Heatwave: Employers: Drop the dresscodes and let your employees off wearing suits during the heatwave, demands TUC Relax those dresscodes. With the heatwave set to continue well into this week,…Read more…
Privatisation still the threat but we are turning the tide, conference hears
The ‘scourge of outsourcing’ and the successes we need to add to
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In Memoriam: Charles Boylan: Communist
March 18, 1943 – June 17, 2017 With deepest sorrow we hear that Comrade Charles Boylan passed away peacefully on June 17 just before 11:00 pm. Charles died with his beloved partner Donna at his side….Read more…
That’s it from me
I have just spoken for the final time on behalf of Lambeth UNISON supporting Barnet branch in their opposition to privatisation at UNISON Local Government Conference.
Seven years ago Barnet branch Secretary John Burgess and I wrote for the Guardian warning about both Tory Barnet’s…Read more…
Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’
Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all
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Stay cool outdoors
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are serious if not treated quickly, so watch out for these symptoms in your co-workers. You should give first aid and call 999 if you think there are signs of…Read more…
’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’
Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they…Read more…
Delegates discuss building a campaign on pay
Local government conference welcomes early lodging of pay claim and calls range of actions to support it
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Local government to target bullying in the workplace
Conference agrees to spread the anti-bulling message, particularly during Young Workers’ Month in November
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The momentum is with the energy sector, general secretary tells conference
Dave Prentis opens union’s energy conference with tributes and thanks
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Gender pay gap still a problem, delegates hear
Local government conference debates measures to tackle the issue, as the pay gap and the glass ceiling still exist
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NHS IOW 69th Birthday Bash
Meetings Against School Closure on the Isle of Wight:
Tomorrow (Tuesday June 20th) there are two public consultation meetings over the closure of Sandown Bay Academy, which is run by private contractor AET. There are two meetimgs at Bay CE Primary…Read more…
Paying the price
Refuse workers at Birmingham city council, who voted overwhelmingly for strike action, are considering industrial action, as the council axes 122 waste collection jobs. The refuse workers,…Read more…
Standing up for children’s education
School cuts are affecting children and UNISON will gear up campaigning against them, local government conference vows
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‘We need to talk about safe housing‘
The horrific tragedy at Grenfell tower pushessafe housing up the agenda at UNISON’s local government conference
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Finsbury Park – A further attempt by extremists to divide our nation and our communities
It is clear that this assault on worshippers leaving a Mosque in Finsbury Park during the holy month of Ramadan was a further attempt by extremists to divide our nation and our communities. To target…Read more…
John Gray Fathers Day
Lovely picture of my Dad, John Gray (left), my big Sister Helen, My little Sister Lucy, Me (John Gray) and our Grandfather, John Gray.
(and top of the head of “Muff” our daft but so loyal family boxer dog)Read more…
Great Newham Get Together – In Honour of Jo Cox
This afternoon I went to the Newham Woodcraft Kids Zone and Big Lunch Picnic in Wanstead Flats next to the Golden Fleece pub.
It was simply a fantastic community event. Loads of people from all over Forest Gate and Manor Park had come to participate, …Read more…
Microphone turned off on Rule Book Rogers
Regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Conference-Anorak) may have anticipated a plethora of self-indulgent posting in the week of my twenty-sixth (and last) annual Conference. I would not want to disappoint regular readers.
Today I popped up twic…Read more…