An FOI request reveals the amount spent by NHS trusts on consultants
The article NHS trusts are spending millions outsourcing staff to private companies, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link Greater London Region supporting its members standing for public office
This form is only for UNISON Labour Link members in our Greater London Region. Please contact
your UNISON regional political officer if outside London.
I declare that am a Labour Councillor candidate (and Chair of the UNISON London Regional Labour Li…Read more…
New face of Trade Union revival:
The new face of trade unions: meet the young workers fighting back against exploitation Karin Goodwin The Sunday Herald (Scotland) The new face of trade unions: meet the young workers fighting back…Read more…
UNISON’s “Goodbye and thanks” to Rodney Bickerstaff
On Thursday I went to a packed out memorial in the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster to celebrate the life of our former UNISON General Secretary, Rodney Bickerstaff. The meeting was compered by UNISON National officer for Equalities, Gloria Mills,…Read more…
Cambridge Analytica and “Micro-Targeting”.
The Crisis of Representative Democracy The Cambridge Analytica Affair Underscores the Need for Democratic Renewal Revelations about data analysis company Cambridge Analytica have been constantly in…Read more…
Jaguar Land Rover to shed 1,000 contract staff
Jaguar Land Rover says it will not be renewing the contracts of 1,000 temporary workers at two factories. The UK’s biggest carmaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors, blamed “continuing…Read more…
What is Happening in France?
British workers are looking on with great internationalist interest as to what is going on in France with French workers engaged in their mammoth struggles for social justice and rights these days….Read more…
Condemn the Government’s Warmongering!
The peoples’ interests demand an anti-war government The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, used the occasion of the Lord Mayor of London’s Easter Banquet, normally used to set out the…Read more…
Cold War Provocations to Justify Aggression
Drum beats of war against Russia Many commentators have torn to shreds the assertions of the British government that Sergei Skripal[1] and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by a nerve agent called…Read more…
Review: The City & The City, by China Miéville
I first learned about this book because of the fact that in the BBC television series based on it, the creators decided to use the Georgian alphabet for one of the two cities — because…Read more…
West Ham CLP Grid – Only 20 Days to go before 2018 Newham Council & Mayoral elections
20 days now until the local elections on 3rd May… and thanks to all those who have come out to campaign for our fantastic Labour candidates and our Mayoral candidate Rokhsana Fiaz.Canvassers are reporting a really positive response on the doorstep bu…Read more…
Are you ready for the weekend of action to save schools?
On 21 and 22 April, education staff, parents and children across the UK will be taking part in a weekend of action against cuts to school funding
The article Are you ready for the weekend of action…Read more…
How to… write a press release
UNISON’s guide to writing the perfect press release
The article How to… write a press release first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
2 Sisters plant to close
Unite has slammed 2 Sisters Food Group for announcing it would shut down a poultry plant in Cambuslang, Scotland, in August, which would see the loss of 450 jobs. 2 Sisters confirmed the…Read more…
‘Barista’ apprenticeships?
Nearly half of all government-approved apprenticeships – including KFC and Pizza Hut servers and Starbucks baristas – do not meet the traditional meaning of the term, according to a new report….Read more…
‘Young people deserve a break’
Young people will have one more burden lifted from them under a future Labour government, after the party yesterday (April 12) announced a new policy granting free bus travel to under 25s. The…Read more…
‘Chorus of discontent’
Unite has called ‘curtains’ over poor pay and allegations of bullying of security personnel at London’s prestigious Royal Opera House. Performances at the world-renowned Covent Garden venue,…Read more…
CIJ running Summer Conference in June 2018
The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ), which has partnered with the Bristol Cable, is running its Summer Conference in June this year, to be held at London University’s Professor Stuart Hall…Read more…
Bristol Trades Union Council events needing your support
Bristol Trades Union Council (BTUC) are holding two events which they are encouraging people to support if you can. On Saturday 28th April, International Workers Memorial Day will be observed with a…Read more…
IEA report on GKN/Melrose / old Takeover Panel comments
The Institute of Economic Affairs has stuck a report out today on the Melrose bid for GKN. Very broadly it says that there is nothing to get worked up about. Most importantly, a headline message is “leave it to the shareholders”
Interestingly, the rep…Read more…