Unite members from the EU have been urged to contact the union’s immigration helpline if they have concerns about living and working in the UK after Brexit, following the opening of the government’s…Read more…
What do Bangladeshi garment workers really really want? A real living wage
The Spice Girls’ commitment to “people power” would be better directed at supporting the Bangladeshi garment workers fired for displaying it earlier this monthRead more…
Does a review signal a change of direction for the HSE?
A new review of the HSE has called on the body to up their game on inspection and prosecution and challenges many of the changes that were forced on the organisation by the coalition and Conservative…Read more…
Loyalty: a few initial thoughts
This tweet from Which? caught my eye the other day, and is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately:
The tweet (which is currently pinned!) referred to the cost of sticking with the same broadband providers, and it reminded me of a similar tw…Read more…
Right to Buy: Wrong for London
“Dear John
Tomorrow I’m publishing a new report which reveals the extent to which former council homes sold through the Right to Buy are now being rented out by private landlords. In advance of its publication I wanted to share some of the individual b…Read more…
Norweigian Union Merge
Leaders of two of Norway’s largest labour unions have merged. Together they will represent around 160,000 workers in the transport, construction, hotel, restaurant and automobile sectors….Read more…
Black members debate how to tackle knife crime
On the final morning of UNISON’s Black member’s conference, delegates opened with an emotional debate on the tragic toll of knife crime and how to combat the problem. Paulette Whyte for the national…Read more…
Israeli elections 2019: Battle of the insiders
“I was a minister in Netanyahu’s government and know it’s impossible to create change from there.” Those are the words of Avi Gabbay, the embattled leader of Israel’s rapidly-fading Labor Party. But…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections 2019: Black Member’s Conference
Great picture from a chilly Llandudno, North Wales this morning. UNISON black members conference is taking place here. Members were out leafleting delegates as they arrived for conference.
NEC branch nominations last until 15 February. Read more…
Former vice president issues inspiring call to action
Carol Sewell urges Black members to be the ‘best they can be’ in UNISON
The article Former vice president issues inspiring call to action first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Windrush ‘nightmare’ won’t end until ‘hostile environment’ does
Black members share stories of individuals and families whose lives have been affected by the scandal
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President thanks Black members for all their work
Gordon McKay uses speech to damn a government working to ‘undermine and punish working people’
The article President thanks Black members for all their work first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Nelson Mandela Award winner issues challenge to employers
Mo Mohammed says it’s one thing for public services to recruit a diverse workforce but another to retain it
The article Nelson Mandela Award winner issues challenge to employers first appeared on…Read more…
Black workers are vital to the future of our public services, says UNISON general secretary
Speaking at UNISON’s annual Black Members Conference today (Friday) in Llandudno, general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Last the NHS celebrated its 70th anniversary, yet the descendants of those that…Read more…
Blog: Just as we took on Enoch Powell and his rivers of blood, we will fight today’s hate-mongers
It’s a difficult and worrying time for anyone who cares about the equality and fights injustice. Sometimes battling against bigotry, racism and xenophobia can feel like an impossible task. But I know…Read more…
Prentis says ‘no-deal Brexit’ would be disastrous for workers
General secretary tells Black members’ conference that UNISON is vital in the fight against an ‘incompetent and malicious’ government
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UNISON – standing together to fight racism and xenophobia
Black members’ conference is united around the need to work together to injustice and bigotry
The article UNISON – standing together to fight racism and xenophobia first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Cheap Chinese imports’ threat
The loss of 300 jobs at Cooper Tires at Melksham, Wiltshire has been blamed on ‘cheap Chinese tyre imports’ by Unite today (January 18). “We are blaming the continued dumping of…Read more…
Treated with contempt
Both NHS staff and patients are being treated with contempt, as the lurch toward privatisation continues unabated, and NHS bosses mismanage what little funding the health service has in the midst of…Read more…
Review: Soviet Opposition to Stalin – A case study in World War II, by George Fischer
This short book was an early history of Vlasov movement, which during the second world war aimed to create a Russian army of “liberation” that would fight side by side with the Germans…Read more…