As winter nears, so too does the prospect of paying sky-high energy bills. Despite the government pledging in October to rush through a cap on energy prices, we know now that the cap won’t…Read more…
UNISON will “leave no stone unturned” as it seeks to protect energy jobs
This bolt from the blue will have left many of the companies’ employees feeling decidedly anxious
The article UNISON will “leave no stone unturned” as it seeks to protect energy jobs…Read more…
First ‘accountable care systems’
Simon Stevens names the first ‘accountable care systems’ Simon Stevens has announced the first eight “accountable care systems”, saying they will be given control of up to £450m in transformation…Read more…
Universal Credit crisis
Relentless Tory austerity threatens to plunge a million more children into poverty, a damning new report warns. Experts found the impact of years of Conservative cuts coupled with slashed…Read more…
Review: Stalin’s Great Secret, by Isaac Don Levine
I don’t think I’ll be giving anything away by saying what the secret was: Stalin was an agent of the tsarist police, the Okhrana, from 1906 until 1912. Isaac Don Levine, who wrote the…Read more…
‘Put a line in the sand’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to Gavin Williamson MP, the new secretary of state for defence, requesting he intervenes to prevent a multi-million company robbing the wages of…Read more…
TUC blogs are now at www.tuc.org.uk/blogs
Stronger Unions is no longer publishing new content, as we’ve moved the TUC’s new blogs to our main website at www.tuc.org.uk/blogs. Thanks for being a Stronger Unions reader over the years and we…Read more…
TUC blogs are now at www.tuc.org.uk/blogs
Touchstone blog is no longer publishing new content, as we’ve moved the TUC’s new policy blog content to our main website. You can read new blogs from the TUC at www.tuc.org.uk/blogs. Thanks for being a Touchstone blog reader over the years and we hope you will also find our new blogs…Read more…
Former Dynasty star highlights UNISON’s Pay Up Now! campaign
Giving public service workers a pat on the back isn’t going to put food on their table
The article Former Dynasty star highlights UNISON’s Pay Up Now! campaign first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Rail Workers Striking for “altruistic” reasons: to ensure a “safe” and secured Island railway.
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely says striking train staff are ‘selfish’ people. ISLE of Wight Conservative MP, Bob Seely, has said that striking rail workers are ‘selfish,’ How…Read more…
100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution and is also the birthday of a certain, Lev Davidovich Bronstein. The Red Army Choir sings the Russian National AnthemRead more…
Health impact of shift working
The health impact of shift working is not well understood. We need more research and better risk assessment to protect workers.
The numbers of staff working shifts is increasing and there has been…Read more…
Halt plant closure call
Unite and GMB have written to the independent directors of Britvic plc and copied to the company calling on them to meet community and workforce representatives and halt the proposed closure of the…Read more…
2 Sisters plant reopens
A chicken processing factory that was closed for a month following reports of poor hygiene practises reopened yesterday (November 6), after working with Unite to improve standards. Bosses at…Read more…
Blog: The time for kind words is over, it’s time for decent pay
The living wage is about being able to live on what you earn. It should be a simple ask. In fact, in 2017, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it should be a given. Yet every year unions…Read more…
Trouble in Paradise?
An explosive data leak – one of the largest of its kind, containing more than 13m documents – showed the extent of tax avoidance among the world’s elite, including powerful and influential people in…Read more…
Social workers speak out
“We see more and more families coming into our remit because of these environmental factors. You can’t deny the link between austerity and people’s lives getting harder and harder.”
The article…Read more…
Review: Eyewitness to History: Memoirs and Reflections of a Foreign Correspondent for Half a Century by Isaac Don Levine
I first came across Isaac Don Levine while researching the question of whether Stalin had been an agent of the tsarist police — an Okhrana mole inside the Bolshevik Party. Levine published a…Read more…
Join the Thunderclap for the Stars in Our Schools
Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November
The article Join the Thunderclap for the Stars in Our Schools first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
100 years ago today …
… the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd. This video may be worth viewing. Read more…