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“Dear Branch Secretary
We did send a request on 7 January 2019 and we apologise for sending another request if your branch has already decided nominations but we believe that some branches did not receive our previous request. We understand from UNI…Read more…
The UK’s entire retail energy market is broken and in need of an urgent fix
The article npower troubles ‘just the tip of the iceberg’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Sub-zero temperatures may be merely unpleasant for many of us, but for some, it can be deadly. As the UK weathered its coldest night of the year last night (January 31) thousands of rough…Read more…
Unite has said that the window of opportunity to settle the long running Birmingham bin dispute is coming to an end. If the dispute is not settled then industrial action will be escalated. …Read more…
Car production in the UK fell by close to 10 per cent last year and automotive industry investment by nearly 50 per cent according to new figures, with Unite blaming a “toxic cocktail” of economic…Read more…
There’s a danger that general practice could simply drain ambulance services of staff
The article GP changes could make ‘all the difference’ to patients first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Unite has ‘named and shamed’ online retailer Buy It Direct for flouting the law by denying delivery drivers access to decent toilet facilities. Unite members undertaking deliveries at a Buy It…Read more…
More than 300 staff will gain as the region’s largest employer makes the move
The article UNISON helps University of Bath win living wage accreditation first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON started the new year in January as we mean to go on
The article Defying the cold and looking to the future first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Interesting snippet from the Investor Forum annual report:
Over the last few days, workers in Zimbabwe have faced violent repression and intimidation for peacefully protesting against steep fuel price increases that have pushed the already unbearable high…Read more…
(hat tip “Inside Housing”) Newham’s new mayor has a tough job on her hands to tackle some of the country’s worst housing deprivation. Peter Apps finds out how she plans to do it. Photography by Peter Searle
By several measures, …Read more…
It is incredible to see how these care workers stand together, fight back and strike – day after day after day.
The article Blog: An honour and a privilege to stand with the Birmingham homecare…Read more…
Unite signed a union recognition agreement with Hitachi Rail Europe at it’s cutting edge train manufacturing facility in County Durham today (30 January).
The post “World class workforce” appeared…Read more…
Britain’s rail manufacturing renaissance could be shunted into the sidings Unite warned today (January 30), as it urged the government to support UK manufacturing, jobs and skills by investing in…Read more…
Baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by Azzurra Ground Handling at Luton Airport will begin voting for industrial action today (January 30) over the company’s decision to impose a pay freeze…Read more…
Unite is strongly backing a consultation by the Scottish government which would make the term electrician a protected title. If the Scottish government grants electricians protected title…Read more…
Long-term wage stagnation and skyrocketing housing and transport costs are continuing to take their toll as the number of people claiming financial insolvency reaches a seven-year high. New…Read more…
This extraordinary book, published in 1949, tells the stories of the trials of a number of British subjects who betrayed their country during the Second World War. The bulk of the book is a long…Read more…
Thousands of care workers across England and Wales are being paid less than the national minimum wage because councils aren’t insisting that homecare companies pay for travel time, says UNISON today…Read more…