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Cancel local authority debt

Mar 23, 2020By Martin Wicks

To provide councils with resources which are desperately needed for this unprecedented crisis, cancel the debt owed to the Public … MoreRead more…

Mar 23, 2020Martin Wicks

Coronavirus – the self-employed need urgent support too

Mar 23, 2020By TUC blogs

We’re glad the government has agreed to help fund wages for employees, but what about the millions of self-employed who also face collapsing earnings?Read more…

Mar 23, 2020TUC blogs

25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19, says ILO

Mar 23, 2020By Power In A Union

The economic and labour crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could increase global unemployment by almost 25 million, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organization (ILO)….Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Power In A Union

Legislating in Times of Crisis: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Mar 23, 2020By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

The post Legislating in Times of Crisis: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme appeared first on IER.Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Data is deepening our knowledge of job insecurity – there may be many more people in dire straits than we realise

Mar 23, 2020By Institute of Employment Rights Blog

The post Data is deepening our knowledge of job insecurity – there may be many more people in dire straits than we realise appeared first on IER.Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Institute of Employment Rights Blog

Coronavirus news round-up

Mar 23, 2020By UNITElive

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to claim lives and put an ever-growing number of people in hospital, further stretching resources for an NHS already at breaking point, Unite presses on fighting…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020UNITElive

Help the five million now call

Mar 23, 2020By UNITElive

Unite is ramping up the pressure on the chancellor to throw a lifeline to the 5m self-employed and other gig and freelance workers whom the government has so far failed to support amid the Covid-19…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020UNITElive

The government must guarantee the means of life for those without the means

Mar 23, 2020By Martin Wicks

Great events make change possible, sometime inevitable. Johnson was elected with a working majority, Britain was going to leave the … MoreRead more…

Mar 23, 2020Martin Wicks

Supporting our reps and members online

Mar 23, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Union learning and organising services offers web-based training for reps and learning opportunities for members

The article Supporting our reps and members online first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Failure to social distance ‘insulting to health and care staff’, says UNISON

Mar 23, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Dave Prentis in public appeal on relieving virus burden

The article Failure to social distance ‘insulting to health and care staff’, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Addaction strikers suspend pay campaign

Mar 23, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Striking drug and alcohol rehabilitation workers in Wigan and Leigh in dispute over failed pay promises and staff shortages, halt campaign because of coronavirus

The article Addaction strikers…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Blog: Our response is vital, impressive and truly humbling

Mar 23, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Whatever comes next, we have to keep going. And I know we will

The article Blog: Our response is vital, impressive and truly humbling first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Mar 23, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Mother’s Day – supporting working mothers in the workplace and at home

Mar 23, 2020By TUC blogs

Working mothers are present in every workplace across the UK balancing their work with their share of child care duties. But Covid-19 is putting extra strain on working mothers across Wales as they…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020TUC blogs

Department for Education Coronavirus Help Line

Mar 23, 2020By City of Stoke on Trent UNISON

The Department for Education Coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows: Phone: 0800 046 8687 Opening hours…Read more…

Mar 23, 2020City of Stoke on Trent UNISON

Happy Mothers Day!

Mar 22, 2020By John's Labour blog

Off message but…
Happy Mother’s Day Mum! Lovely to speak to you on Facetime tonight and so sorry we cannot meet up at Easter due to virus.

Keep safe and well.

Lots of love
John & Gill xxx

(me with spade, big sister Helen and little sister Lucy…Read more…

Mar 22, 2020John's Labour blog

Keep on walking

Mar 22, 2020By John's Labour blog

Advice on the BBC web page confirms that it is still okay to go outdoors for exercise as long as you follow advice to stay 2m apart from others. This advice may change in the future.

Gill and I took advantage of the sunshine today to walk along the Ro…Read more…

Mar 22, 2020John's Labour blog

Government Should Tell The Truth Over NHS

Mar 22, 2020By Power In A Union

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady appearing on BBC’s Question Time on Thursday told Tory health Minister Matt Hancock to “tell the truth” about the problems in the NHS in dealing with the…Read more…

Mar 22, 2020Power In A Union

Visiting the grave of Matchgirl strike leader Sarah Chapman

Mar 21, 2020By John's Labour blog

Today I finally went to find the grave of Matchgirl strike leader, Sarah Chapman, in Manor Park cemetery. The Matchgirls strike of 1888 at the Byrant and May factory in Bow is an important event in trade union history. It was led by women and helped es…Read more…

Mar 21, 2020John's Labour blog

Capitalism: down with the sickness

Mar 21, 2020By Labour And Capital

I’m just a humble labour & corpgov wonk, so most of the time the kinds of things that interest me are buried in the business pages. But it feels like, as with the financial crisis, questions about who controls businesses and how, and in whose inter…Read more…

Mar 21, 2020Labour And Capital

Update from the Mayor of Newham: Coronavirus update 20.3.20

Mar 20, 2020By John's Labour blog

Update from the Mayor of Newham: Coronavirus update – an increase of confirmed cases at 42 (20 March 2020)

Today, there’s been confirmation of further increases of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Newham from 32 yesterday to 42.

Additionally, we h…Read more…

Mar 20, 2020John's Labour blog
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