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Off message. A glorious circular walk today, firstly along the Essex Way then self guided way back to starting point at Millers Green, Ongar. The weather was warm and sunny but with a lovely breeze.
On way back we saw a young badger running up a ditch…Read more…
OK, I’ll confess: I don’t get it. The illustrations are lovely. The message is nice. It might work as children’s book, but for adults? I’m not so sure. And yet the book is…Read more…
The mantra that post Covid19 “the world will never be the same again” has been repeated a million times. This last week we saw the effects, not just of the virus pandemic but a move away…Read more…
Off message but “lock down” for me has meant more time for watching classic films on Netflix.
Last week I watched film noir thriller “Vertigo” directed by Hitchcock, which I think I have seen before but no idea when.
Tonight I watched “Midnight …Read more…
A campaign initiated by the Labour Campaign for Council Housing calls for the government to cancel local authority debt held … MoreRead more…
Hat tip Labour Unions “The Equal Pay Act was fought for and won by women organising through their unions & a Labour Government taking action, but 50 years on we still don’t have equal pay. We shouldn’t have to wait another 50 years.That’s why women…Read more…
Responding to the chancellor’s changes to the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) announced today, the leader of the country’s most influential union, Unite, said that he was pleased that unions…Read more…
Do you remember when
the phone plugged into the wall
had its own table in the hall?
The post When appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Each Friday on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the devastating crisis we’ve been thrust into, countless people have managed to…Read more…
Lighthouse Financial Advice is still offering financial advice to members. Telephone and webinars are available – Lighthouse – Financial Advice During CoronavirusRead more…
People and markets make the decisions and what actually moves them must be our focus, otherwise we will be left bitterly disappointed. We must remember that tactics without strategy is often the…Read more…
British car manufacturing has taken a massive hit amid the coronavirus epidemic, after new figures reveal that in April, production figures plummeted by 99.7 per cent. The latest data represents the…Read more…
This week, the deputy leader of the Labour Party sat down to listen to care workers about their working conditions and concerns
The article Angela Rayner chats to UNISON carers first appeared on the…Read more…
This week campaigners have been alerting companies including HCL in Surrey, Barclays in Glasgow, Vodafone in Newbury, Microsoft, in Reading, GSK in Ulverston and Publicis in London, about BA’s…Read more…
But such a vital piece of trade union history could be erased to posterity after it has emerged that Sarah Chapman’s grave is now under threat. The Manor Park Cemetery in Newham, London, home to…Read more…
Bus workers are among those who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic at the highest rates –a total of 33 bus workers in London alone have succumbed to the virus since the pandemic began….Read more…
More than two months on from the promised but yet to emerge government support for the UK’s beleaguered aviation industry, Unite is warning that without urgent action regional economies will take a…Read more…
Stephen King is a master storyteller. He’s often classed as writer of horror, but as one who generally doesn’t read horror, I think that’s not entirely accurate. In this collection…Read more…
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
The article Blog: a long way to go on equal pay first appeared on…Read more…
Unions agree measures to be applied locally
The article New agreement to ensure NHS staff in England are paid properly for every working hour first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…