Christina McAnea says shameful employment practices and low wages need tackling
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Five key issues for unions to take to Starmer talks
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Luton Airport jobs ‘hammer blow’
Workers employed by Menzies Aviation at Luton Airport are facing a grim future as the company has announced it intends to cut 176 jobs, around half of its workforce. Menzies currently employs 374…Read more…
Sizewell C project must go ahead
The threat to 10,000 jobs in the nuclear supply chain if Sizewell C does not get the go-ahead should concentrate the minds of ministers on the need for a coherent UK energy policy, Unite said today…Read more…
Test and trace to be outsourced – to Amazon?
Even as the current partly privatised testing regime is falling apart, the government hopes to involve the private sector even more in its test and trace system, it has been revealed. The Telegraph…Read more…
‘Failing’ Grayling port appointment ‘insult’ to Unite members
Chris Grayling’s £100,000 part time Felixstowe port job ‘slap in the face’ to staff shouldering pay reductions.
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you the latest heroes and zeros amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail At this…Read more…
NHS staff say ‘#OneTeam2K’ as they call for a pay rise
Health staff across the UK are entering a second day of campaigning, urging the government to give every NHS worker an early pay rise of at least £2,000
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Christina McAnea: Proud to be Nominated by UNISON National Executive Committee
“It is an honour to be nominated by UNISON’s National Executive Council. I am incredibly grateful for their support and proud to have their trust to lead our great union, in partnership with our members and lay leaders”.
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Unite hails EDF apprenticeship announcement
Unite the union, which represents construction and energy workers, has strongly welcomed the announcement today (September 17) that EDF has increased by 50 per cent the number of apprentices that…Read more…
Local lockdowns on the rise amid spike in cases
As the spectre of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic haunts the UK, more and more areas have had local lockdowns imposed, with parts of the north east being the latest area to face new…Read more…
Care funding must get through to those who need it, says UNISON
Ministers must get tough with care employers
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NHS workers call on government to show its appreciation for them
An early pay rise of at least £2,000 to every NHS worker is needed
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Retired members’ committee announces care webinar
Online event will take the place of cancelled conference and will be centred around social care and the need for a national care service
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Angela Rayner tackles Boris on Covid testing and grouse shooting priorities at PMQ
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NEC nominates Christina McAnea in general secretary election
Voting in the election opens to all eligible UNISON members on 28 October
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UNISON General Secretary election – further details of the NEC nomination called into question
Today, 16th September, UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) nomination was secured for Christina McAnea using an unprecedented procedural move. UNISON’s NEC has never – as I observed earlier this afternoon used an exhaustive voting system for a…Read more…
Post-Brexit ‘chaos’ in Kent
Unite national officer Adrian Jones spoke today (September 15) on BBC Radio Kent talking about Unite’s call for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian, which details…Read more…
Hitachi pulls out of Wylfa nuclear project
Ministers should unveil their energy White Paper urgently to allay fears about the future of the UK’s nuclear industry, following the announcement that Hitachi is pulling out of the Wylfa nuclear…Read more…
‘Corruption on a cosmic scale’
As a robust and efficient Covid-19 test and trace system struggles to get off the ground in the UK, biomedical scientists – experts in laboratory testing – have condemned the overuse of the private…Read more…