Hackney council is being blamed for six days of planned strikes by drivers and passenger escorts on school buses for disabled children in a new dispute over payments for working split shifts. …Read more…
‘Determined to fight back’
Unite is standing up for its members in airports up and down the country in a series of separate strike actions in recent and coming weeks. Unite members at Glasgow and Aberdeen Airports,…Read more…
‘Gross industrial sabotage’
Unite has condemned Ford for treating its workers “disgracefully” after news broke today (June 6) that the car firm would be closing its engine plant in Bridgend, with the potential loss of 1,700…Read more…
Silvertown TNT explosion 1917
This evening I attended a seminar on good design in planning in Royal Wharf. On route I came across this stone memorial and notice board marking the entrance to the former munitions factory that blew up in the first world War. It killed 73 workers and …Read more…
Blog: A stunning victory for these incredible domestics
On behalf of everyone in our union – I want to congratulate the PAH domestics for their courage in the face of real pressure. I am so proud they have stood strong and I am so proud that they are part…Read more…
Stress ‘off the scale’ at Sellafield
A confidential survey of Unite members employed by Mitie at Sellafield has revealed shocking high levels of stress, mental ill health, financial problems and bullying among workers. The survey…Read more…
‘Potential death sentence’
Unite has accused the defence secretary Penny Mordaunt, of putting her political ambitions above that of dealing with the scandal of thousands of workers who maintained Sea King helicopters being…Read more…
Sainsbo’s boss ‘in the money’
Unite has slammed the pay packet of Sainbury’s “in the money” CEO after it was revealed he has received a 40 per cent increase to his bonus despite a failed merger with ASDA, falling profits and the…Read more…
Cleaners at Essex hospital call off strike as Trust agrees to their demands
Domestic cleaners at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow have today (Wednesday) called off six days of planned strikes after their employer dropped plans to outsource their jobs. The Trust had been…Read more…
Government must reject US corporate predators eyeing-up the NHS
Reacting to Donald Trump’s supposed NHS U-turn, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “Donald Trump has shown he is willing to play games with the future of the NHS and the government’s weakness…Read more…
Union issues pension warning for university and college workers
Government plans to allow employers in England to opt out of local government pension scheme are an ‘unwarranted and grievous’ attack on higher and further education staff
The article Union issues…Read more…
Developing social video at the TUC
We’ve been doing some work at the TUC to improve our own social video output. The digital comms team got together recently to take stock of what we’ve learned and where we’ll go next, and we thought…Read more…
Elected to UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) for Community Members (who work in Housing Associations & Voluntary Sector)
I was really pleased to learn today that I was re-elected for the 5th time, with my best result yet, as a UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) Member for Community (representing 77,000 out of 1.3 million members who work for Housing Associations &am…Read more…
DHL warehouse strike off
Warehouse workers at DHL Services in West Thurrock, Essex have suspended their strike tomorrow (June 5) over the prospect of a serious deterioration in employment conditions to facilitate talks with…Read more…
PCSO cuts threat
The reduction in the number of police community support officers (PCSOs) in South Yorkshire is ‘detrimental to the overall good policing across the county’, Unite said today (June 4). South…Read more…
‘Terrifying prospect’
There are many vile and obnoxious sides to Donald Trump: his blatant dishonesty, racism, misogyny, wilful ignorance and utilisation of the politics of fear and division to name but a few. All…Read more…
A ‘very, very substantial’ deal?
As US President Donald Trump arrived at Downing Street this morning (June 4), Unite joined tens of thousands of people assembling at Trafalgar Square to protest his first official state visit. …Read more…
Blog: This kind of sustained growth sets us apart
Earlier this year, we set ourselves a target – to keep on growing our union. We’re not resting on our laurels, we owe it to every UNISON member and every potential UNISON member to keep on growing…Read more…
NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON
Move would undermine efforts to roll back health service marketisation
The article NHS can’t be a post-Brexit bargaining chip for trade deals, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
NEC 2019-2021: election results
Members will take office at the end of national delegate conference until the end of the 2021 NDC
The article NEC 2019-2021: election results first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…