I finally got around to watching the 2015 film “The Big Short” on Netflix last night. If you ever want an insight on the reasons why there was a huge international financial crash in 2007/08 (the effects of which are still with us today) …Read more…
School staff must be allowed to wear masks for safe reopening, says UNISON
Chief UK medical officers’ views show staff need face coverings
The article School staff must be allowed to wear masks for safe reopening, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Review: A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway wrote this short collection of vignettes during the very last years of his life. And because of that, they are the mature reflections of a great writer looking back at the beginning of…Read more…
Unemployment is rising. We need an urgent plan to tackle it
Recent unemployment figures show widespread job losses. The government needs to act now to safeguard livelihoods and prevent mass unemployment.Read more…
Today’s GDP figures show the steepest economic decline on record
With the UK now officially in recession, the government must act now to save jobs and stop an unemployment crisis.Read more…
Hatred in the age of coronavirus
Coronavirus is, in many ways, showing the best of British. But alongside this humanity, we’ve seen a rise in hatred. Far-right extremists have tried to take advantage of coronavirus to spread…Read more…
Protecting jobs and investing in our future – the best way to give people hope
With the UK now in recession, decisive action is needed to protect jobs and aid recovery.Read more…
Newham launch of NHS Covid 19 Test & Trace app
Everyone in Newham has been sent a letter explaining about the app and a code to download. I got mine this morning. It took me about 2 minutes to install (make sure you download the NHS covid 19 app and NOT the normal NHS smart phone app) and already i…Read more…
UNISON local government staff accept new pay deal
Work will now begin on fair award for next year
The article UNISON local government staff accept new pay deal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘They shall not pass’
Or as Nelson Mandela put it “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People are taught to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they…Read more…
‘Victory for common sense’
The decision by the University of Sheffield to drop its plans to sack and reengage over 8,000 of its employees in a bid to cut costs has been hailed as ‘a victory for common sense’ by Unite on…Read more…
Meat plant deep clean after new Covid cluster found
After 35 staff tested positive for the virus the pork meat processing plant will now close for a deep clean this weekend. It’s understood testing and tracing will take place among the 500 employees…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Unite PHE members This week, UniteLIVE spoke to some of…Read more…
New survey will reveal state of NHS staff car parking
Some sites already charging staff again – even as COVID-19 pandemic continues
The article New survey will reveal state of NHS staff car parking first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We’ve just been thrown under the bus’
Earlier this week, health secretary Matt Hancock dropped a bombshell announcement laying out his plans to entirely scrap Public Health England (PHE) in the middle of a pandemic, a decision which was…Read more…
‘This fight will go all the way’
British Airways ground staff and cabin crew were among those who have given overwhelmingly called for strike action to fight their employer `all the way’ in the defence of their jobs, wages and…Read more…
London Ambulance Service (LAS) choose Christina for UNISON General Secretary
“This afternoon (20th August 2020) the London Ambulance UNISON Branch Committee met and have decided to nominate Christina McAnea for General Secretary to our great union.Christina has worked with our branch on many issues and has the exper…Read more…
ADL betrayal
ADL branded ‘disgraceful and deceptive’ over Guildford production closure and Falkirk and Scarborough redundancies
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4 things we learned from running Organise 2020
The TUC hosted our first major online digital event, Organise 2020, on 9-11 July. It had originally been conceived as an offline organising summit…Read more…
Time to be ‘more German’?
In the UK, the Chancellor is refusing to extend the furlough scheme despite the prospect of mass job losses. But in Germany, the ‘Kurzarbeit’ social insurance scheme ensures employers reduce their…Read more…