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The unique health challenges women face
UNISON’s women’s conference votes to support the ageing female workforce
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Cllr John Whitworth withdraws from Newham mayoral challenge to support Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz
Newham Recorder “Cllr John Whitworth has announced he will no longer be challenging Sir Robin Wales to be Labour’s candidate for the mayoral elections and will instead be supporting Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz’s bid for selection.The West Ham ward councillor ha…Read more…
Potential Carillion conflict of interest requires proper investigation, says UNISON
The work and pensions select committee investigating the collapse of Carillion must leave no stone unturned when it questions the asset management firms who held shares in the outsourcing firm, says…Read more…
Blog: A day of action for our NHS
UNISON is backing tomorrow’s day of action organised by Health Campaigns Together and The People’s Assembly. There will be a march in Central London (starting at noon on Gower Street) with other…Read more…
‘I will be with you on the picket lines’ vows Dave Prentis
General secretary backs Birmingham strikers as he speaks to ‘the biggest gathering of women trade unionists in this country’
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UNISON’s women’s conference opens in Liverpool today
UNISON’s 2018 women’s conference opened today (Friday) at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool.
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Capita don’t just provide a few services, they seem practically to run entire councils
Capita’s financial woes raise serious questions about the vulnerability of local authorities – like Barnet and Northamptonshire – who have been suckered into signing decades long…Read more…
UWE to hold distinguished address by Trinity Mirror Chief Executive on 7th February
Simon Fox, Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror, is to deliver an hour-long lecture on the subject of The importance of professional journalism in a post-truth world at the Bristol Business School…Read more…
‘You can be a mother, daughter, sister and engineer if you wish’
UNISON’s women’s conference addresses the lack of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths
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Council funding – a step forward, but not out of the woods
The Scottish Budget dance has taken another swirl as the Bill passes its first stage. Let’s have a look at what the changes mean for local government and pay.
First a quick recap. The draft budget…Read more…
NHS privatisation is ‘killing people’
Hundreds of thousands of NHS campaigners will converge in London on Saturday (February 3) to demand the Tories fix the embattled health service. In response to the unprecedented and growing…Read more…
‘We break…we burnout’
My name is Debbie Wilkinson and I have been an NHS paramedic in Leeds for 27 years. I once worked out that means I have attended 999 calls at over 35,000 addresses! It’s a job I love and am…Read more…
Steel workers’ choose ‘best option’
The consultation over Tata steelworkers’ pensions closed this week (January 29) after nearly 100,000 workers made key decisions over their future retirement income. The vast majority of the…Read more…
Super Thursday Massacre in Favour of Open Selection in Newham Mayoral Trigger
I took part as a local member in the Newham Mayor trigger ballot meeting for my ward, Forest Gate North.
All members present had the chance to make a contribution before they had a vote on whether to affirm Robin Wales as the Labour candidate for Newh…Read more…
Can we expect better from investors?
In a move that should surprise no-one, the two parliamentary committees looking into the Carillion collapse have written to some of the companies major shareholders. Among the things that MPs want to know are the extent to which shareholders engaged wi…Read more…
‘I see first-hand how lack of funding is harming the NHS’
UNISON president and hospital catering assistant Margaret McKee gives rousing speech to women’s conference
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Women’s conference kicks off with a vote to boost organising
Women’s conference votes to take measures to ensure more low paid women can participate in the union
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Stop ‘predatory’ bid call
Unite warned that today’s (February 1) formal hostile takeover bid of GKN by Melrose was ‘debt fuelled’ and marked a return to 1980’s cowboy capitalism. Unite reiterated its call for the…Read more…
Brush Generators jobs slash
Unite today vowed to fight ‘distressing’ jobs losses at Brush Generators in Loughborough, after the firm owned by Melrose announced plans today (February 1) to cut up to 270 jobs and shift production…Read more…