The number of zero-hours contracts in Wales is higher than ever and jumped 35% in the last year alone. It’s time for a ban.Read more…
‘We’ve got one chance’
With another general election less than a week away, UNISON’s presidential team took a few minutes out to discuss some of their main concerns
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Get involved in West Ham CLP General Election
You will require a laptop/tablet device and a mobile phone which will be integrated with Labour party activist tool Dialogue.Don’t worry if you have not phone banked before or have trouble with tech issues. There will be others there to …Read more…
‘Stark reminder’
Driven by continued Brexit uncertainty, employment in manufacturing has continued to shrink at record levels as the sector as a whole contracts, according to the latest figures. A snapshot of…Read more…
Newham Council sets out new strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping
Hat tip Newham Council website. “Newham Council Cabinet last night (Tuesday 3 December) voted to adopt a new strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the borough.
It is the first time in a decade that Newham has had a dedicated Homeless…Read more…
Review: 17 Church Row, by James Carol
I enjoyed James Carol’s Jefferson Winter novels. It was a guilty pleasure, I admit that. My life is not richer for having read them. So I had high hopes that I’d enjoy this…Read more…
Cardiff cab protest
Throngs of Cardiff taxi drivers descended on the city’s County Hall today (4 December) in protest at their treatment by the local council.
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‘End rip-off Britain’
A future Labour government will tackle the skyrocketing cost of living with a package of fully-costed measures that will save families on average nearly £7,000 each year. In a pledge to “end…Read more…
12 Labour pledges for public services
It’s December, the traditional time for lists: so here’s a dozen reason why we think one party in particular is making the best offer for public service and UNISON members
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Pay, Work and Poverty in Wales: The facts that all Welsh voters need to know
Ahead of polling day on 12 December, we’ve pulled together some of the key facts and figures about work, pay and poverty in Wales. This is stuff that all voters should know.Read more…
Importing US working practices to the UK – the risk to workers’ rights
Senior Conservatives are determined to secure a US trade deal that would mean lower standards and fewer protections for workers.Read more…
Where are Labour and the Conservatives going on transport?
Both parties are promising to improve our broken transport system, but which manifesto will really deliver for working families?Read more…
It’s time to call out Turkey’s human and workers’ rights abuses
The UK government must use today’s NATO summit to pressure Turkey to withdraw from Syria and stop abusing human and workers’ rights both at home and abroad.Read more…
Community Executive NEC report: John Gray 4 December 2019
Firstly, apologies that I will have to leave this meeting early as I have to travel to Bournemouth today to attend a Pension Conference.
NEC 9 October 2019
This was the first full meeting of the new NEC at the UNISON centre. There was still problem…Read more…
How to get the vote out
Hints and tips for the last few days of the general election campaign from UNISON’s communications team
The article How to get the vote out first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Sanders, Debs and the Lessons of 1920
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. Earlier this year, a photograph made the rounds on the Internet. It showed Bernie Sanders meeting a young supporter in Iowa. Bernie is smiling…Read more…
For A Europe With A Future – by Wolfgang Lemb
Excellent book edited by my comrade Wolfgang Lemb of the IG Metall trade union in Germany. Available on some book sellers sites. “One thing is increasingly obvious since the European Elections…Read more…
A living wage for all from St Antony’s Primary School
Yesterday was quite unusual since I visited two excellent Newham primary schools (for different reasons). Check out previous post on West Ham Primary in the morning.
While after school I went to St Antony’s to listen to their fantastic choir sing abou…Read more…
NHS lorry drivers ‘fed up’ with low pay
Unite called today (December 3) on logistics firm Unipart and NHS supply company Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) to take part in talks mediated by the conciliation service Acas over pay for…Read more…
Winning battles big and small: November in UNISON
In the heat of the general election fight, let’s take a moment to recognise all of the other brilliant battles (and awards) that UNISON has won this month
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