Out of touch ministers measure value only in pounds and pence
The article Government’s treatment of migrant workers is shameful first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We’re at five minutes to midnight…’
“Governments in Europe and globally have provided financial support for their aviation sectors because they recognise it is vital to an economy, and the UK government needs to do the same,” she…Read more…
‘Rocket booster’ NHS blueprint
While emergency hospital services to treat the influx of patients with Covid-19 are now in overdrive, many routine NHS services have been suspended. But as infection rates begin to subside and…Read more…
Chancellor, get back round table with unions call
Trade unions have also been at the virtual table in daily discussions with ministers and employers, thrashing out the urgent measures needed to keep our people safe, money in our pockets and good…Read more…
How to be a good lockdown neighbour
With everyone spending more time in their homes because of lockdown, the work of staff at housing associations is even more important in helping make sure everyone carries on being a good…Read more…
“Welcome to the new Red Brick blog! The place for progressive housing policy debate”
Check out the new home for Red Brick blog, if you are interested in housing policy and debate then this should be your first port of call. Read more…
“We can build a better society”
Key workers have got us through this. Let’s build a better society for them. We can’t go back to business as usual. Agree? Sign this.
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Unions call for Covid-19 risk checks by Keighley firms
Keighley News 15thMay 2020 By David Knights NOBODY should return to work without a Covid-19 risk assessment agreed with the workforce or union, say campaigners. Keighley Trades Union Council has…Read more…
Ces Hero’s Du Corona…Que Ni Paieront Pas Le Crise
Download by clicking here special document (in French) from IndustriAll Europe Annecy Group trade unionists on No Return To Business As Usual & Trade Union Demands Post Covid Crisis. The view…Read more…
Virtual Cabinet meeting
On Wednesday, Newham Council held its first, totally virtual Cabinet meeting. Unusually Cabinet meetings are held in public but due to COVID-19 the government has allowed Councils to hold “virtual” meetings instead. We have held virtual Cabinet m…Read more…
A lifelong champion for working people
We will all miss Denis – especially within Northern Ireland, but also within the wider UNISON family. We will never forget him, or the massive impact he has had on the lives of our members – but we…Read more…
Support staff mustn’t be exploited by schools reopening, says UNISON
Jon Richards says beginning of June reopening is unrealistic as safety tests not met
The article Support staff mustn’t be exploited by schools reopening, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Low-paid hospital staff to get a pay rise
Workers have earned the increase
The article Low-paid hospital staff to get a pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Slap in the face’
“JCB is preparing to throw 1,500 workers under the bus just as the government asks employers to pay their fair share towards protecting jobs and keeping the heads of loyal workers above water,”…Read more…
Solidarity with Uganda – help needed
Unite Greater Manchester Social Action Branch is launching an urgent appeal on behalf of the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Union (ATGWU) in Uganda to raise funds for the protection of…Read more…
Wirral bin dispute ends in victory
The possibility of strikes involving refuse workers employed by waste company Biffa on the Wirral council contract has ended after members agreed to an improved pay offer. The workers who are members…Read more…
‘Opportunism of the worst kind’
Plans by aerospace parts firm SPS Technologies to make 200 staff at a Leicester factory redundant and reduce the terms and conditions of the remaining workforce is ‘opportunism of the worst kind’,…Read more…
While our hearts break…
while our hearts break
to the sound of sirens.
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‘Another world is possible’
In Kingston Hospital, where I was hospitalised, a memo was issued just days after I was discharged warning that PPE was running so low that all non-critical wards were asked not to use disposable…Read more…
Test meat processing workers now call
Workers in meat processing are being put at risk by employers who are failing to do all they can to protect their employees. Earlier this week, UniteLive highlighted Unite’s deep concerns over a…Read more…