UNISON health delegates hear moving proof of the value of the bursary for student nurses
The article ‘The fight’s not over’ in campaign to save NHS bursaries first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Ambulance staff are ‘breaking under the strain’
UNISON health delegates discuss the pressures on ambulance members whose stressful jobs are made even more difficult by cuts
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Blog: The Conservative Party are the problem, not the solution
A general election is always a moment when we decide the future of our country, but perhaps never more so than this time with Brexit on the horizon. After all this Tory government have done, they’re…Read more…
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International Workers Day Memorial 28 April 2017 11am Stratford E15
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority. Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD) commemorates those workers.
It is also a campaigning day for…Read more…
‘Clear choice faces the British people on health’
Mayoral candidate Steven Rotheram accuses government of ‘underfunding, understaffing and over-stretching’ health service
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Inspiring other workers
Unite the union has congratulated Wood Group shop stewards who have won this year’s STUC Organising Award – and said their example will inspire other offshore workers facing attacks on their pay….Read more…
Address to STUC Annual Congress by Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon MSPFirst Minister of Scotland120th STUC Annual Congress
Introduction
Thank you, Grahame. Let me again congratulate today’s award winners.
Their achievements have made…Read more…
Pension funds and labour standards
I recently spent quite a bit of time trawling pension fund’s responsible investment policies to see what, if anything, they say about labour issues. The background to this is the long-expressed gripe that investors seem to spend less time looking at th…Read more…
Address to STUC Annual Congress by Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party
Jeremy Corybn MPLeader of the Labour Party120th STUC Annual Congress
Comrades and friends, it’s great to be in Scotland, and it’s wonderful to be here at the STUC.
The STUC has a wonderful tradition…Read more…
‘Six weeks to save the NHS’, health conference told
UNISON health conference told: ‘We must put the health service centre stage in the general election’
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‘We also have to protect ourselves’
In the run-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday, April 28, UNITElive will be running a series of stories on the importance of health and safety in the workplace, while paying…Read more…
Don’t trust the Conservatives with the NHS, says UNISON general secretary
‘With the election just over six weeks away, the NHS needs those who have the will, the spirit and the dedication to fight for it, and to save it,’ Dave Prentis tells health conference
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Presidential Address to 120th Congress
Helen Connor, EISPresidential Address 120th STUC Annual Congress
Good morning Congress and welcome to Aviemore. It is an honour and a privilege to address you as STUC President. To be…Read more…
Patients still at risk from chronic nurse understaffing, says UNISON
Chronic understaffing across the NHS is putting patient lives at risk, according to UNISON’s UK-wide annual survey of nurses published today (Monday) at the start of its health conference in…Read more…
GE2017: West Hammers in Forest Gate South & Ilford North
After a week in North Wales celebrating my Mum’s 76th, visiting family (and sneaked in a couple of hill walks) I drove back to London yesterday and today started campaigning in the Ilford North marginal then met up with West Ham CLP officers to agree o…Read more…
Brexit, UK Automotive and Implications For Industrial Policy
NUJ Brussels whistleblower protection meeting – Tues 25th April, 19.15
The Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (Britain & Ireland) is holding a special meeting on Tuesday 25th April – focusing on the challenge of whistleblower protection. As…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections finish this Friday 28 April 2017 so get your finger and pen out then VOTE STRONGERUNISON!
Okay, everyone is busy, busy and Easter is not a great time to hold an election but if you are a UNISON member and you haven’t voted yet then please get this sorted asap. All ballot papers have to be in by this Friday 28 April.
If you have …Read more…
For a June 9th Movement
I think it is a safe bet to assume that we are going to wake up on morning of June 9, 2017 to a Tory government with an increased parliamentary majority, and with Labour facing an electoral defeat of…Read more…