Housing campaigners were left disappointed this week after prime minister Theresa May revealed policies that did little to tackle a shortage that’s been plaguing the UK for years. Planning…Read more…
Blog: Child Marriage is Child Labour
This International Women’s Day it is important that we stand up for equality in every workplace; for decent work and freedom from violence and harassment for women everywhere. Child marriage is child…Read more…
‘Determination for change’
Unite Community activists in Durham are highlighting the disproportionate effect of Tory cuts on women during International Women’s Day today (March 8). Unite Community Durham branch activists…Read more…
Review: Need to Know, by Karen Cleveland
The central plot idea for this book is terrific. I won’t be giving much away as this appears in the first few pages. A CIA analyst specialising in tracking down Russian sleeper agents in the…Read more…
Labour and exiting the EU
I often start a conference presentation by saying I am not going to talk about Brexit, but usually do. The subject is unavoidable as it impacts on so many aspects of public policy. As we approach the…Read more…
A Brexit for women
Women’s voices are missing from the Brexit debate, missing from the table and it’s time that changed. This was the message from Unite’s London and Eastern region Women and Brexit event held in the…Read more…
Women rising up
A collective platform of women and women’s organisations in the UK launched this week to raise awareness of and campaign against the Turkish invasion of Afrin, an area of Northern Syria. The…Read more…
Glass ceilings and sticky floors
The TUC Women’s Conference, the democratic voice of women at work, is convening today (March 8) International Women’s Day at Congress House to discuss the issues of low pay, pay restraint and the…Read more…
Because change never comes from above
One hundred years ago was the beginning of equal rights for women in Britain. But the limited right to vote introduced in 1918 was not gifted to women by parliament, it was achieved by the heroic and…Read more…
Underfunding of schools resulting in increased class sizes for secondary schools in England
New research by the School Cuts coalition of unions (NEU, NAHT, ASCL, UNISON, GMB and Unite) shows that class sizes are rising in the majority of secondary schools in England as a result of the…Read more…
Blog: Ensuring apprenticeships meet the high standards our union expects
In the years ahead, apprenticeships look likely to become a much bigger part of the world of work, so it’s vital we ensure that employers are delivering apprenticeships that meet the high standards…Read more…
Sexual harassment at work is violence against women – let's put a stop to it
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than committing to end violence and harassment in work, in Britain and across the world?Read more…
International Women’s Day: What will it take to close the gender pay gap?
It’s International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the many achievements of women as well as highlight the inequalities women continue to face in the workplace and society.Read more…
It’s International Women’s Day but why do we still have a gender pay gap?
It’s International Women’s Day today a day to celebrate the many achievements of women as well as highlight the inequalities women continue to face in the workplace and society.Read more…
Happy International Women’s Day Eve! (meeting West Ham Women’s Forum on Tuesday 13 March at Eat16 7.30pm)
Please join us next Tuesday 13th March as we celebrate International Women’s Day with Sarah Green, the Director of End Violence Against women Coalition. Kick off will be 7:30pm, at Eat 16 Cafe, St Luke’s Church, Canning Town. The closest tube station i…Read more…
National Careers Week – the lost art of giving good guidance
It’s National Careers Week – but thanks to years of government cuts, careers advice at school isn’t what it used to be. UNISON thinks young people deserve a better start to their working life
The…Read more…
Review: Through Bolshevik Russia, by Mrs. Philip Snowden
I first learned of this book because Ethel Snowden was one of the European socialist and labour leaders who visited independent Georgia in 1920. Georgia was at that time ruled by the Mensheviks,…Read more…
‘Fractured and flawed’
Carillion’s collapse should have served as a loud and clear warning against the dangers of privatisation, but as Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters now face being outsourced, the government has…Read more…
Redundancy threats stalk northern colleges
FE colleges in northern England announce plans for hundreds of job losses
The article Redundancy threats stalk northern colleges first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Invest in UK call
The boss of Vauxhall has said Brexit uncertainty is threatening the future of its Ellesmere Port plant. Unite agreed that the government’s shambolic handling of the Brexit process is…Read more…