Struggling families in the North are being locked out of job opportunities because of unreliable and unaffordable public transport, new research has shown. The study, commissioned by the…Read more…
NHS ‘not up for auction’
Virgin Care has hoovered up nearly £2bn of health service contracts over the last five years, new analysis that provides a worrying insight into the creeping privatisation of the NHS shows. In…Read more…
Blog: Our whole union stands by our members in Northamptonshire
Our whole union stands by our members in Northamptonshire as they fight for their jobs, their pay and the services they provide. We will continue to do so, through whatever challenges they face next….Read more…
“Fix the Glitch Report”
A new update by Glitch UK on how Social Media can protect freedom of speech and tackle the appalling abuse on their platforms.
ConclusionThe bottom line is that social media companies need to take greater responsibility for the activities that occur o…Read more…
‘Sad state of affairs’
A rural charity is producing a “village survival guide” after a survey revealed that many countryside residents feel isolated and ignored. Unite welcomed the move but said real change to…Read more…
‘Never again!’
Vile right-wing thugs attacked a socialist and trade union bookshop in central London on Saturday (August 4), prompting an outpouring of solidarity for the bookseller and its staff. Around a…Read more…
Leadsom’s ‘ironic’ early years care ‘boost’
Unite has branded Tory plans to boost early years care services “ironic” given the party has spent years running them down. Tory MP Andrea Leadsom, who has been appointed chair of a new…Read more…
‘Exploited’
Unite has accused the government of washing its hands of thousands of workers who are experiencing the misery of being paid via an umbrella company. There has been a huge surge in the number…Read more…
‘Sign or be sacked’?
Unite is due to hold talks with Sainsbury’s bosses on Wednesday (August 8) over a collective grievance by the union’s members in the long-running ‘sign or be sacked’ contracts row affecting 123,000…Read more…
Defence jobs threat
Proposals by defence giant Babcock to close its site in Colchester, Essex, with the threat of 55 job losses, has ‘exposed’ the company’s shortcomings, Unite said today (August 6). Unite called…Read more…
‘No profit without responsibility’
London cab drivers are banding together in a potential group legal action against ridesharing app Uber for damages and loss of earnings reportedly totalling more than £500m. Unite’s Cab…Read more…
Brexit and your rights at work – why you should be worried
With Brexit day approaching fast, working people still don’t know what will happen to their hard-won rights when we leaveRead more…
UNISON responds to CPAG report on Universal Credit failings
Dave Prentis comments on a report from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) into Universal Credit failings.
The article UNISON responds to CPAG report on Universal Credit failings first appeared on…Read more…
“Are YOU fond of Cycling? If so WHY NOT CYCLE FOR THE KING…Bad Teeth No Bar”
I have asked London Cycling Campaign on twitter whether a more modern version of this (1915) appeal be something they would support?
One response I got back expressed concern at the lack of concern about cyclists bad teeth.
Hat tip War Art on tw…Read more…
The Pedagogy of Primo Levi
Dear Colleagues,
As I enter the final stages of writing up my thesis, I am wistfully dreaming of how best to use my free time once I have (all being well) completed the examination and completed the DProff programme.
One particular daydream is to spe…Read more…
Angela Rayner’s UNISON story
If you ever wondered what UNISON and the trade union movement does…watch this video. Well worth 2 minutes and 53 seconds of your time.Read more…
Review: The Martian Girl, by Andrew Martin
To be clear, this is not a book about Martians, or even girls. The central character is a woman in her late thirties, Jean Beckett, a writer who lives in today’s London. She is writing…Read more…
Town Hall Fest – Hackney and Havering
Okay, this is probably more than a little sad but last week I went to a meeting of East London Housing Partnership at Hackney Town Hall (top) and today at Havering Town Hall (bottom) for our “One Source” Shared Service committee..
Both are lovel…Read more…
‘You don’t achieve anything in the movement by yourself’
UNISON’s new president Gordon McKay talks about his ambitions for his year in office
The article ‘You don’t achieve anything in the movement by yourself’ first appeared on the…Read more…
Tram strikes off
The strikes planned in the Sheffield supertram pay dispute have been suspended, as the 200 drivers and conductors vote on a revised pay offer. Unite will be recommending acceptance of the…Read more…