The rights of the Palestinian people have been ignored by the international community for far too long. We cannot allow this attempt to destroy the prospects of a viable Palestinian state to go…Read more…
NJC committee to put pay offer to members
Consultation will allow branches and members to discuss the employers’ final offer – the best that can be achieved by negotiation
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LGPS survey: local authorities adapting slowly to COVID-19
A survey of the Local Government Pension Scheme, taken in mid-May, shows how local authorities are adapting to COVID-19
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Leadership and incentive now call
“The transition to electric vehicles will not occur overnight. During this period the government must also be promoting and assisting the new generation of low emission, internal combustion engines…Read more…
Labour takes forward UNISON domestic abuse amendments
MP Jess Phillips has taken on board UNISON amendments to help protect those who have suffered domestic abuse
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Unite support for members in ‘grim times’ plant closure
The news that over 430 jobs are under threat at the Bakkavor food manufacturing plant at Spalding, Lincolnshire is ‘a bitter pill’ for the workforce, Unite said today (Tuesday June 9).
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“Making our streets better for social distancing, walking and cycling…”
Check out the interactive survey launched today by Newham Council https://www.newham.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/c19-information-advice/5
“We want to hear your ideas for making our streets better for social distancing, walking and cycling.
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‘Gov’t must provide leadership now’
The need for the government to work with the automotive industry and draw up a sector-specific plan of support has become even more urgent as job losses in the industry continue to mount every week….Read more…
Quarantine rules for UK arrivals come into effect
The government’s new rules requiring people who travel into Britain from abroad to quarantine for 14 days has come into effect today (June 8). From today, passengers arriving into the UK on planes,…Read more…
Blog: A major disappointment – but just the latest for Black people
Gloria Mills, UNISON equalities national secretary, on why the report into the impact of COVID-19 on Black people is a “major disappointment”
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UNISON wins clearer COVID-19 guidance for its disabled members
‘Huge gap in the guidance’ was allowing employers to insist that vulnerable people ignore shielding and go into work
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UNISON comes top in YouGov poll of Labour Party Members
I missed this YouGov poll of Labour Members in January 2020. Good choice!
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Mountain Landscape With High Sun by Kyffin Williams
Mehefin June 2020 Kyffin Williams Calendar. The National Library of Wales.
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Review: Rules for Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson
An owner of a crime fiction book shop in Boston is visited by an FBI agent. She tells him that a murderer is on the loose, killing people based on a list he posted on…Read more…
Review: Rules for Perfect Murders, by Peter Swanson
An owner of a crime fiction book shop in Boston is visited by an FBI agent. She tells him that a murderer is on the loose, killing people based on a list he posted on…Read more…
West Ham Ward Councillor Surgery Saturday 6 June 10am to 11am
My next Newham London, West Ham ward, virtual Councillor surgery is tomorrow (Saturday 6 June) from 10am to 11am. Please email John.Gray@Newham.Gov.uk and I will contact your by phone, or by Zoom, or by Skype or by GoToMeeting or by Teams.
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Plaque on a Clock Tower
I’d gone from Camden into Islington.
No idea the area was once called – Copenhagen
then a cattle market – the Caledonian.
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Deep inequalities in British society to be investigated
Equality and Human Rights Commission COVID-19 race probe announced
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you more heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus epidemic. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Protestors in the US and around the world standing up to…Read more…
Aero firm in ‘brutal’ jobs attack
“SPS must not exploit the lockdown to force through these unnecessary redundancies and brutal attacks on terms and conditions,” commented Unite regional officer Garry Guye said.
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