Trade unions Unite and GMB have tabled a pay claim on behalf of local government craftworkers, which is seeking a downpayment on ‘pay justice’ for members. The workers who are covered by the…Read more…
Save Bombardier jobs
A Unite delegation representing Northern Ireland Bombardier workers will be in Montreal and Washington D.C. next week for a whirlwind lobbying push to safeguard UK jobs ahead of the US department of…Read more…
Fair pay now
Members of Unite working in local government joined with the pay pinch Grinch to deliver a Christmas card to HM Treasury urging chancellor Philip Hammond to show some Christmas spirit and fund a…Read more…
Mass protest at Tory outrage result
Provocative plans to hold a Tory party celebration at the National Coal Mining Museum have been cancelled following a mass outcry. Shameless Dewsbury County Conservative Association planned to…Read more…
West Ham Ward Councillor Report 7 December 2017
Councillor Report to Ward 7 December 2017 WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
tel: 0203 373 2615 or email John.Gray@newham.gov.uk
This is my bi-monthly written report. In October both I and my fellow ward member, John Whitworth, attended and passed …Read more…
‘Dancing on our grave’
Unite Live caught up with Chris Peace and John Dunn from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC). Here they express their disgust at the news that shameless Tories are planning to hold a party…Read more…
GE job slash threat
Unite warned General Electric (GE) of cutting ‘too far, too fast’ and demanded guarantees on ‘no compulsory’ redundancies after the firm announced restructuring plans which put the future of 1,100…Read more…
Never forget
A candle light vigil will be held at St George’s Hall tomorrow (December 8) to remember a Liverpool hospital worker employed by ISS who tragically died this time last year, and to continue the…Read more…
‘Refuse and revoke’
When Transport for London (TfL) ruled it would not renew Uber’s operating licence in the capital in September, the decision shocked many – not least of which the tech firm itself, which first…Read more…
‘Pay pinch’ Grinch demo
Members of Unite working in local government will be joined by the Christmas pay pinch Grinch tomorrow (December 8) to hand in a giant Christmas card to HM Treasury urging the chancellor Philip…Read more…
MoD ‘cost-cutting scandal’
The cost-cutting ‘scandal’ for employees working at Ministry of Defence (MoD) establishments in the south of England has been compounded by the awarding of a new contract to ESS. The low paid…Read more…
Blog: Why our union is fighting the “two-child limit”
This is one of the most dreadful ideas I have ever heard from this government. It would be far better and far more preferable to scrap the two-child limit altogether. UNISON’s campaign will continue…Read more…
Savaged by an anonymous (dead) sheep?
I was going to blog thanks to those members of Brighton Pavilion Constituency Labour Party (CLP) who attended last night’s Annual General Meeting (at which I was re-elected as Chair) for the comradely conduct of the meeting – but my attention has been …Read more…
Health unions welcome moves on pay but warn against making staff foot the bill
Talks about the much-needed review of the NHS pay structure and the decent wage rise can now begin.
The article Health unions welcome moves on pay but warn against making staff foot the bill first…Read more…
This is what we do – top 8 brilliant things from 2017
It’s impossible to review UNISON’s year and do justice to all the amazing things UNISON’s activists and members get up to. So, we haven’t tried. Instead here are 8 pretty important, awesome things…Read more…
Brexit secretary tells Parliament & public that industry impact studies do not exist
Unite has said David Davis has “deceived Parliament and the public”, after the Brexit secretary admitted the government has not carried out assessments of the impact of leaving the EU for different…Read more…
UNISON comments on NHS Providers report on winter pressures
Alarming report shows the amount of strain the NHS is under even before winter pressures have kicked in
The article UNISON comments on NHS Providers report on winter pressures first appeared on the…Read more…
All I want for Christmas is #JC4PM
Received this Crimbo card at UNISON NEC from Welsh colleague Mark Fisher @mfish_9. I will steal. Read more…
Bakery dispute settled
Drivers at the Kingsmill bakery in West Bromwich, who deliver 1.5 million loaves each week, have overwhelmingly accepted a revised pay offer and have called off their threatened strike action. …Read more…
Beating back the blacklisters
Unite construction members were among the dozens of trade unionists who descended on Parliament to demand justice for blacklisted workers on today’s (December 6) national day of action. …Read more…