With the tsunami of job losses we predicted when Rishi Sunak announced, the phasing-out of the furlough scheme now coming to pass, the government’s reversion to type with a reliance on a failed “free…Read more…
Jobs, security and dignity – sign up to TUC congress 2020
Our moment to demand change for working people
The article Jobs, security and dignity – sign up to TUC congress 2020 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Building Stronger Communities
The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong communities, supporting and looking out for each other. However, strong communities do not happen by accident; they need to be nurtured…Read more…
Blog: Because Black disabled lives matter
UNISON activists Veronica Price-Job and Peter Daley look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting Black disabled workers
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Lle Cut, Patagonia by Kyffin Williams
Awst / August 2020 Calendar by Welsh Landscape Artist, Kyffin Williams. The National Library of Wales.
As a boy I was fascinated by stories of this Welsh speaking community in modern Argentina. Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – what are the Socialist Party up to and why?
I have blogged here recently both about my recollections of the five previous UNISON General Secretary elections and my uncertainty about whom to support in the election now underway. I am – as I have put it (and to the seeming amusement of some …Read more…
VJ Day 2020 – Never forget the sacrifice
“On the day we commemorate #VJDay75 Mayor @rokhsanafiaz
said ‘On behalf of all councillors,the council & residents of Newham, I want to give our thanks to the brave soldiers from the UK & Commonwealth who gave their lives & who we re…Read more…
Landmark toxic cabin air ruling
Unite has welcomed a landmark ruling in America, where a pilot for the airliner JetBlue won a compensation case after becoming chronically ill from exposure to toxic cabin air. The pilot, Captain…Read more…
‘Scandalous’ treatment of airport’s staff
The treatment of Jersey Airport’s Swissport staff facing 70 per cent redundancies by both the company and the island’s government is ‘scandalous’, Unite said today (Friday August 14).
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A sightseer in Beirut
In the morning the vast inspiring
Al Amin Mosque.
Heads covered feet bare.
Under the chandeliers
our whispered voices
echoes of centuries.
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Bakkavor workers This week, Unite highlighted…Read more…
Luton Airport demo
Workers based at Luton airport will stage a protest tomorrow Friday (August 14) to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents devastation throughout the industry by fulfilling his promise to provide…Read more…
Industrial action ‘on the cards’ at housing association
The prospect of industrial action is on the cards at the Liverpool-based Riverside Housing Association over detrimental shift pattern changes for 100 customer service staff. Unite has fired a warning…Read more…
‘We will not allow our reps to be bullied’
About 500 Manchester bus drivers will hold a consultative ballot on whether they want to take industrial action after a senior Unite rep at bus company Go North West Limited was suspended for…Read more…
Rock-bottom morale
Bank branch workers are among the forgotten heroes of the coronavirus crisis, with many travelling into work even at the height of the pandemic at great risk to their lives to provide a vital service…Read more…
UNISON calls for ‘sustainable and sufficient’ university funding
Call comes amid chaos caused by government handling of A-level results
The article UNISON calls for ‘sustainable and sufficient’ university funding first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Schedule D.24 of the UNISON Rule Book and the General Secretary election
This is a blog post about an obscure section of a trade union rule book. If that is not your thing then please, look away now.Although it is now more than three years since I last held any office in UNISON, I do like to keep abreast of the latest editi…Read more…
UK plunged into recession
Prime minister Boris Johnson boasted in late May that the government had a ‘world-beating’ track and trace system in the works. Nothing could be further from the truth, as UniteLIVE highlighted…Read more…
Bakkavor sick pay win
Food manufacturer Bakkavor has committed to paying workers who need to self-isolate at its Newark dessert factory, where there has been a recent outbreak of coronavirus, their full basic wage…Read more…
‘I see no ships’?
The United Kingdom is famous for its seafaring tradition. The legendary Royal Navy has won many a maritime victory and our shipyards have been the envy of the world. Britannia may no longer rule the…Read more…