BME people are far more likely to work in the gig economy, so why don’t more campaigns feature their stories?Read more…
Royal Docks Labour Branch meeting: Housing
This evening I was invited by this branch to come and speak to their monthly meeting about LBN Housing issues.
I gave a short overview of what we are doing as a new administration, led by our Executive Mayor< Rokhsana Fiaz, with regard to housing s…Read more…
Saving the planet – and your pension
UNISON research shows that LGPS disinvestment from fossil fuels is still slow
The article Saving the planet – and your pension first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Bully boy tactics’
Troubled outsourcer Mitie is facing the threat of legal action amid accusations of blacklisting after bosses threatened workers at the Sellafield nuclear processing plant with disciplinary action if…Read more…
‘Halloween Brexit’?
The prime minister has insisted that if MPs can agree a way forward Brexit can still be delivered before the end of May, after EU leaders agreed to a six month extension of the process. Both…Read more…
‘Loyal workers deserve better’
Unite has expressed alarm at ongoing bank job losses, most recently this week (April 9) when Barclays announced it would be axing 460 jobs. Barclays informed staff in Coventry Westwood Park…Read more…
‘Unspeakably immoral’
Hospital workers contracted by outsourcing firm ISS, among the lowest paid people in the country, face the threat of a week’s pay being withheld – a move that’s prompted a backlash of protests from…Read more…
Toxic cabin air probe after overdose death
The family of a British Airways (BA) pilot who died from an overdose of sleeping pills ‘taken to ease the symptoms of inhaling toxic cabin air’ are the first to have their case heard in a wave of…Read more…
Six months is enough but only if politicians come together
The country needs a grown-up relationship with Europe and one that takes account of the June 2016 result.
The article Six months is enough but only if politicians come together first appeared on the…Read more…
Unison Money Talk Newsletter April 2019
The April 2019 Unison Money Talk newletters is worth a read. It contains articles on: How to make your life savings work harder Things ot think about before you retire Life changing events and your finances Unison Money Talk Newsletter … Continue…Read more…
Brunei's barbaric anti-LGBT laws are far from unique
All over the world LGBT+ people are being persecuted and imprisoned simply for whom they choose to loveRead more…
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If we can’t get a new government, let’s get a new Left
The Israeli Left failed yesterday in its attempt to change the leadership and the direction of the country. Maybe it’s time to change the Left instead. And let’s learn a lesson from Israel’s history…Read more…
‘Once in a generation opportunity to put younger workers at the heart of our union’
Health delegates embrace the commitments of UNISON’s year of young workers
The article ‘Once in a generation opportunity to put younger workers at the heart of our union’ first appeared on the…Read more…
Mitie City Airport staff balloted
Unite members employed by controversial outsourcer Mitie at London’s City Airport are being balloted on an offer to pay the London living wage (LLW) from July 1. Unite which represents 32…Read more…
Newham council ‘ducking and diving’
Refuse workers employed by Newham council could have lost more than £20,000 each in the last decade in a dispute over grading, Unite said today (April 11). The 45 refuse workers will be…Read more…
Bus lane fines for ambulance crews must end, says UNISON
Drivers being hit with penalties for rushing patients to hospital
The article Bus lane fines for ambulance crews must end, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Sleepless nights over cash fears?
Financial worries are fuelling working people’s mental health problems, according to a shocking new survey. A third of those polled reported suffering from mental ill health specifically…Read more…
Nursing associates a ‘fantastic addition’ to the NHS team
Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Andrea Sutcliffe praises the new members of the register – and launches development of five-year strategy at health conference
The article Nursing associates a…Read more…
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Renée Nault
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has been in the news a lot lately. Her book is now considered a classic, a recent television adaptation was a huge success, and a sequel is due out…Read more…