The government cannot hide from the dismal performance of the economy on its watch – and that’s against the very low bar of the austerity decade.Read more…
Critical incident shows hospitals are “creaking at the seams”, says UNISON
Nottingham emergency highlights pressures across the NHS
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Conservatives putting everything up for grabs on NHS, says UNISON
Briefing lays bare Tory thinking
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Drug and alcohol workers take pay fight to Addaction’s London HQ
Drug and alcohol support workers will be demonstrating outside the headquarters of employer Addaction today (Wednesday), over broken pay promises, says UNISON. Fifteen employees from Leigh and Wigan…Read more…
Bernie Sanders, the Jewish socialist who has won the heart of America’s Muslims
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. In recent months, Bernie Sanders has become an enormously popular politician among Muslim Americans. He was one of only two Democratic…Read more…
Retirement meal for UNISON Labour Movement Hero Keith Birch
This evening we had a meal to celebrate and thank our UNISON Labour Link National Secretary, Keith Birch, upon his retirement. Keith also represented UNISON on the Labour Party NEC for many years.
Keith is a true Labour Movement hero who has done his …Read more…
West Ham Labour General Election Campaign Grid: 5.11.19
Join us in our General Election Campaign to win a Labour government on Dec 12th and to get Lyn Brown re-elected as our West Ham MP.Our main focus will be to arrange trips to marginal seats. Some of these will be won or lost by a handful of vo…Read more…
HCPC fee rethink shows effectiveness of campaign
Review must back more modest increase
The article HCPC fee rethink shows effectiveness of campaign first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Council workers protest about low pay prior to pay talks
Proper funding for local authorities is needed in order to protect jobs, pay staff properly.
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Northants council workers to get pay rise
Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
The article Northants council workers to get pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Government pushes ahead with transfer of Welsh probation staff on 1 December
UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue
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After a decade of austerity, higher public spending is long overdue
Glib narratives about 1970s levels of public spending are a distraction – more government investment is the best way to deliver for working class families.Read more…
London Labour Unions General Election mobilisation event at UNISON centre
This evening I Chaired a meeting of London Labour Union organisers at the UNISON centre in Euston. It had originally been intended to be a trade union consultation on the London Mayoral manifesto for May 2020. However, following the calling of the gene…Read more…
Labour and Capital
It’s election time. I’ll have a look through party manifestos when they’re out to pull together policy commitments that are relevant to this blog. In the meantime, here are a few rehashed thoughts about what I’d like to see as a Left platform.
1. Empl…Read more…
NHS is ‘unsafe’ in hands of Conservatives, says UNISON
Government policies like scrapping student nursing bursaries have been a disaster. The NHS is clearly unsafe in their hands
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Police staff vote for pay rise
Staff in England and Wales give 93% ‘yes’ vote for 2.5% pay rise – or 3.1% for those on the lowest rate
The article Police staff vote for pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
NHS workers to strike at three hospitals over privatisation plans
Facilities staff at Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals in Berkshire, and at Frimley Park in Surrey have announced dates for strike action, in an escalation of their campaign to stay in the NHS….Read more…
Blog: This month, let’s grow bigger and stronger still
We want to keep getting bigger – ensuring that even more people get the support, organisation and representation that UNISON provides.
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Let’s smash the disability pay gap
UNISON disabled members’ conference marks Disability Pay Gap Day and calls for mandatory reporting
The article Let’s smash the disability pay gap first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
General Election: Support Cities and Westminster marginal
The London Labour Party has asked West Ham CLP to support nearby marginals such as Cities of London & Westminster. We are arranging a grid of campaign events to encourage our activists to play their part in winning and defending our marginals. …Read more…