If you’ve spent any time trying to get pension funds to take account of labour issues, or any other social or environmental issue for that matter, at some stage you will have been on the receiving end of the need not to politicise investment decisions….Read more…
South West Coast Path: Newquay to Perranporth Walk
Off message. Drove back today after a lovely week’s holiday in Cornwall recovering from UNISON conference. I did of course develop the traditional post conference lurgy but it did not spoil the break.
Yesterday Gill and I had the best walk of the week…Read more…
Happy Birthday to our National Health Service
Happy Birthday to our National Health Service, one of Labour’s finest achievements in government. A brilliant socialist concept that shows the benefits of collective action to tackle the challenges…Read more…
Unions Welcome Tata – Thyssenkrupp Agreement
The trade unions within Tata Steel UK (Unite, Community and GMB) have welcomed the announcement that Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp will form a joint venture. The three unions recognise the industrial…Read more…
National Demonstration on the 70th Anniversary of the NHS:
Today, Let Us All take a Stand, Speak Out in Defence of the Right to Health Care! Today, Let Us All take a Stand, Speak Out in Defence of the Right to Health Care! Today’s Celebration and…Read more…
Triangle Market – A New Market in West Ham
COME JOIN US AT A BRAND NEW MARKET IN WEST HAM!
The next market is happening on the 8th of July between 11am-4pm in the Church Street Triangle, also known as Triangle Square, E15 3HX.
WE WILL BE SELLING:
– food – produce – cakes – handicraft -&nb…Read more…
Wage war: Delivering workplace justice through union collective bargaining
29 June 2018
By John Hendy QC, IER Chair
The sole justification for the policies of austerity inflicted on most of the peoples of the world has been that there is a structural deficit in the…Read more…
Watch our film about our glorious members
It’s a quarter of a century since UNISON was born
The article Watch our film about our glorious members first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Labour’s new policy and the Bank of England is fundamentally pro-capital and anti-labour
Richard MurphyPosted on June 20 2018 Tax Research UK Blog I try very hard to be positive about the Labour Party’s economic policies, and I promise you, it is hard. Take this morning as an…Read more…
Defend our NHS call
Hospitals in England need 74,000 more beds if the NHS is to catch up with healthcare systems in other wealthy European countries, new research shows. The TUC analysis, which found that England…Read more…
‘Positive move’
Unite welcomed a new ‘nuclear sector deal’ announced by the government on Thursday (June 28) that will see £200m invested in the industry. Business and energy secretary Greg Clark yesterday…Read more…
1993 and all that…
UNISON turns 25 this month, but the merger of COHSE, NALGO and NUPE wasn’t the only significant event from a quarter of a century ago. Here’s a sideways look at some of the highs and lows of the…Read more…
Happy birthday UNISON
In the years ahead, we must continue to work together, united by a shared purpose to build that better union – not of a million members but millions of members. A union that always goes the extra…Read more…
Beware the ‘Trojan Horses’
With the NHS celebrating its 70th birthday, the debate continues to rage over the future funding and structure of the health service as NHS campaigners fight to contain the octopus-like tentacles of…Read more…
Blog: Richard and Margaret represent…
First time delegates and private contractor members, Richard Kennedy and Margaret Hotham, give us the low down on their first year at UNISON’s National Delegate conference.
The article Blog: Richard…Read more…
How recent pay deals affect staff at private contractors
At UNISON we know that many members deliver public services but are employed by private contractors. If that’s you, you may be wondering how recent pay deals for the sector you work in will…Read more…
‘Undemocratic decision’
Strikes against a decision by an NHS trust to outsource workers are “only the beginning” of the fightback, Unite has warned. The warning came after the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation…Read more…
Happy 70th birthday to the NHS – let’s keep it free, for all, forever
This Saturday thousands will gather in London to celebrate seventy years of the NHS – and to demand it remains publicly owned and properly fundedRead more…
“Shifting Housing’s Overton Window”
Another great article by stevehilditch on Redbrick (even though I had to Google “Overton Window”)
“It’s a sign of a remarkable comeback for social housing that the new CIH report ‘Rethinking Social Housing’ contains few surprises. Only 3 years ag…Read more…
‘Scrap these plans’
Representatives of workers facing wholesale job cuts as a result of Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) ‘re-organisation plans’ and members of the local community will tomorrow (June 29)…Read more…