Immingham ferry operator DFDS Seaways is using the coronavirus pandemic as an ‘excuse’ to drive through redundancies and ‘brutal’ attacks on its workers’ terms and conditions, Unite said today…Read more…
Care workers ‘deserve much better’
As the government announced on Tuesday (July 21) that less than 20 per cent of public sector workers would receive a pay rise, Unite has highlighted the millions of essential workers who have risked…Read more…
Return to austerity?
This week’s public sector pay announcement – where less than a fifth of public sector workers were granted a pay rise – was followed almost immediately by the government warning of continued…Read more…
Fix broken tipping system now
Repeat a lie often enough, and people will think it’s true – this is the mantra successive Tory governments have adopted, after pledging countless times for more than four years now to introduce…Read more…
Got abused by an anti-masker
Man drives past cyclist who is wearing a mask & shouts abuse at him.Cyclist shouts abuse back.Man gets out of his car.Watch what happens next….(watch until end)Read more…
Pay announcements mask “something altogether more sinister”
All public sector workers need a pay rise
The article Pay announcements mask “something altogether more sinister” first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
easyJet staff ‘losing faith’ in airline
easyJet staff will hold socially distanced demonstrations this week at Newcastle, Southend and Stansted airports over the firm’s plans to close its operations at those locations and shed 1,290 cabin…Read more…
‘Save our Jobs’ call
Dozens of workers in the hospitality industry, Unite members, stood together in socially distanced solidarity at a pair of demonstrations today (July 21) to call on employers and the government to…Read more…
Brighton and Hove Council – a way forward?
As ever on this blog, these are my personal opinions. Over the past few weeks disciplinary action has been initiated by the Labour Party against three members of the Labour Group on Brighton and Hove City Council, in two cases this involved (or wo…Read more…
Millions of public sector workers denied pay rise
Millions of workers have been left out of the latest public sector pay increase announced today (July 21), which is to cover only about 900,000 workers, or 20 per cent of the public sector workforce….Read more…
Time to give a fair pay rise to all public service workers
Investment in staff and public services will boost the economy
The article Time to give a fair pay rise to all public service workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON extends solidarity to women in pensions appeal hearing
Court of Appeal will decide on lost pensions for women born in the 1950s
The article UNISON extends solidarity to women in pensions appeal hearing first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
#LifeAfterLockdown
I fully support the campaigning Charity Z2K and the launch of #LifeAfterLockdown. In particular their policy demands listed below:-
“In the wake of #Covid19, urgent changes are needed to our social security and private rented housing systems so that e…Read more…
Protect our steel jobs call
Speculation has emerged that Tata is in talks with the UK government to replace the plant’s blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces as a condition of its investment in the site.
The post Protect…Read more…
UK govt ‘not doing enough’
Unite has commented on business secretary Alok Sharma’s new announcement today (July 20) of £200m worth of grants for the aerospace industry – saying that despite these grants bringing some support –…Read more…
Pupil funding still leaves schools worse off than 10 years ago
Government announcement on pupil funding still below pre-austerity levels in real terms
The article Pupil funding still leaves schools worse off than 10 years ago first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Fighting back against tyranny’
Covid-19 has put food and agriculture workers at the heart of a national and international fight and highlighted all that’s wrong with the food system — dysfunctional, fragile, exploitative, wholly…Read more…
‘Every death is a tragedy’
“Independent, credible studies such as ones by the University College London and the University of Oxford and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have revealed how one of the tragedies of…Read more…
It’s The Media Stupid…Book Review
By Peta Steel The Media, the 2019 Election and The Aftermath Edited by Granville Williams Published by Campaign For Press And Broadcasting Freedom (North) £9.99 ‘It’s the Media, Stupid’ – The Media,…Read more…
Essex Way: Fairstead to Cressing circular walk
Another lovely 8 mile walk along the Essex Way (and back). We started today at Fairstead Church and went to Cressing along this national path then turned back to self guide back to Fairstead along alternative routes.
Fantastic ancient green lanes and b…Read more…