I think we can all agree that 2020 has been quite a year. The Covid crisis has shown us more clearly than ever that, even if we’re all in the same sea, some of us are in very different boats. And…Read more…
Blog: This Black History Month, we won’t go back to the old normal
Our Black members deserve so much better
The article Blog: This Black History Month, we won’t go back to the old normal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Addiction support workers enter last day of latest strike
We Are With You continues to refuse to pay promised wage increase, after Central Arbitration Committee rules it has to recognise UNISON
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Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Black inventors and innovators This month is Black…Read more…
John Gray: UNISON NEC report to my Community Service Group Executive Committee 30.9.20
(picture of me and my fantastic fellow UNISON Community NEC comrade, Denise Thomas, at the UNISON centre last year. Denise has also submitted a report on her activities) Report to Service Group Executive (elected lay UNISON activists in the volu…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – the score at half-time
I am cross-posting here a post published today on Labour Hub summing up where we are in relation to the UNISON General Secretary election. Apologies to regular readers (Sid and Doris Blogger) for repeating some content from earlier posts on this blo…Read more…
Health workers will play a part in hitting climate targets for NHS, says UNISON
Report will help NHS move towards net zero
The article Health workers will play a part in hitting climate targets for NHS, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Learning Welsh at work: proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks
All my adult life I’ve made excuses about why I didn’t speak Welsh like “I didn’t learn it in school” or “my family didn’t speak Welsh”. I was embarrassed every time I was asked. But the truth was…Read more…
The new job scheme is important – but ministers will need to do far more
The short-time working scheme announced by Rishi Sunak is an important step. But let’s be clear: it’s just one piece in the jigsaw of support we need.Read more…
To tackle unemployment, we urgently need a ‘right to retrain’.
Adult skills spending has fallen off a cliff during the last decade. We need an expansive retraining programme that will support unemployed people to get the skills they need to return to employment.Read more…
UNISON submits further education pay claim
Claim for college staff in England seeks a “full restoration” of the loss to pay in the sector during 10 years of austerity
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We need our steel
Steelworkers unite in Europe wide call for action to safeguard vital sector
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Only weekly testing of NHS staff will stop the virus in its tracks
The government has failed to keep its many testing promises
The article Only weekly testing of NHS staff will stop the virus in its tracks first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Deliver on pay pledge call
Colleges must deliver on their promise to increase staff pay now the government has provided further education an extra £400m funding, said education unions including Unite, as they launched…Read more…
Government breaks pledge to stop low-paid health and care staff paying twice to use the NHS
Boris Johnson promised a lifeline to low-paid workers then callously pulled it away
The article Government breaks pledge to stop low-paid health and care staff paying twice to use the NHS first…Read more…
Celebrate!
Celebrate the first day of this year’s Black History Month and watch our short video below.
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Don’t switch us off!
Unite’s retired members, together with Unite Community, are fighting to save free TV licences for over 75s after the government suspended them last month. From August 1, only pensioners over 75 who…Read more…
Govt’s day of shame
Today is the annual UN Day for Older Persons, a day of celebration and recognition for a generation who have given a lifetime of work to build our nations and fought for social and economic justice,…Read more…
Unite celebrates Black History Month
Every October, Unite’s headquarters holds its annual Black History Month event, featuring a range of speakers and the ever-popular buffet of African, Asian and Caribbean foods which sees Unite’s…Read more…