Through outsourcing of vital services at St Mary’s extensive wrecking is taking place to healthcare on the island. Around the country we know that amalgamation and hospital closures have been going…Read more…
_#UNDC18 “Housing Affordability is a growing concern for public services”
My speech to UNISON National Delegate Conference on behalf of National Executive
“Conference, President, it is unacceptable that public service workers continue to be priced of the housing market.
They keep local authority, education, community, our …Read more…
Review: Palace of Treason, by Jason Matthews
This, the second of the Red Sparrow books, continues where the previous one left off, and offers more of the same. It’s written by a former CIA officer, so much of it has the ring…Read more…
#UNDC18 UNISON NDC Wednesday fringes
Pictures from Conference floor; 25th Anniversary of UNISON celebration with my branch delegates two important fringes on Pensions and Housing. Read more…
#UNDC18 – UNISON National Delegate Conference 2018. Day one Tuesday
Day one of the 25th UNISON conference in Brighton. Pictures of UNISON NEC and my branch delegates. Read more…
Academies in Freefall:
The academy dream is in freefall. Schools should not have to pick up the pieces Laura McInerney The Guardian As more trusts are collapsing, a strict cap on executive pay and a lock on school assets…Read more…
‘100 years young’
Unite celebrated the 100th birthday of one of the union’s longest serving members on Friday (June 22). Former Unite shop steward and retired fitter and turner engineer and train repairman Tom…Read more…
Aerospace take-off?
The aerospace industry in the UK is among the nation’s largest and most high-tech sectors – in fact, British aerospace is the largest in Europe, second only to the US, with a global market share of…Read more…
‘Cold hard reality’
The prospect of an economically devastating hard Brexit is becoming “a cold hard reality” under the Tories, Unite warned following the news that Airbus will consider leaving the country if there is…Read more…
Hospital parking: staff at some trusts paying 200 times more than others
A UNISON investigation has found that parking outside work is becoming more and more of a problem for NHS staff in England. “I have been nursing for 38 years and I am getting stressed and angry as I…Read more…
Labour government would bring back genuine national pay in education, says Angela Rayner MP
Speaking at UNISON’s annual national conference today (Friday) in Brighton, shadow secretary of state for education Angela Rayner MP said: “I became who I am today thanks to this union. Because I…Read more…
Tax cut for rich means billions lost to Exchequer
Cutting income tax for people earning more than £1m per year has deprived the Exchequer of more than £11.1bn over the past sixyears, according to new analysis by UNISON published today (Sunday). The…Read more…
“The work you do saves and transforms lives”
Angela Rayner addresses UNISON’s national delegate conference
The article “The work you do saves and transforms lives” first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Let footie fans work flexibly to watch the World Cup, says TUC
Issue date: 12 Jun 2018 As the World Cup begins in Russia today (Thursday), the TUC is publishing advice for bosses whose staff want to watch games during their normal working hours. As the World Cup…Read more…
Culture: Alternative Worlds
A Retrospective of the Music of Hugh Shrapnel Friday, July 6, 2018 – 7.30pm The Holst Room, Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7HT Tickets £10 (£7 concessions) available at…Read more…
UNISON elects mental health nurse from Scotland as president
UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) has elected Gordon McKay, a mental health nurse from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Brighton. Gordon…Read more…
Probation service is not fit for purpose
Commenting on the report Transforming Rehabilitation published today (Friday) by the Justice Select Committee, UNISON national officer for probation Ben Priestley said: “This shows the government’s…Read more…
70 years on from the Windrush, Europe still needs to address its racist attitudes towards migrants
On the 22nd June 1948 the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury carrying 492 British citizens.Read more…
Pension warning bells are ringing but the government ploughs on
‘Wake-up call’
Unite called on Stagecoach bosses running Sheffield’s Supertram to table a revised pay offer to avoid industrial action after drivers and conductors overwhelmingly backed strike action in a dispute…Read more…