West Ham Labour Party are organising a campaigning event to support the Labour Candidate (and UNISON member), Janet Daby, in the Lewisham East By Election.
We are meeting outside Lee Station at 2pm on Saturday 9 June.
To get there you can meet We…Read more…
North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
The article North west…Read more…
Back growth call
Unite urged MPs to back Heathrow expansion when it is put to a vote in the coming weeks after UK government ministers finally gave a third runway the green light today (June 5). Unite went on…Read more…
Care workers strike against pay cuts
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
The article Care workers strike against pay cuts first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
TUC: Leader sees sparks of a mass movement.
TUC Interview Frances O’Grady on the TUC at 150: ‘Unions have to change or die’ By Alexandra Topping The Guardian As the organisation tries to reach younger people, its…Read more…
‘Bargain basement sale’
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) fire sale continued as the government last night (June 4) sold shares well below the price paid to bail out the bank amid the financial crisis, resulting it a total…Read more…
World Environment Day – Ideas for action
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay The theme is to #BeatPlasticPollution and there are lots of ideas online about how to do that, globally and locally.
Check out the United Nations Environment Programme on today’s theme – and look closer to home in Scotland through the work of some of the many members of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.
UNISON is an active member of SCCS, whose AGM is in GlasgowRead more…
National Delegate Conference isn’t like other union conferences – like our union, it’s special
It’s a great opportunity to come together as a public service workers, meet old friends and new and recommit to our shared values of equality, democracy and publicly owned services. Personally, I…Read more…
Appeal by Mayor of Newham to find boy’s killers
A really heartfelt plea by the Mayor for help in finding the murderers and reassurance that everything possible will be done to protect our young people in Newham.
“Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz has appealed for residents to come forward with any info…Read more…
Train chaos is a private, not a public sector failure
Train chaos is a private, not a public sector failure.Read more…
UNISON’s Friendly new partner
Union announces new member benefit partner
The article UNISON’s Friendly new partner first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Race to the bottom’
Unite has new evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to slash pay rates on the troubled £800 million energy from waste project at Park Adfer in Deeside North Wales. Last week (May 30) hundreds of…Read more…
‘Stuck at the start’
The pay gap between younger and older workers has widened by nearly 50 per cent over the last two decades, leaving young people struggling to get by, according to a new report by the TUC. The…Read more…
Carpenters Estate Stratford
On Saturday I mobiked through the Carpenters Estate to meet a friend at the Olympic stadium and on route had a chance to do an unofficial walkabout. While I thought that the poppies and flowers displays were lovely and well kept, I know that there are …Read more…
Women of Westminster Walking Tour: 26 July 2018
Newham Youth Council & Cabinet meeting
On Friday afternoon the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and her Cabinet (including yours truly) met the Newham Young Mayor ,Tomiwa Akintunde and the Youth Council.
After introductions were made we talked about the Young Mayor’s projects esp…Read more…
Unsung Hero: The Jack Jones Story – Trailer
Unsung Hero: The Jack Jones Story – Trailer from Hurricane Films on Vimeo. ‘Unsung Hero – The Jack Jones Story’ is a documentary on one of the greatest British figures of the past century – a…Read more…
Keep your nose out of executive pay!
This is from the concluding paragraph of a recent academic paper on executive pay:
While the pay controversies fueling calls for regulation have touched on legitimate issues concerning executive compensation, the most vocal critics of …Read more…
Younger workers are getting stuck, not getting on
On the 150th anniversary of the TUC, we reveal how a lost generation of younger workers has become trapped in low-paid, insecure workRead more…
Early Parliamentary Selection: Chingford & Woodford Green
Dear member,
Applications are now open for Chingford & Woodford Green Parliamentary seat. This is Ian Duncan Smith’s seat and Labour has a real opportunity to take it from the Tories.
In 2017, Labour cut the Tories majority in this seat to under…Read more…