On the final day of TUC Congress 2020 on Tuesday (September 15), delegates held a wide-ranging debate on tackling racism. Systemic racism has risen to the top of the agenda this year especially amid…Read more…
Labour Starmer’s “get your priorities right and defeat virus” call to Johnson
Calling on the government to replace the furlough scheme and outlaw ‘firing and re-hiring’ practices as part of a “genuine national plan” for jobs, Labour leader Keir Starmer addressed the TUC today…Read more…
Public services need a new normal, says UNISON general secretary
Public services must be rebuilt after years of cuts and neglect
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‘We’re going to have to win it’
On the second and final day of this year’s TUC Congress on Tuesday (September 15), proceedings began with a vital debate about preventing unemployment and building back a better recovery…Read more…
Pension ruling a disaster for 1950s-born women, says UNISON
MPs must now intervene to give the support that is due
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Government urged to act after major minimum wage win by homecare workers, says UNISON
Legal win has implication for thousands of workers
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#NoGoingBackToNormal
“The clapping might have stopped, but the support shouldn’t. Join us in the fight to support all key workers and rebuild public services at unison.org.uk/nobacktonormal #NoGoingBackToNormal”
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Dear Prime Minister and Chancellor,
Covid-19 and workplace rights
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Blog: No Going Back to Normal
Over coming weeks we will be taking this fight to the government. The more people who visit our new campaign website and sign the open letter to the prime minister and chancellor the better.
The…Read more…
Unite concerns for PHE demise
A total of 13 health unions and professional organisations, including Unite, have written to the health and social care secretary Matt Hancock protesting at Public Health England (PHE) being subsumed…Read more…
Bus drivers begin strike ballot
London bus drivers employed by Singapore-owned Metroline will be balloted next week for industrial action which could hit the capital’s roads this autumn in a dispute over the company’s proposals to…Read more…
‘We won’t rest until we win’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady gave a powerful opening speech this morning (September 14) of the first day of the first online-only Congress in the union confederation’s 152 year history….Read more…
‘It’s time for equality’
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland spoke passionately at Congress today (September 14) in a debate about the unequal impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on ethnic minorities, working…Read more…
‘Unionised workplaces are safer workplaces’
The TUC’s first-ever online-only Congress started today (September 14) with a wide-ranging debate on workplace safety amid the coronavirus pandemic and the vital role key workers and unions have…Read more…
Government mustn’t sleepwalk into further care home catastrophe, says UNISON
Plan needed for care homes and infection control fund must be extended
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‘Amazing victory’
Unite this weekend (September 12) hailed as ‘an amazing victory’ news that Arcadia, run by controversial retail tycoon Sir Philip Green, has now agreed to pay full salaries for head office staff…Read more…
Chancellor – don’t walk away
This year’s 152nd TUC conference in London may be very different as it’s being held on line – but the messages trade unions including Unite are making are crystal clear – workers cannot be made to be…Read more…
‘Chaos and confusion’
“Given that employers, customs agents and drivers will have to familiarise themselves with complex new border arrangements, it is completely unacceptable that lorry drivers, who are not responsible…Read more…
‘Congress must speak as one on Covid – our class will not pay for another crisis’
Has the Covid-19 crisis really given us no option other than to brace ourselves for a “necessary period of adjustment”?
Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, seems to think so but,…Read more…
Government must support public services and key workers to build a better post-pandemic future
New UNISON campaign to move country forward
The article Government must support public services and key workers to build a better post-pandemic future first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…