‘When the clapping dies down, UNISON will still be fighting for care workers to be properly treated: paid living wages, with proper job security and career structures.’
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Workers Memorial Day – Tuesday 28 April 2020 Theme: Coronavirus
For a number of years my trade union branch (UNISON Greater London Housing Associations) and West Ham Labour Party have supported Workers Memorial Day with a ceremony at the “Clasping Hands” statute in Stratford.
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Remember COVID-19 dead this International Workers’ Memorial Day
IWMD will give us the chance to remember the workers who have died because of COVID-19
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Coronavirus: online learning update
New resources available for health and safety reps and care workers at our dedicated learning.unison.org.uk site
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Litany of criticism
“It is the right of every single worker in this country not to put themselves at risk of injury or hazard if they’re going to work,” he said, noting that the latest PPE guidance is essentially asking…Read more…
Tough times for our cabbies
Four weeks into lockdown Unite London taxi driver Jim Kelly on what it’s really like for our self-employed members.
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Unite: taxi drivers in urgent financial support plea
“Taxi drivers are really struggling. We can’t wait until June to be paid.”
That is the message being echoed by taxi drivers up and down the country, and it is the one Unite has urged the transport…Read more…
Unite winning for workers
Great news just in (April 21) has seen Unite save hundreds of Adecco agency workers from redundancy at world-renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.
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More than a thousand care home deaths highlights ‘shambolic’ government response to Covid crisis, says UNISON
Dave Prentis says government must ‘get act together’ to prevent more needless deaths
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Frances O’Grady: “We need a national council of reconstruction to rebuild the country”
This article first appeared in The Times Red Box, April 20th. By Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary Last week we watched one of our Second World War heroes, Captain Tom Moore, complete laps…Read more…
Coronavirus – how unions across the world are delivering for workers
Viruses don’t respect borders. The only way to end this pandemic is by working together in global solidarity.Read more…
Five things social care workers need – that won’t be fixed by a badge
The government are failing to protect social care workers – and the vulnerable people they care for.Read more…
New coronavirus data shows why workers need more protection from government
Latest ONS figures on the economic and social impact of Covid-19 confirm our fears that government measures to protect workers don’t go far enough.Read more…
Queen Elizabeth Park Walk – Sunday 19 April
This picture college is from yesterday when Gill and I went for our daily exercise by walking around Queen Elizabeth Park in Stratford. This is the former Olympic 2012 Park which I think I have not walked around the park for walking sake since 2012!
Attempts to discredit “leaked document” and threats of legal action – a bit of history
Last week, just as I had finished reading all 851 pages of a recently leaked document, an email came round from the Labour Party General Secretary to the Chairs and Secretaries of all Constituency Parties warning against circulating the document, telli…Read more…
Road to ruin
Today (Monday April 20) Unite has submitted a six-point plan to government to save UK taxi drivers from financial ruin because of the coronavirus pandemic. The UK’s 82,000 taxi drivers face financial…Read more…
Record numbers join UNISON
“People are joining the union for advice and security at this worrying time,” notes Dave Prentis as growth this year tops 15,000
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PPE ‘tsar’ welcomed
Unite on Sunday (April 19) welcomed the appointment of a `tsar’ to coordinate the manufacture and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE). The union has long called for such a…Read more…
National shame
Unite believes that the government’s continued lack of PPE for front line workers is a scandal.
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Call for minute’s silence to honour all workers who have died from coronavirus
International Workers’ Memorial Day has renewed focus
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