The Scottish Labour Party consultation paper ‘Renewing Our Party’ has attracted some commentary that on occasions has bordered on the hysterical and certainly doesn’t reflect what the paper actually…Read more…
SGE election results
Download the summary results of this spring’s elections to the seven service group executives: local government, health, community, police and justice, higher education, energy, and water,…Read more…
Stronger in
Unite’s campaign is based on the message vote jobs, vote rights, vote Remain. Vote jobs – for the hundreds of thousands of our members, particularly in manufacturing, whose jobs depend on our…Read more…
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ over the NHS, says UNISON
Brexiteers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson are guilty of ‘nauseating cynicism’ in pretending to care about the NHS when they belong to a government that is to blame for ‘eye-watering’ public service…Read more…
Brexit could cost us 1 in 9 doctors and 1 in 6 nurses – #NHSsaferIN
By the latest HSCIC statistics almost 10,000 doctors and over 18,000 nurses have been able to come from the EEA area to work in the NHS – that’s about 9% of all doctors and 6% of all nurses. 10,000 more EEA migrants are employed as support staff. While migrant workers should not be used…Read more…
Branch Newsletter June 2016
Information in this edition includes: 175 Years of Chartism – Why The Vote Matters More Than Ever TTIP Benefits – What Benefits! Health & Safety Is Not A Dirty Word What It’s Like To Be LGBT In The Workplace – … Continue reading →Read more…
Would you trust this bunch of Brexiteers with the NHS? #NHSsaferIN
One of the strangest sights in this referendum has been the line of Brexit leaders queueing up to piously claim they’re really in this to help save the NHS. From early on, they’ve touted that leaving the EU would free up £350m a week to spend on the NHS. It doesn’t take long to debunk…
The…Read more…
Third strike over unpaid wages at 2018 World Cup stadium
All stakeholders involved in preparations for the 2018 World Cup, including FIFA, should work to ensure labour rights…Read more…
United we stand, divided we fall
Have you ever wondered where the expression “United we stand, divided we fall” comes from? It is a traditional trade union saying but I was surprised to find it is far older.
The ancient Greek Aesop’s “The Four Oxen and the Lion”
The fable reads as follows:
Moving vigil in Glasgow’s George Square for #Orlando attack victims. #LGBT #LoveWins
Activity based budgets and the future of UNISON
I won’t blog about the discussions underway between representatives of our National Executive Council (NEC) and of the branches proposing Motions 123 and 124 at UNISON National Delegate Conference concerning a possible Composite motion on branch funding, other than to express the hope that these…Read more…
‘Unacceptable’ pay deal
One thousand bus workers at First Bus in Leeds took strike action today (June 13) in support of a pay claim that would properly reward them for their efforts in making the company a profitable one. …Read more…
Poorest hardest hit by Brexit
Just as the axe of austerity has fallen hardest on the poorest, so too, will low income families have to pay the dearest under a potential Brexit, according to a new report from a prominent economic…Read more…
Fujitsu national newsletter
You can download the latest Unite @ Fujitsu national "one per desk" newsletter, which focusses on the "Gimme 5" pay…Read more…
Brexit — a Republic of Ireland perspective
There are good reasons why people in the Irish Republic are concerned by the referendum in Britain and Northern Ireland to decide future EU membership. That they are concerned is confirmed by a…Read more…
Demand public inquiry now
As one of the stalwarts of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC), Joe Rollin, a Unite industrial organiser from Barnsley, wants Unite members who have been very supportive so far to help…Read more…
Solidarity with Barnet Library strikers
http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2016/06/06/for-immediate-release-three-day-strike-called-by-barnet-council-library-workers/
UNISON members in Barnet’s libraries today commence three days of strike action against plans from their right-wing Tory employers to outsource, cut jobs and leave libraries…Read more…
Getting the work-football balance right
The 2016 European cup is already underway and a very sizable proportion of the country will be football fanciers for the next few weeks. So many people at work will want to watch the matches, so wise…Read more…
Forest Gate North Labour Party Councillor candidate selection process
Following the resignation of Forest Gate North Councillor, Ellie Robertson, in order to take up a politically restricted post in City Hall, we have a Newham Council by election on July 14 (Bastille Day).
This Thursday 16 June there will be a meeting o…Read more…
The Museum that was a real life torture chamber and pathway to the firing squad
This is a very late post. Last October I had been on a week’s holiday in Rome, Italy visiting the marvellous ancient ruins and historical sites.
On the last day I went to the “Museum of the Liberation of Rome”. It was a little difficult to find and wh…Read more…