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On Friday we had a Cabinet training day at the Newham Council owned Debden House Conference, Education and Camping centre in Epping Forest.
This is the first time I have been at the centre and I was amazed at the facilities and that there is such a be…Read more…
There is nobody running a box who is not competent for the duties. Martin Reynolds, Director Railtrack Great Western. It’s … MoreRead more…
“He came right up to me and had his finger within inches of my face – it was awful.”
Alison* is describing an experience she had while working as a frontline housing officer in the North East of England. She was leading a public meeting for her local …Read more…
Hat tip Josephine Grail
“The exhausting experience of chairing a set of increasingly hostile meetings has taken a personal toll.
Last night’s AGM gave me no sense that there is a majority on the general committee who are interested in a collective e…Read more…
Plans by Greater Manchester’s mayor Andy Burnham to take back control of the conurbation’s bus services could herald a renaissance in bus travel, Unite said today (June 28). Unite said that…Read more…
Workers at Derby’s Reckitt Benckiser plant will start a continuous overtime ban and work to rule from Thursday 11 July in the dispute about workers being asked to work for up to an extra four weeks…Read more…
Health visitors employed by Lincolnshire county council will strike initially for six days over not getting paid the rate for the job and the erosion of their professional responsibilities which…Read more…
Unite has demanded that Transport for London (TfL) take action on bus driver fatigue on the eve of the publication of a damning new report on the issue. The new report follows a previous one,…Read more…
A new survey of housing association workers has revealed an epidemic of work-related stress among staff who feel burned out, undervalued and poorly paid. The survey commissioned by Unite of…Read more…
The indications are that we’re heading for zero GDP growth in the second quarter of this year.Read more…
This is a great picture from this morning of Newham residents, Officers (and myself) at the end of a “walkabout” in Drakes Walk, East Ham.
I am really pleased that the estate is looking far better than it did in March during a previous “walkabout” and…Read more…
A failure to take a no-deal Brexit off the table will destroy jobs and snuff out the hope of securing the long-term future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, Unite warned today (June 27). The…Read more…
Away from the conference floor, delegates to Unite’s third rules conference had a busy time on the fringe meeting circuit. From untold stories of trade unionists and working class history, and…Read more…
Tory leadership contenders must take a no deal Brexit off the table Unite has warned, after car manufacturing figures fell for the twelfth month in a row. The union called on leadership…Read more…
A new government progress report on securing decent work for all fails to take account of the rise in insecure work, modern slavery and the lack of training for workers.Read more…
Shocking statistics but no surprise. Hat tip @GVKitchen via @HelloHowsy. We need a change of Government, we need this now. Nearly everyone accepts that there is a “Climate Emergency”. There is also a “Housing Emergency”.Read more…
Unite members gathered discuss how to tackle the far-right and racism at the union’s rules conference in Brighton this week. At the Unity Over Division fringe, delegates discussed the union’s…Read more…
Unite has called for a London-wide boycott by the public of leisure centres run by social enterprise leisure services’ giant Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL). Unite said the boycott call of…Read more…
The new chairman of FirstGroup should pledge to halt the sell-off of its bus operations in the UK, Unite said today (June 26). Unite’s intervention came after FirstGroup chairman Wolfhart…Read more…