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Newham Labour Group Questionnaire on Council Governance Model (deadline 2.10.20)

Sep 30, 2020By John's Labour blog

  Dear John (4000 Labour members in Newham would have received this email on 26 September)  Newham Labour Group’s Working Party are conducting a survey on …Read more…

Sep 30, 2020John's Labour blog

Imagining what happens next in the UNISON General Secretary election

Sep 30, 2020By Jon's union blog

Imagine this.   Imagine that there were an election for General Secretary of UNISON at the point at which the long serving incumbent General Secretary was retiring, and that a candidate supported by most of his previous supporters, promised co…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Jon's union blog

Blog: Ten years of the Equality Act and still fighting

Sep 30, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON disabled and LGBT+ activist Louise Ashworth looks back at 10 years of the Equality Act

The article Blog: Ten years of the Equality Act and still fighting first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Air Traffic Control in the Highlands and Islands.

Sep 30, 2020By Dave Watson

The public procurement of cutting edge technology is risky at the best of times. For a small public sector airport company to embark on such a programme during a pandemic, which is devastating the…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Dave Watson

Mass unemployment still looms

Sep 30, 2020By UNITElive

The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment crisis.

The post Mass unemployment…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020UNITElive

‘Morally repugnant’

Sep 30, 2020By UNITElive

A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, have been urged to have an urgent rethink…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020UNITElive

Chaos looms as drivers slam govt over ports paperwork Brexit shambles

Sep 30, 2020By UNITElive

Angry lorry drivers have accused government minister Michael Gove, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of ‘blame shifting’ as he tells them to prepare paperwork for ports post-Brexit – an impossible…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020UNITElive

‘We need a cohort of resources’

Sep 30, 2020By UNITElive

As previously reported on UNITElive Danny spent nine days in Kingston Hospital, Surrey, at the end of March this year. Danny had endured the full range of the virus’ symptoms at home for eight days….Read more…

Sep 30, 2020UNITElive

‘Penny pinching’

Sep 30, 2020By UNITElive

‘Inadequate’ sick pay and worker bus fare rises at the coronavirus-hit Bernard Matthews’ turkey processing factory in Suffolk increase the risk of further Covid-19 transmissions, Unite said today…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020UNITElive

Review: London Diary, by Quentin Reynolds

Sep 30, 2020By Eric Lee

One thing I love about reading older books is that often they were intended to be read immediately, to change the way people thought, and were not aimed at posterity. This is that kind of…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Eric Lee

‘All they’ve done is ignite a toxic debate’

Sep 30, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON says the government’s response to the Gender Recognition Act consultation is a missed opportunity and has, once again, let down the trans community

The article ‘All they’ve done is ignite a…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Migration Advisory Committee report exposes government’s muddled immigration plan

Sep 30, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

The sector needs to be properly funded and wages increased

The article Migration Advisory Committee report exposes government’s muddled immigration plan first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Dave Prentis blog

U.S. unions warn Trump: Don’t even think about it

Sep 30, 2020By Eric Lee

A few days ago, the president of the AFL-CIO (the US’s national trade union centre) issued a powerful statement. The federation “categorically rejects all threats to the peaceful transition of power”…Read more…

Sep 30, 2020Eric Lee

“Don’t be bullied by British Gas”

Sep 29, 2020By John's Labour blog

 Don’t just get angry British Gas workers – get organised & fight
Read more…

Sep 29, 2020John's Labour blog

Rolls-Royce plant ‘heart and soul’ of local jobs

Sep 29, 2020By UNITElive

Members of Unite have begun to ballot for industrial action as part of a campaign to save the historic Rolls-Royce plant at Barnoldswick in Lancashire. The iconic site, which is the cradle of the jet…Read more…

Sep 29, 2020UNITElive

Taking UNISON’s demands to the Treasury

Sep 29, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON makes submission to the government’s comprehensive spending review

The article Taking UNISON’s demands to the Treasury first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Sep 29, 2020Dave Prentis blog

‘Wake up call’ for rogue employers

Sep 29, 2020By UNITElive

A legal case launched by Unite could prove to be a wake up call for rogue employers the union has claimed today (September 29). An employment tribunal will be asked to consider the case of a member…Read more…

Sep 29, 2020UNITElive

Unite victory on remote sign-on

Sep 29, 2020By UNITElive

Unite, the union which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has secured a major victory in its campaign against the introduction of highly controversial remote sign-on operating procedures….Read more…

Sep 29, 2020UNITElive

‘Lifetime skills guarantee’ won’t make up for mass unemployment

Sep 29, 2020By UNITElive

Prime minister Boris Johnson’s plans for expanding vocational training announced today (September 29) will not reverse the impact of skyrocketing levels of unemployment on the horizon amid the…Read more…

Sep 29, 2020UNITElive

Petition launches to get COVID tests for all education staff

Sep 29, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team

The article Petition launches to get COVID tests for all…Read more…

Sep 29, 2020Dave Prentis blog
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