UNISON is asking its healthcare members for their views on how a no-deal Brexit will impact on their jobs
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UNISON is asking its healthcare members for their views on how a no-deal Brexit will impact on their jobs
The article What does a no-deal Brexit mean for the NHS? first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“We have called for strong action on climate change for many years.This September, our branches across the UK are organising a week of activities to call for urgent action to tackle climate change.Green UNISON Week gives UNISON members the chance to sh…Read more…
A disturbing Video from anti fascist “Hope not hate” on a new far right threatRead more…
‘Joe’ in this case is slang for a secret agent. This book, the sixth and latest (but not last) of the series is set in Slough House, the place where the British secret service discards…Read more…
For the first time in many years Newham Council tenants and leaseholders now have named officers for all our estates and properties in the borough.
This is a brand new team and I have been on a number of “walkabouts” and resident meetings with them. T…Read more…
Ballot HelplineIf individual members have not received a paper by 13 August 2019 then they should contact the ballot helpline operated by UNISONdirect on the following telephone number: 0800 0 857 857.Members with hearing difficulties can use textphone…Read more…
We condemn Bolsonaro’s destructive plans for the Amazon, and the huge increase in illegal logging and mining since his inauguration. At the time of the rise of the far-right in Brazil, Bolsonaro’s…Read more…
A no deal Brexit could result in lorry driving time limits being relaxed, leading to exhausted drivers posing a danger to other road users. Unite is calling on the government to explicitly…Read more…
The first element of the National Retraining Scheme, the Get Help to Retrain digital service, has been rolled out in the North East. Here’s more on what the scheme offers and why it’s so important.Read more…
Crashing out of the EU without a deal will give Boris Johnson free rein to strip away workers’ hard-won rights and protections.Read more…
New analysis published by the TUC this week has revealed just how much a decade of cuts has harmed millions of livesRead more…
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too, The Tories have staged a twenty first century coup He’s only in Downing Street because of a few Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too Wielding the axe to the…Read more…
UNISON to present its case to trust for services to remain in-house
The article Bradford NHS members suspend strike action first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Solidarity to privatised NHS UNISON members striking tomorrow.
“Strike action involving 31 staff employed by Addaction is set to go ahead after Acas talks did not reach a resolution to their dispute on Wednesday.
A 100% vote for strike action was pr…Read more…
National Parks are beautiful and inspiring places enjoyed by many – so why don’t we have more of them?
I declare an interest, I love our National Parks. I have walked the hills of the Trossachs and…Read more…
Construction members of Unite, the UK’s construction union, working at the Drax power station in north Yorkshire are to take strike action next month in a dispute over the recognition of national…Read more…
This afternoon I met members of the Archbishop of Canterbury Housing Commission at a building site in Newham where the Council is to build new high quality homes at truly affordable rents. Officers and contractors explained what we are doing with the s…Read more…
A Trump trade deal after a no deal Brexit would be the NHS’ “death knell”, campaigners have warned. US pharmaceutical firms are intent on ending health service agreements that keep the cost of…Read more…
Fat cats at the UK’s biggest firms are still raking in 117 times more than the average worker, despite on overall drop in their pay. New analysis by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and…Read more…