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This picture college is from a lovely sunny and warm walk last month in Essex near Bishop Stortford.
Only 8.75 miles in length and 36 minutes from Newham by car.
Check “Go4Walk” website here https://www.go4awalk.com/walks/walk-search/walk.php?wa…Read more…
I received this morning confirmation that the Returning officer has “confirmed” that I am a candidate for the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) elections for the Community (voluntary sector and housing associations) General Seat and that I am bei…Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
For several months now I have been unable to access my blog, and it appeared that Google were uninterested in helping myself and the many others who were posting to the main Help Forum.
So, on checking today I am really pleased to se…Read more…
a little snippet from Globalization: The Human Consequences:
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as fully satisfied, no desires considered ultimate…Read more…
Picture collage is from early this morning (midnight to about 3am) when I took part in my second Rough sleeper count. Newham has received money from the UK Ministry of Housing to tackle rough sleeping and as a condition of this money, it has to carry o…Read more…
Commenting on the failure of the Withdrawal Bill, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May must stop trying to railroad her awful Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament. It’s been…Read more…
While MPs got lost down the rabbit hole, UNISON and its members kept their focus on the many other problems afflicting Britain’s workers
The article March madness first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Pressure is mounting on the government to end exploitative unpaid trial shifts following reports they are being used to cover staff absences. Earlier this month a group of MPs put forward…Read more…
A record 3m children are living in working households in poverty after housing costs have been paid, new figures published this week have revealed. The shocking statistics, published by the…Read more…
Unite, the construction union, has secured agreement ending the scandal of workers on HS2 being denied the correct overtime rates and deprived of the correct holiday entitlement. The affected workers…Read more…
The first pay strike by seamen working for Trinity House in more than 500 years is set to launch on Wednesday (April 3). The seafarers, members of Unite, who have a key role in maintaining…Read more…
As Honda workers and their supporters gear up for a march and rally in Swindon tomorrow (Saturday, March 30) to save the Honda plant, they’ve been inundated by an outpouring of global…Read more…
UNISON calls for probation to be brought back into public sector as a reunified and locally run service
The article Chief inspector’s report ‘final nail in coffin of probation privatisation’…Read more…
At the TUC Digital Lab, we seek to develop solutions for the union movement, in the most sustainable and effective way. These are the 8 principles we try to follow in our work (v1.0). The 8…Read more…
Delegates for NDC, local government, energy and WET conferences must be entered on the OCS by 4 April
The article Conference delegate registration extended first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Contrary to the headlines spun by government, working people are having a tough time.Read more…
7 years ago I posted this “take off” of a famous french impressionist painting at the 2012 Olympic site. I still think it is brilliant. Bathers at Olympiques
The independent review into the near collapse of the Co-operative Bank is a searing indictment of the now-defunct Financial Services Authority (FSA), Unite has said. The Independent Review of…Read more…
With workers at Honda’s Swindon plant preparing to march this Saturday (March 30) to save their jobs, Unite has revealed that the threatened plant closure will be felt in high streets as far…Read more…
Tory ministers have been accused of “over promising and under delivering” after the closing of a loophole that allows agency workers to be underpaid was delayed for a further two years. The…Read more…