#Time4Equality is an initiative launched by the Irish Executive Committee at the start of 2019 – and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Regional women’s officer Taryn Trainor takes up…Read more…
Watson’s threat to split Labour (and deliver a general election to the Tories)
Labour faces the threat of a serious split which could torpedo its electoral prospects. The consequences for those who are … MoreRead more…
Thabitha speaks out
In the week ahead of International Women’s Day, Unite hosted Thabitha Khumalo, an opposition MP from Zimbabwe who has come to highlight the scale of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, with…Read more…
Blog: When UNISON wins, women win – today, and every day
Today is International Women’s Day, when across the world we celebrate the achievements of women and call for greater equality. As not only the UK’s biggest union for women, but the largest…Read more…
‘Great hope for the future’
Many spaces in public and social life – from politics to business to spectator sport and more – aren’t exactly the most welcoming of women, mainly because they are still dominated and led by men….Read more…
‘We can’t watch from the sidelines’
To mark International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite’s South East region is ramping up the union’s Period Dignity campaign in the area to highlight the issue of access to sanitary products, which…Read more…
Low-paid mothers are being unfairly hit by changes to child benefit, says UNISON
Changes made by the government since 2010 have hit hard-pressed families
The article Low-paid mothers are being unfairly hit by changes to child benefit, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
UNISON is THE women’s organisation
“UNISON is the largest women’s organisation in the UK with over a million women members. Standing up? You bet we are… #IWD2019 #IWD”Read more…
‘Lessons still to be learned’
Bakira Hasečić – like many of the tens of thousands of women and children survivors who were brutally raped, abused and tortured during the Bosnian War – could never go home again. After the…Read more…
‘We don’t know how to use our power’
Thabitha Khumalo, an MP in Zimbabwe for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, of which she is a founding member, has been fighting for human rights and social justice since she…Read more…
Women need their union
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day where we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But Unite believes that this tear IWD marks a call to action for…Read more…
Let’s celebrate!
On International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite is marking the day to celebrate women and their achievements – but just as importantly to highlight the many injustices women in the UK and across…Read more…
“When I give food to the poor they call me a saint. When ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist”
Not entirely satisfied
The NHS’ 70th birthday in 2018 should have be a time for celebration, but despite the hard work of its dedicated staff public satisfaction with Britain’s most cherished institution fell to its lowest…Read more…
London showing the way on fossil fuel divestment
Pension funds need to consider the long-term impacts of their investment decisions. That is particularly obvious when it comes to fossil fuel companies. The evidence is unequivocal that companies…Read more…
Save Honda Swindon
GS Len McCluskey signs the petition Resolute Honda workers Protest time Unite AGS Steve Turner address the rally Unite GS Len McCluskey with European network’s Unite’s Tony…Read more…
Bleak global economic outlook does not bode well for workers
“Council warns residents against workmen conning people out of thousands of pounds”
“Newham Council is warning residents against fraudsters attempting to con people out of thousands of pounds.
The con artists pretend to be contractors working for the Council offering repairs at the victims home. They then tell the victim that specia…Read more…
Wolfgang Streeck snippets
A couple of excerpts from How Will Capitalism End that resonates with me. The first has obvious application to Brexit (though this was written before it) though it also describes how I feel sometimes looking at ESG land.
[T]he arenas of distributi…Read more…
‘Blatant window dressing’
Prime Minister Theresa May’s new proposals to protect workers’ rights after Brexit are “meaningless” and “deeply disappointing”, Unite has said. Announcing the details today (March 6), the PM…Read more…