Nearly thirty years after John Major’s government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), it is astonishing that we are still writing about and using this failed model of delivering public…Read more…
Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns proposals will cause uncertainty and instability
The article Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Next steps for Social Partnership in Wales
The Welsh Government is legislating to strengthen social partnership and to create a platform to deliver fair work in Wales.Read more…
Tackling the far right – a view from Wales
Tackling the far right is an issue for all of us who care about freedom, equality and community over division. It’s an issue for all us in the trade union movement.Read more…
Newham Council Holocaust Memorial Day 2020
This morning I attended our annual Council event to honour Holocaust Memorial Day (held on 27 January which is the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz and today is the 75th anniversary) in the Old Town Hall in Stratford.
The…Read more…
Crankshaft workers at ‘end of their tether’
The supply chains of Ford, Peugeot and JLR could be hit in a dispute over low pay at Darcast Crankshafts Ltd in Birmingham said today (January 27). The entire shop floor workforce at the…Read more…
‘Murky’ procurement
Unite slammed the ‘murky’ procurement process for a £2.25bn South East London pathology contract today (Monday 27 January), after Synlab was named as the preferred bidder over incumbent firm Viapath….Read more…
Our members count, UNISON tells universities
Official statistics body to stop collecting data on support staff, making them invisible
The article Our members count, UNISON tells universities first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Evil of anti-Semitism ‘still with us’, says UNISON
Dave Prentis speaks at event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
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‘Help rebuild trust’
Unite has appealed to the St Mungo’s board of trustees to ‘help rebuild trust’ by persuading senior management to reconsider its position and join last-ditch talks, ahead of the strike ballot…Read more…
Holocaust Memorial Day: standing together
UNISON event honours the victims of genocides, as speakers stress the need to remember – and to fight to stop future genocides
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Holocaust Memorial Day: UNISON Renfrewshire remembers Jane Haining
Jane Haining was a Scottish woman from Paisley, who dedicated her life to helping Jewish orphans in Hungary
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‘If not us, then who?’
“Nothing prepares you for visiting Auschwitz,” Unite young member Aiden Papworth told UniteLive. Part of a Unite delegation which travelled to see the largest Nazi concentration camp in…Read more…
‘Never again!’
The scale of devastation unleashed by the Holocaust can be difficult for many of us to imagine. The sheer numbers of people murdered both before and during the Second World War boggle the mind….Read more…
UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Victims of the Nazi regime and modern genocides remembered
The article UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
On the knocker (again) for Labour in West Ham
Yesterday, with Councillor colleagues and local party members, we were back canvassing for Labour in West Ham ward. In May, Sadiq Khan is re-standing for London Mayor and we have to re-elect the London Assembly. Unmesh Desai is also re-standing f…Read more…
Assessing UK Trade Policy Readiness
The UK government continues to paint a ‘rosy and optimistic’ picture for future trade deals with EU, USA, TPP, and countries like New Zealand, Australia and Japan and relying on media…Read more…
Review: The Reckoning: How the Killing of One Man Changed the Fate of the Promised Land, by Patrick Bishop
This is the story of the killing of Avraham “Yair” Stern, the leader of the Jewish underground group in Palestine that bore his name, by a British police officer in Tel Aviv in 1942….Read more…
Keir Starmer Labour leadership launch video
As a trade unionist, watching this video was one of the reasons why I decided to support Keir to be the leader of our Party. I also think he can unite the Party so that we can win a future general election.
On Monday Keir is due to speak at a meeting …Read more…
Greener NHS Campaign to Tackle Climate ‘Health Emergency’
Staff to lead climate change response
The article Greener NHS Campaign to Tackle Climate ‘Health Emergency’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…