10 October) is “World Mental Health Day” which is supported by respected United Nations agency the World Health Organisation.
“World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awa…Read more…
Sports Direct chief exec faces criminal charge over USC collapse
Even since I blogged earlier things have got worse for Sports Direct. The Grauniad broke the news that the company’s chief executive Dave Forsey is facing a criminal charge over the USC collapse.
David Forsey, the chief executive of Sports Direct, has …Read more…
Taking their struggle to the White House
Unite deputy convenor for Bentley in Crewe, who was also part of an IndustriALL delegation to the US, shares his experience below. A year ago this week, a small delegation of trade unionists…Read more…
Traffic warden strike off
The five days of strike action by traffic wardens working for APCOA Parking in Hackney, east London in a bid to get a proper sick pay policy has been suspended to allow talks to take place. …Read more…
Why unions must work together to defeat the Tories
Steve Gillan, chair of the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group, tells UnionNews why a trade union presence is needed now more than ever beforeRead more…
Tunisian union federation UGTT shares Nobel Peace Prize with civil society groups
The union is part of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet which has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.Read more…
UNISON comments on latest NHS deficit figures
Commenting on the latest NHS deficit figures published today (Friday), UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “These new figures confirm the full extent of the financial misery and chaos in the…Read more…
Take action to free imprisoned garment union activists in Burma
On 8 November Burma will hold crucial general elections, which makes this is an important time to hold the government to account for the increasing crack down on trade union rights and repression…Read more…
On the brink of crisis
Ambulance response times in England have reached record poor levels, with ambulances arriving late to more than 2,600 life-threatening emergencies every day, figures have revealed. In the last…Read more…
Sports Direct: you can’t say you weren’t warned
Sports Direct is back in the news, for all the wrong reasons. This week alone we have seen the following:
A BBC documentary revealed that ambulances were called to Shirebrook dozens of times in 2013 and 2014 because of employee illness. Some of t…Read more…
School improvement is too important not to put parents in the driving seat
By James Croft Are parents really irrelevant to school improvement? You might think so, given the present behaviour of our political masters, but without them we’re not likely to get the education we…Read more…
Gophr it! Courier company pays Living Wage after union campaign
Independent Worker’s Union of Great Britain secures victory after pay battleRead more…