It’s been another year of abandonment for Northern Ireland’s LGBT+ community.Read more…
A woman’s place is in her Trade Union
Women will have shouldered 86% of the burden of the government’s changes to the tax and benefits system by 2020.Read more…
Social Dialogue at the ILO: More than a nice cup of tea and a sit down
By redefining what it means and who should take part, the ILO has helped establish that there’s nothing fluffy about Social Dialogue.Read more…
Newham Cabinet Meeting Monday 5 JUne 2018
This was the first cabinet meeting of the new administration which I thought went really well.
See what the Newham Recorder thought below:-
Rebuilding the intergenerational contract
The gulf between the earnings of younger and older people has increased by 50% in the last 20 years, leaving young workers struggling to survive. Does this mean the Intergenerational contract is…Read more…
‘We’ve had enough’
TGI Fridays, the American-style restaurant chain, is facing its fourth Friday (June 8) of strikes in a row as members of Unite, vow to keep striking in their dispute over tips and alleged minimum…Read more…
Umbrella companies win
Unite has secured the final victory in a long running legal dispute which strengthens the union’s hand in pursuing the rip off merchants including payroll companies, umbrella companies and employment…Read more…
‘Hollow promises’
Unite has lambasted the government’s handling of the collapse of Carillion five months after the firm’s implosion — 3,000 workers remain in limbo and vital public sector construction projects…Read more…
‘Not a police attack’
Police spy victims, along with Unite, have spoken out in support of cosmetic store Lush after it was accused of being “anti-police” over its campaign highlighting the scandal of undercover officers…Read more…
Victims praise Lush stand on the spycops scandal
Cosmetics brand Lush has been praised by campaigners for its nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the ‘spycops’ scandal, which has seen union, safety, environmental and other activists’ groups…Read more…
Paying homage to Keir Hardie at West Ham
Yesterday I took my fellow UNISON NEC member (and NHS hospital worker) Mary Locke on a whistle stop tour of the Old Town Hall in Stratford.
Mary was re-elected in May as a Labour Councillor in Birmingham.
Mary is a huge fan of Keir Hardie w…Read more…
NEC gears up for union’s annual ‘parliament’
UNISON’s national delegate conference runs from 19-22 June and brings together 2,000 delegates from across the UK
The article NEC gears up for union’s annual ‘parliament’ first appeared on the…Read more…
‘Riding roughshod’
A new heavy-handed management style at the Stanlow oil refinery could lead to industrial action that would threaten output at the Cheshire site, Unite warned today (June 6). Unite said the…Read more…
Brexit deal for jobs
Unite has thrown its support behind a Labour amendment to Brexit legislation that calls on the government to negotiate “full access” to the EU single market, saying it demonstrates that only Labour…Read more…
Surviving the Windrush scandal
Michael Braithwaite, a school teaching assistant who lost his job due to the Windrush scandal, recalls his fear of deportation
The article Surviving the Windrush scandal first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The last gift: what it’s like to work with organ donors
UNISON members Michelle and Rachel are hoping a new law will help the thousands of people in desperate need of an organ transplant
The article The last gift: what it’s like to work with organ…Read more…
Data: why NHS workers quit
Analysing the government data on why NHS staff quit their jobs
The article Data: why NHS workers quit first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame!
Union’s beautiful Croyde Bay resort in Devon has achieved the distinction of entering TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame
The article UNISON inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame! first appeared on the…Read more…
Review: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Jason Matthews writes with such authority about the CIA that I kept thinking as I read this book — he’s either got a great imagination, or he was a player. It turns out to be…Read more…
Women need unions and unions need women
Women in leadership course participants went to Westminster to meet the region’s parliamentarians and use it as an opportunity to raise issues affecting women across the North East including period…Read more…