UNISON supports the candidate who has used his lawyer’s skills and talents to support working people
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Support pregnant UNISON members in casualised work
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The misery of being in opposition
Yesterday, I helped the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, with her surgery at Canning Town Library (next to the “Keir Hardie” room).
Trying to help the long queue of residents with their housing misery was far, far worse than before the election since th…Read more…
Gyrn Las by Kyffin Williams: Ionawr January 2020
Off message. My Christmas present this year was a print from Welsh Artist, Kyffin Williams, which I am getting framed. I also got a Welsh National Library, Kyffin Williams 2020 calendar.
See Ionawr January picture of Gyrn Las.
I will post each months…Read more…
UNISON welcomes Keir to our Labour Movement Headquarters
Pictures from yesterday’s UNISON welcome to our Labour Leader candidate, Keir Starmer MP, at our headquarters in Euston London. I tweeted at the time that I thought Keir was genuinely moved by the warmth of his reception by UNISON members and staff as …Read more…
British Steel sale talks
Trade unions, including Unite, stressed today (10 January) that for British Steel to be successful it must retain “high quality jobs” after a meeting with Jingye, the preferred bidder for the…Read more…
War and democracy in the Middle East
Martin Luther King famously said that “The Vietnamese must look upon us strange liberators.” So must the Iranians in the … MoreRead more…
‘Almost unthinkable’
An NHS at breaking point continues in crisis as the latest figures show A&E wait times in England have soared to the worst on record. Data out on Thursday (January 9) revealed that nearly…Read more…
‘Unfair and unjust’ pay cut
Lifeguards at Blackburn and Darwen leisure centres will take part in strike action on Saturday (January 11) over Blackburn and Darwen borough council’s decision to cut their wages by up to £3,000 a…Read more…
Short time working threat
Unite has pledged to ensure that workers at the Michelin tyre factory in Stoke on Trent, affected by the announcement today (January 10) of the introduction of short-time working arrangements, will…Read more…
100 Years of Council Housing (plus!) Bourne Estate, Holborn
Yesterday I went to a Housing & Regeneration Round-table on the Sadiq Khan Labour Mayoral manifesto for the May election with other London Council leads on Housing and regen.
I got lost looking for the venue but in doing so I had my own tour of th…Read more…
Our new government must address the burgeoning household debt crisis
Our new government has a long list of urgent issues to tackle. On this list should be the on-going rise of household debt.Read more…
Sheerness dock strike suspended
Drivers at logistics firm GB Terminals (Southern) Ltd based at Sheerness docks, Kent, have postponed scheduled strike action after the firm agreed to talks mediated by the conciliation service Acas,…Read more…
Hitachi job losses
Unite has challenged the government to radically review its procurement policies after the Hitachi Rail company in Newton Aycliffe County Durham announced a quarter of its staff face redundancy, due…Read more…
Data and unions: TUC Digital Lab workshop report
To date, making decisions based on data to improve union experience has mostly been an aspiration, rather than the reality for most trade unions. There are some good examples of testing and…Read more…
Forced to look for new work
Unite has warned that many construction workers in Liverpool are facing a difficult time finding work after two high profile projects were halted following a fraud probe. Last month Elliott…Read more…
Underpaid electricians ‘have had enough’
Sandwell council tenants could be left without power after local authority electricians voted for strike action over an ‘unfair’ pay evaluation that is costing them £1,000 a year, Unite warned today…Read more…
Liberty Steel job losses
Unite has vowed to defend its members after Liberty Steel announced on Thursday (January 9) that it would be cutting roughly 350 jobs due to what the company called “challenging” market conditions….Read more…
Christmas debt blues
Struggling workers are waking up to the New Year with a hangover of debt after the festive period, with nine million people beginning 2020 owing between £2,000 and £10,000. As the cost of…Read more…
New low in A&E performance shows NHS needs urgent treatment
System struggling to cope even in a mild winter
The article New low in A&E performance shows NHS needs urgent treatment first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…