Presentation to Ideas for Freeedom, London, 22 June 2019 What are the prospects for the Israeli Left today? My short answer is: bleak. In Israel’s first elections following independence in…Read more…
UNISON newly elected Presidential team 2019/2020
Congratulations to Josie Bird from @NorthernUNISON elected @unisontweets President. Sian Stockham @sian_aber elected Senior Vice President and @JamesAnthonyRN elected Junior Vice President. Great team! #UNISON #NEC #UNDC19.
The team were all…Read more…
Admin officer Josie Bird elected as new UNISON presiden
UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) has elected Josie Bird, a local government worker from Newcastle, as president at the union’s annual national conference in Liverpool. Josie has been an…Read more…
Health visitor cuts ‘grave mistake’
Suffolk residents are being urged to write to their MP by Unite in a bid to stop a proposed 25 per cent cut to the county’s health visitor workforce. Unite, which embraces the Community…Read more…
Celebrating breastfeeding
Unite’s Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) has teamed up with Public Health England (PHE) to promote the benefits of breastfeeding in a new video animation. The…Read more…
Long hours stroke risk threat
Working just one 10 hour day per week can increase the risk of stroke by a third, a new study has found. A French study investigating the impact of excessive working on cardiovascular health…Read more…
Gizza Job!
The immortal words of Yosser Hughes is an unconventional way for an economist to start a book, but then Danny Blanchflower has often found himself at odds with conventional economic theory. His new…Read more…
Conference sets campaigning tasks on universal credit
Speakers talk of the devastation caused by Conservative attacks on benefits and the most vulnerable in society
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UNISON urges an end to the ‘ongoing crisis in social care’
‘A decade of austerity has ravaged social care’, conference delegates are told
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Rebuild our communities and end violence
UNISON conference hears stories of violence and aggression including teaching assistants having to wear stab vests
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Keir Starmer: “The public should have the option to remain”
Shadow Brexit Secretary tells UNISON that the option to remain in the EU should be part of any second referendum
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Conference unanimously gives LGBT the + factor
Renaming LGBT+ group will future-proof it and increase inclusivity
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Lewisham Council commits to tackling abuses in global supply chains
Second local authority in the UK to be affiliated with Electronics Watch
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Win an overnight stay in London plus tickets to the Our Health Heroes awards
Nominate someone by 29 June and you could be going to the awards
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Rural fund ‘inadequate’ slam
A £10m government fund to help rural communities become cleaner and more sustainable has been criticised as inadequate. New community projects across England are now being encouraged to apply…Read more…
Win a fabulous mini break!
Take part in UNISON’s annual equalities survey and you could win a Devon mini break
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Why so quiet?
I’ve been getting a few questions lately, so wanted to post an update.
As I’m not in a workplace at the moment, I stepped down from the various Unite committees I was on. I’m still active in Unite (though the machine doesn’t make this easy!) but am co…Read more…
UNISON Local Service Champions
“Local government workers are there for us through every stage of our lives. From birth, through our youth and adulthood, to old age…”Read more…
Health staff are suffering serious sexual harassment at work
Survey reveals sexual harassment in the NHS.
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Zimbabwean union leader talks of battle against injustice
“The situation resembles a war zone in a country that is not at war.”
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