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…
Blog: a long way to go on equal pay
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
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New agreement to ensure NHS staff in England are paid properly for every working hour
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…
Joint Covid-19 visit to Newham Council Repairs & Maintenance depot (& future plans)
This morning at 8am I went on a joint walkabout with Cllr Shaban Mohammed, management and local Unite trade union reps of our Council Housing repairs (RMS) depot in Bridge Road E15. We were there to inspect the new social distancing arrangements in the…Read more…
Boost for post-pandemic economy
A new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, with the creation of up to 25,000 jobs during construction, will be a flagship infrastructure project for the post-pandemic economy. Unite, which has…Read more…
Kindness in the age of COVID-19
In this tough time, small acts of kindness make the world of difference
The article Kindness in the age of COVID-19 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Heroes of the year – mental health chaplains
“Heroes aren’t allowed to be scared or frightened – but we’ve got lots of people working in the mental health wards who are frightened. But because of this hero narrative, they feel they can’t admit…Read more…
Production to stay at Nissan Sunderland plant
Car giant Nissan announced on Thursday (May 28) that it will keep its Sunderland plant open, but said it intends to shut its factory in Barcelona. Workers in Sunderland may have breathed a sigh of…Read more…
‘Millions hanging by a thread’
Don’t take that sharp right, Chancellor. Work with those in business and the workplaces, the experts in defending and creating jobs, and you will take the right path for the people and the…Read more…
Airliner easyJet announces jobs cull
Budget airliner easyJet this morning (May 28) has announced job cuts of up to 30 per cent of its workforce, in the latest blow for workers in the civil aviation industry, which has been hit hard by…Read more…
Support staff losing sleep and suffering anxiety ahead of return to school in England, says UNISON
Jon Richards says delay needed so schools have time to complete risk assessments
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‘Don’t sacrifice jobs in rush to exit furlough’
“This report bears out what we have been saying for weeks now, that removing the furlough support before business has had a chance to recover even slightly could be disastrous for jobs and workers,”…Read more…
Vote for Worker Board Members at Walmart AGM for better Governance and to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
Today I took part as a pension trustee in a online seminar with USA Walmart workers and their trade union, about governance and the abysmal response of the retail giant Walmart to the Covid-19 emergency.
Their workers spoke about the dangerously confu…Read more…
‘Never been a more important time’
“That’s the case never more so than now and Unite alone has put on many thousands of new members since the lockdown.
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Winning for care
Care workers have faced some of the toughest situations during COVID-19. Caring for those most vulnerable to the virus, whilst grappling with failures from an inadequate government response, some…Read more…
Safe work, safe travel, strong unions
As the lockdown eases, more and more people will be asked to return to work. But Unite has been clear from the beginning that no one should travel or return to their workplace unless it is absolutely…Read more…
Steel industry vital for ‘sustained economic recovery’
Like so many of the UK’s absolutely vital industries, the steel sector has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus epidemic as orders have plummeted. Unite has long been calling for the…Read more…
Down but not out – trade unions running to stand still?
Today’s news that trade union membership in the UK is inching upwards (an increase of 1.4% or 91,000 to 6.44 million) is hardly grounds for (even a socially distanced) party to celebrate – but it does tell us something about the resilience of our movem…Read more…
Celebrities back Unite’s British Airways campaign
When British Airways announced it would be sacking 12,000 of its workers – despite being a wealthy company that can ride out the crisis and what’s more, there being ample government support to…Read more…
What happens when the clapping stops?
This is from a fantastic series of new political posters from “Labour Designers”. Hat tip LabourlistRead more…