Unite has called for a ‘new chapter of constructive relations with staff and unions’ at British Airways after it was announced today (October 12) that CEO Alex Cruz would be immediately replaced by…Read more…
ONS Covid-19 Survey
I was randomly selected as to be part of this national survey. I agreed to take part several weeks ago to be swab tested for current Covid infections and blood tested for antibodies (to see if I have been infected in the past).
However, it…Read more…
“Newham Hero Honoured by the Queen on World Homeless Day”
Ajitha Sajeev awarded British Empire Medal in Queen’s birthday honours for services to Rough Sleepers.
Newham Council is delighted to announce that 30-year Council veteran Ajitha Sajeev has been honoured by the Queen for services to the homeless….Read more…
Newham Against Immigration Centre @NewhamAgainst
Tonight I spoke to young people from Newham via zoom who were very concerned (and other things) about a proposed immigration detention centre being built by the Home Office in Royal Docks, Newham.
Many Newham Councillors (excluding obvious…Read more…
UNISON urges Bangor University to ‘put people before buildings’
Third round of job cuts being rushed into due to an ‘anticipated shortfall’ of students
The article UNISON urges Bangor University to ‘put people before buildings’ first appeared on the…Read more…
Firing and Rehiring: An agenda for reform
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UNISON fights to save award-winning hospital catering
‘Outstanding’ hospital catering at Hitchingbrooke Hospital is under threat from North West Anglia NHS Trust decision
The article UNISON fights to save award-winning hospital catering first appeared…Read more…
“More support is needed to save jobs and protect incomes”
The government has agreed to pay two-thirds of the wages of staff whose business are forced to close amid local lockdowns in the second wave of the virus – but Unite has urged the government to go…Read more…
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 Unite member Kofi Opoku This week Unite paid special…Read more…
‘We simply don’t have time’
Unite has vowed to escalate its campaign to introduce stricter safety measures for London buses after it emerged that Unite member Kofi Opoku, who worked for Metrobus and was based at the Croydon…Read more…
‘Crass and insensitive’
When work and pensions and secretary Therese Coffey said in an interview this week that her relative anonymity meant she was doing her job well, she may not have anticipated how her shocking comments…Read more…
Pandemic ‘shines even brighter spotlight on mental health’
Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday (October 10), mental health services have never been more important amid a pandemic that’s precipitated a global mental health crisis. But even as more…Read more…
Some employers only paying lip service to Black staff’s Covid fears
The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong
The article Some employers only paying lip service to Black staff’s Covid fears first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Keir Starmer visits Newham NHS Professionals
“Today we didn’t get the reassurance and hope we needed from the Prime Minister.”Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election 2020 – who to vote for?
Unfortunately the offer made by the Socialist Party’s candidate for UNISON General Secretary (which was welcomed on this blog) has not been taken up by the other candidates. It seems however that this offer was indeed made “for show” since Hugo Pie…Read more…
‘Crying out for support’
Low cost airline easyJet’s warning to the government that it is likely to need “bespoke financial assistance”, is echoed across the entire aviation industry, Unite said today (October 8). Unite…Read more…
‘Dangers as well as opportunities’ for home workers
Unite says employers should reach homeworking agreements to avoid an industrial minefield when turning workers’ homes into a place of work. The explosion in home-working, caused by Covid-19,…Read more…
Heathrow: Don’t cut our pay plea
Last month Heathrow Airports Ltd (HAL) issued a section 188 notice beginning a process which could result in over 4,000 workers directly employed by the airport being fired and then rehired on vastly…Read more…
Heathrow’s staff pay cuts ‘owes more to boardroom greed than this virus’
Horrific pay cuts of up to £8,000 a year being imposed on thousands of Heathrow airport workers are the cost of eye-watering levels of debt and excessive payments to directors and shareholders, Unite…Read more…
XPO EXPOSED
Workers at XPO Logistics report unsafe working conditions, wage theft, misclassification and dangerous pandemic response in analysis of company’s operations in more than six countries
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