Shortage of staff and lack of funding is the real threat to the NHS
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Shortage of staff and lack of funding is the real threat to the NHS
The article Flu jab is important but not the real threat to the NHS, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite is calling on the government to “consider all possible options” including bringing contracts in-house, as doubts continue to grow over the future of Carillion, the troubled construction and…Read more…
The NHS is under unsustainable pressure and the government needs to take action
The article The letters from NHS doctors and NHS Providers should be a wake-up call for the government first appeared…Read more…
In a symbolic victory, a Labour motion was passed yesterday (January 10) demanding that the government provide extra funding to tackle the winter crisis now engulfing the NHS. The Opposition…Read more…
‘Fully funded, high quality higher education system that delivers for students and the wider community is a social good’ delegates agree.
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UNISON’s university members debate the effects of Brexit
The article Higher ed: standing up for members during Brexit first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
More than 250 Unite members in Manchester have voted for 11 days of strike action at IT giant Fujitsu in one of the longest running industrial disputes in the UK. One of the features of this…Read more…
Settling Scores with the Bourgeois Philosophic Conscience – Material Prepared by Hardial Bains for the Seminar in 1995 on the Centenary of Frederick Engels’ Death – Bourgeois…Read more…
‘The gloves are off – this year, more than ever, we need a strong campaign’ conference hears
The article UNISON sets out higher education pay targets first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Service group chair Denise Ward opens union’s higher ed conference with call to build strength
The article ‘We are a force for good,’ UNISON’s university activists hear first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Pensions are meant to safeguard our future, but that future is threatened by the burning of carbon in fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. It’s also a poor investment, which is why there is a growing…Read more…
New ONS figures, released yesterday, show that working households’ disposable incomes have inched above the peak 2006/07 levels for the first time. But the meagre rate of increase – just 0.2 per cent…Read more…
In a victory for common sense never mind simple decency, KPMG, the controversial auditing & management services provider have withdrawn as advisors to the Grenfell enquiry following an open letter to the FT and The Guardian on Sunday 7 January crit…Read more…
Len McCluskey has warned Peugeot-owner PSA that attempts to close the Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port will result in Unite making sure “their UK market is finished for good”. Unite’s general…Read more…
Politicians are over-egging the Australian flu outbreak to mask the underfunding destroying the NHS, a leading virologist has said. Fears have been expressed that the flu epidemic which swept…Read more…
Unite warned the UK government that it was ‘raising the white flag’ without a fight to save Bombardier jobs today (January 10) as it said it was demanding an urgent meeting with the new secretary of…Read more…
The Holocaust Memorial Trust has a wide range of resources that can help union branches organise events this Holocaust Memorial Day
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The government was today (January 10) slammed by an independent body over its botched handling of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail franchise, which has seen hundreds of thousands of…Read more…
Guide will help members of local government pension schemes push for changes in the investment of their funds
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(I missed the launch of this book about the life of Harry at the Vic Turner remembrance event last month. While I never met Harry, I have more than a soft spot for the genuine working class trade union activists I have met with over the years and I sus…Read more…