Government guidance on returning to work is a step in the right direction, but more must be done to ensure employers manage safe working properly.Read more…
Stay safe – Join a Union
If you don’t know which trade union to join then check out the TUC website (Trades Union Congress – the collective body of more than 5.5 million working people in the UK and 48 member unions) and click https://www.tuc.org.uk/find-union-you.
If …Read more…
Stay safe – Join a Union
If you don’t know which trade union to join then check out the TUC website (Trades Union Congress – the collective body of more than 5.5 million working people in the UK and 48 member unions) and click https://www.tuc.org.uk/find-union-you.
If …Read more…
Keeping key workers safe while travelling must remain paramount, says UNISON
Avoiding non-essential travel will to avoid second spike
The article Keeping key workers safe while travelling must remain paramount, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Public transport guidance ‘lacks clarity’
Unite, which represents over 80,000 public transport workers, is warning that the government must establish clear rules about maximum passenger capacity and make the wearing of face masks compulsory…Read more…
Furlough scheme extended
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today (May 12) confirmed that the government would be extending its jobs retention scheme, where the state covers 80 per cent of wages for people who cannot work because of the…Read more…
Review: The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I’ve thought for a while that one of the most honest films ever made about the subject of slavery in America is Quentin Tarantino’s Django. Even though the film is a fantasy (much like…Read more…
Chancellor’s furlough extension offers some certainty to workers, says UNISON
Part-time return to work is a sensible move
The article Chancellor’s furlough extension offers some certainty to workers, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Mixed signals’
If the British public was hoping for a more coherent message from prime minister Boris Johnson in the Commons on Monday (May 11), following his televised announcement on easing lockdown measures on…Read more…
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Risk of infection must be reduced for care workers
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Blog: Safety for all workers is UNISON’s bottom line
Our members have worked so hard to battle the virus, protect our communities and maintain the lockdown. Now they need the government to work just as hard to ensure that any relaxation of the lockdown…Read more…
New ways for members to get legal help
During the COVID-19 crisis, UNISON has changed its processes to make it easier for members to get legal support at no extra cost, as part of their union membership
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Volunteering at a COVID testing centre: ‘I’m proud to be part of the NHS family’
UNISON’s One Team campaign celebrates the almost half a million people that make up the support workforce of the NHS. During the current pandemic, the role these staff play in the health service is…Read more…
Withering Assessment Of Johnson’s Bungling & How Starmer Got The Measure Of Him And The Tories
By Paul Waugh, HuffPost UK. Monday May 11th “Hope is not a plan”. That was one of the most candid assessments in the government’s new 51-page roadmap for easing the UK out of its seven-week…Read more…
Stakeholder capitalism, not missionary capitalism
This is an unusual book. I struggle to place it politically, since it both strongly advocates both reasserting the voice of the working class in politics and society, alongside quite conservative positions on issues like immigration. According to Wikip…Read more…
Government’s new PPE provider – Trotters Independent Trading Co: New York* Paris* Peckham
What could possibly go wrong. Hat Tip Roger McKenzieRead more…
Country craves clarity and a safe return to work, says UNISON
Government is making people bewildered, not reassured
The article Country craves clarity and a safe return to work, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Low-paid workers more likely to die from Covid-19
Workers in low-paid jobs are at greatest risk from dying of coronavirus, new figures have shown, prompting Unite to call for a public inquiry. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics…Read more…
Government must explain how school staff and pupils will be kept safe
Ministers need to work with unions to create safe schools
The article Government must explain how school staff and pupils will be kept safe first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Hugely concerning’
The meatpacking and the wider food processing sectors could quickly become another epicenter of coronavirus infection on par with care homes if coordinated action is not quickly taken by both…Read more…