“Everyone has the right to a decent, secure home. In 1945, Labour promised to ‘proceed with a housing programme with the maximum practical speed until every family in this island has a good standard of accommodation’.
In 2019, we renew that pledg…Read more…
Does the Liberal Democrat manifesto deliver for working families?
While there’s some welcome measures in the Lib Dem manifesto, it won’t deliver the decent jobs, rights and public services working families need.Read more…
Trade unions are rising to the challenge of tackling the climate emergency
Trade unionists are already on the frontline coping with the impact of climate change, but we must be involved at every step to bring about change on the scale needed to tackle this crisis.Read more…
‘Never Again’ – a call to action, not a slogan
A member of the CWU reflects on her harrowing visit to Auschwitz and what it taught her about the importance of resisting the far-right.Read more…
If you think employment and trade union rights in the UK are ‘gold-plated’, think again
Union organisers still face obstacles including hostile employers, union-busting and blacklisting. In the UK every worker deserves a great job. But we all know that this is far from being the case.
The Labour manifesto delivers for working families
Working families desperately need change at this election. The manifesto launched by the Labour Party today has the ingredients we need to deliver it.Read more…
Blog: This is a manifesto with UNISON’s priorities at its heart
commend this manifesto to UNISON members – because it’s a manifesto that reflects the priorities of our union. It shows why Labour is the best party for public services.
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‘Come home to Labour’
The public were urged to vote for “hope” today (21 November), as Jeremy Corbyn launched a Labour manifesto that would transform the country with an “investment blitz” coupled with higher taxes for…Read more…
Settled status: UNISON can help
“UNISON will carry on campaigning with, and on behalf, of our European members and their families to retain their existing rights post Brexit.”
The article Settled status: UNISON can help first…Read more…
A powerful package to rebuild the country
Commenting on the launch of the Labour Party manifesto today (Thursday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This is a powerful package to rebuild the country and help millions whose lives…Read more…
UNISON member wins top health heroes award
Pauline Symington is a neonatal ward assistant at Ulster Hospital and won the popular vote after being nominated by her colleagues
The article UNISON member wins top health heroes award first…Read more…
NHS staff work one million hours of overtime.
Under the Tories, NHS staff work one million hours of unpaid overtime every week.
The Tories can’t be trusted with the NHS.
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UNISON announces health strike dates in Northern Ireland
UNISON has today (Wednesday) announced the dates for strikes and industrial action by health and social services staff in Northern Ireland. Workers represented by the union voted overwhelmingly…Read more…
Raising the bargaining bar
Delegates at Unite’s sector conferences in Brighton have been meeting this week to discuss the formation of industry-wide responsesto issues like insecure work, outsourcing and automation.
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The failure of austerity – and how to fix it
It’s a travesty that such an economically ruinous policy as austerity was ever allowed to see the light of day. The politicians responsible owe working people an apology.Read more…
Sanders and Warren: What’s the difference?
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. American politics has made a sharp turn to the left in recent years – a turn that few anticipated, but that underpins much of what is…Read more…
#Our Day – Celebrate Local Government in Newham
Today we celebrate Local Government in Newham and elsewhere. The collage above recognises what Newham Council workers deliver for our residents. day in and day out. The list is pretty endless. Newham Council provides lollipop crossing attendants, build…Read more…
Britain needs a government that invests in public services, says UNISON
Leaders’ debate shows Boris Johnson is out of touch
The article Britain needs a government that invests in public services, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Review: Which Side Were You On? The American Communist Party During the Second World War, by Maurice Isserman
“The history of communism in America is bitterly contested terrain,” writes Maurice Isserman on the first page of his 1982 book. Nearly four decades later, it remains bitterly contested….Read more…
RSPCA pay dispute deepens
RSPCA staff to hold consultative ballot on industrial action in pay and contracts’ row.
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