After Flybe collapsed into administration last week, not only have 2,000 people lost their jobs but the UK’s regional airports and the wider civil aviation industry have been plunged into crisis amid…Read more…
The government’s new housing proposals are ‘flawed’, says UNISON
The union calls on people to respond to the government’s consultation on it’s new scheme, which will not solve the housing crisis
The article The government’s new housing proposals are…Read more…
‘We just want to be listened to’
Homeless people are among the most vulnerable groups in society – indeed while the average person in the UK can expect to live well past 75, the average rough sleeper in Britain will be lucky to live…Read more…
London UNISON Labour Link Forum, Keir Starmer Pic & Labour Unions for Sadiq
A busy Labour movement day. Firstly I Chaired the Greater London UNISON Labour Link Annual Forum. Our guest speaker was Len Duvall who is a longstanding UNISON member and Labour Leader in the London assembly. Who gave a passionate speech about the need…Read more…
Probation unions submit two-year pay claim
Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009
The article Probation unions submit two-year pay claim first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Scunthorpe steelworks sale is bittersweet
Celebrations at Jingye takeover of steelworks mixed with sadness over job losses.
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Southampton Airport at risk
Southampton Airport is in ‘imminent danger’ of being forced to close without government intervention, Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, warned today (March 12). The union’s call came…Read more…
2020 Budget: where’s the grant for council house building?
The 2020 budget indicates that the new Affordable Homes Programme starting in 2021 would have £12.2 billion funding. This is … MoreRead more…
Budget 2020 – four challenges to turn around Britain’s economy
We’re calling on the Chancellor to make the 2020s a decade of renewal – with green infrastructure, rebuilding of public services, and support for better quality jobs.Read more…
Today’s budget announcements on Coronavirus leave millions of workers behind
The Government still hasn’t announced a plan for the nearly two million workers who miss out on sick pay because they don’t earn enough.Read more…
Today’s Budget u-turn on spending is long overdue
The priority now must be to repair the damage of ten years of Tory devastation. Helping working families and rebuilding public services must come first. And we need to see concrete action on the…Read more…
Marching for Zane
Join a march to present a petition to Downing Street calling for an independent inquiry into seven-year-old Zane’s death
The article Marching for Zane first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Break your silence’ call
As the coronavirus continues to spread in the UK, the government is expected on Thursday (March 12) to announce that it is moving to the ‘delay’ phase of its plans to slow the…Read more…
Lincoln Castle, Walls, Prison, Magna Carta & Cathedral (and finding a long lost John Gray)
Off message-ish. Last month we went to Lincolnshire to visit my little sister and our nephew (and his lovely family).
On the Sunday we went to Lincoln to visit the historic city centre. A fascinating place to spend a few hours. Despite Lincolnshire be…Read more…
Coronavirus budget?
Millions of workers face financial hardship if they fall ill or must self-isolate after chancellor Rishi Sunak failed to announce measures in his budget adequate enough to protect them during the…Read more…
Budget shows the government’s been listening to the NHS but not social care
Chancellor side-steps social care crisis
The article Budget shows the government’s been listening to the NHS but not social care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Getting things done?
The following piece is a comment from Joy Johnson of Unite’s political department This budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first, will for evermore be known as the coronavirus budget. It…Read more…
Review: Instead of Arms, by Count Folke Bernadotte
“I myself have been criticized because, during the last war, as one of the leaders of the Swedish Red Cross, I did not publicly denounce Nazism and its methods.” So wrote Count Folke…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
As St Mungo’s staff gear up for three days of strike action, from March 16 to 18, one worker from the homeless charity, who wishes to remain anonymous, explains why she’s walking out. …Read more…
Political revolution in the age of pandemics
The decision by the AFL-CIO to cancel the planned candidates’ forum in Florida this week is bad news for Bernie Sanders. This would have been the perfect opportunity for Sanders to challenge his sole…Read more…