An online GP service that is attracting younger patients in London and reducing funding for surgeries in the capital to treat those who are older and less healthy “threatens the very survival of the…Read more…
Reduce the risks call
The nature of the agricultural industry means there will always be a safety risk. Yet those risks can be minimised the fact that this is not happening means that far too many workers die every year…Read more…
Driven to exhaustion
For many people, falling asleep at work can certainly come with consequences – being reprimanded by your boss or even losing your job. But for others such as lorry drivers, the outcome can be deadly….Read more…
“A project for all of us”
These days Syria is a byword for destruction, danger and chaos, which was why the decision to send a Unite delegation to the troubled nation was not taken lightly. But although much of the…Read more…
UNISON challenges police commissioner takeover of fire services
Concern for support staff jobs as cost-cutting drives government agenda
The article UNISON challenges police commissioner takeover of fire services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Auschwitz study tour: day 2
UNISON delegation are taking part in an Auschwitz study tour to raise awareness of the atrocities of the Holocaust and also to honour Jane Haining – the only Scottish woman known to have died in the concentration camp.
The tour – which will be undertaken by UNISON representatives from across Scotland – is part of the union’s ongoing work to educate members, and the wider community to ensureRead more…
Remember the dead – fight for the living
Unite members across the country will tomorrow (April 28) observe International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD), in honour of the many millions across the globe who are killed at work. The union,…Read more…
Persimmon result tells a lot about shareholders and executive pay
As you may have noted, there was a rather large vote against Persimmon’s remuneration report earlier in the week. This was in response to a £75m award to the chief executive, reduced from the original £110m.
First things first – the pay award was the …Read more…
Apologies, empty promises and no change – the Windrush immigration fiasco continues
The continuing saga of Britain’s Windrush Immigration FiascoRead more…
Disastrous GDP figures nothing to do with snow and all to do with the avalanche of cuts
The economy is in very bad shape. Look no further than the latest GDP figures for proof of this. Any Treasury crowing earlier this week about ‘balancing the books’ is now put into very sharp relief.Read more…
Disastrous GDP figures nothing to do with snow and all to do with the avalanche of cuts
The economy is in very bad shape. Look no further than the latest GDP figures for proof of this. Any Treasury crowing earlier this week about ‘balancing the books’ is now put into very sharp relief.Read more…
Avenue Primary School Anti-Academies Strike
My picture from yesterday’s strike picket by teachers and lobby by parents against the proposed academination of Avenue Primary School in Manor Park, Newham.
There has now been I believe an incredible 19 days of strike action at the school.
While I k…Read more…
Spring Blossom during West Ham Ward #Labourdoorstep
What I enjoy about campaigning in May is all the beautiful spring blossom. The main picture of the huge tree near the Vicarage Lane Community Centre, E15 is simply breathtaking.
So instead of grinning selfies of canvassers please enjoy some pictures f…Read more…
Ellesmere Port investment call
Unite called on PSA to repay the commitment of car workers at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant with investment in new models at the plant after the workforce overwhelmingly backed a pay deal and a…Read more…
‘Not on board’
Workers at three Lancashire hospitals have begun balloting for strike action in a dispute over plans to outsource their jobs to a wholly owned subsidiary company. Unite members, who are…Read more…
‘Enough is enough
Unite members employed at Helena Partnerships Limited, Golden Gates Housing Trust and Torus 62 Limited, who undertake housing maintenance on social housing in Warrington and St Helens, are preparing…Read more…
‘Not a cure all’
Finland has scrapped Europe’s only government sponsored Universal Basic Income (UBC) trial. The two year trial, introduced in January last year by the Finnish Social Insurance Institute, known…Read more…
‘Life lesson’
How do trade unionists first become members? Many will join when they have a problem at work, while others might get involved earlier, if say, their parents were members themselves. But many…Read more…
UNISON Auschwitz study tour
UNISON activists are embarking on a study tour to Auschwitz to raise awareness of the atrocities of the Holocaust and also to honour Jane Haining – the only Scottish woman known to have died in the concentration camp.
The tour – which will be undertaken by UNISON representatives from across Scotland – is part of the union’s ongoing work to educate members, and the wider community to ensureRead more…
UNISON responds to Lord Darzi’s interim report on NHS funding
Responding to the interim report published today (Wednesday) by Lord Darzi and the IPPR, on the unprecedented challenges facing the NHS and social care, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:…Read more…