The UK’s biggest union launches its first Green UNISON Week – and here’s how you can help green your office
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Fragmented and fragile: it’s time to fix social care
New report argues that care workers are overlooked, undervalued and in desperate need of investment
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Organ donation week: what we all need to know
Organ donation week is now on and runs until Sunday 8 September and a change in the law will affect us all
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Housing Crisis Canvass in Royal Docks 31.8.19
After a lazy summer I was back on the campaign trail on Saturday in Royal Docks ward in East Ham. We met after the “Socialist Sisters” picnic in Thames Barrier Park (a truly lovely park, well worth a visit) . Local MP Stephen Timms had joined the siste…Read more…
The financial class is rattled at the prospect of a Corbyn-led government
By David Whyte, Professor of socio-legal studies at Liverpool University
There is an alternative to allowing a tiny unaccountable elite to run the economy and the planet into the ground – and those…Read more…
‘We want our future back’
The return of striking children, the environment and Brexit’s impact on rural economies emerged as central themes at the annual Burston School Strike rally in Norfolk on Sunday (September 1). …Read more…
Working people will pay price for the economic disaster of a no deal Brexit
A no deal Brexit would be a disaster for jobs, rights and public servicesRead more…
Government U-turn could cut pensions for hundreds of thousands living abroad
Wherever UK workers spend their retirement, they should be able to expect a pension that won’t decrease year after year.Read more…
Nurse training boost welcome but more needed across whole NHS, says UNISON
Sustained funding required – not just short-term fixes
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Newham Council Tenant & Leasehold Forum: Plaistow, Boleyn, Green Street & Out of Borough – 10/9/19
“Our next council tenant & leaseholder forum for Plaistow South & Plaistow North, Boleyn, Green Street East and Green Street West & Out of Borough takes places on 10 September – book nowhttp://socsi.in/housingliaison_Ga57B”Read more…
No deal manufacturing warning
No deal Brexit uncertainty is strangling manufacturing Unite warned today (September 2) as figures showed UK output tumbled at the fastest rate in seven years in August. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK…Read more…
Frimley staff fight back
About 1,000 NHS staff at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust face being transferred to a wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) designed to avoid paying tax, Unite said today (September 2). Unite,…Read more…
‘Feet to the fire’
Unite said it would fight for every job and demanded that there would be no compulsory redundancies from Tata Steel after the steel maker announced the closure of its Orb electrical steels base in…Read more…
Whatever happened to the silly season?
August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy
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The TUC rep survey: help shape the future of our movement
We want to hear from reps right across the movement about the work they do and the support they need to deliver for members now and in the future.Read more…
Everyone deserves the right to work flexibly – it’s time for Flex for All
Today we’re joining the Flex for All campaign to give every worker the legal right to flexible working from day one in the job.Read more…
‘Business as normal’
This week (September 6) marks 600 days since the collapse of Carillion on January 15, 2018 when the construction and outsourcing giant was forced into compulsory liquidation with liabilities of £7bn…Read more…
School uniform supplier must show it doesn’t profit from sweatshop labour
Supplier challenged over ethical concerns
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UNISON National Executive Council members at NDC 2019
The elected lay members of UNISON who have been on its National Executive Council 2017-2019 at our National Conference. Read more…
Review: Nein! Standing up to Hitler, 1935-1944, by Paddy Ashdown
This was a surprising book. I expected an account of the numerous small-scale attempts by individuals and tiny groups of decent Germans to oppose the Nazi regime, such as the famous White Rose group….Read more…