Dear John, I hope that you and your family have remained safe and well. I know that many of you have been playing a really important role in supporting Newham residents during this terrible time and I just want to thank you so very …Read more…
‘Skills, confidence and opportunities’
For over twenty years the Union Learning Fund (ULF) has supported union learning reps and unions across the country build skills, learning opportunities and life chances across the country. The ULF,…Read more…
Education staff need an urgent new safety plan for schools, says UNISON
Government must explain science behind keeping schools open
The article Education staff need an urgent new safety plan for schools, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Blog: Still by your side during the second wave
There is no rest for me or anyone in UNISON while our members continue to do all they can to fight this pandemic and keep our communities going
The article Blog: Still by your side during the second…Read more…
School support staff and nurses’ safety paramount
As a new national lockdown comes into force from Thursday (November 5), much of the economy will close down as it did in March. But unlike the first national lockdown, schools will remain open – and…Read more…
Making sure young people have a post-pandemic future
November is young workers month and UNISON wants to hear directly from young workers on what support they need from their union
The article Making sure young people have a post-pandemic future first…Read more…
Blog: This avoidable crisis
The Lawrence Review endorses UNSION’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19
The article Blog: This avoidable crisis first…Read more…
Ballot Papers out – if you are a UNISON member vote MCANEA, Christina to be our next General Secretary
UNISON members up and down the county have been receiving ballot papers to decide who will be our next General secretary of our union.
I am supporting Christina because I think she is the better candidate but also I think it is about time …Read more…
Biomedical scientists being ‘ripped off’
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are losing about £7,000-a-year because hardline bosses refuse to pay ‘the going rate for the job’. Unite said that…Read more…
Covid by nation
As you will be aware England will go into a second lockdown from 00:01 GMT Thursday November 5. Information from the Cabinet Office on the new national restrictions, including what they mean for…Read more…
‘Stop gap deal’
Londoners can breathe a sigh of relief after London mayor Sadiq Khan successfully negotiated a Transport for London (TfL) funding deal with central government which will keep public transport in the…Read more…
‘We cannot let another bad boss win’
In a corner of our sprawling capital, a massive daylight robbery is underway, but you will struggle to read about it in the papers or hear about it on TV or radio. At this very moment, Heathrow…Read more…
Time for fair wage for social care workers on ‘forgotten frontline’, says new coalition
Christina McAnea says immediate emergency support fund needed to guarantee wage boost for workers
The article Time for fair wage for social care workers on ‘forgotten frontline’, says new…Read more…
An attack on democracy and freedom of criticism
“Article 10 (of the European Convention of Human Rights) will protect Labour Party members who, for example, make legitimate criticisms … MoreRead more…
Review: The Socialist Awakening – What’s Different Now About the Left, by John B. Judis
In 2002, John Judis wrote a book predicting a new Democratic majority. It was his riposte to Kevin Phillips’ The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) which correctly predicted a quarter century…Read more…
Voting for Change in Newham – My announcement
Dear Mayor and Councillors colleagues I will be stepping down from my position as Statutory Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Lead for Housing Services. I wish to play an active role in the 2021 Newham Mayoral referendum campaign in support of a committe…Read more…
Review: Rogue Male, by Geoffrey Household
In 1939, British writer Geoffrey Household imagined how a lone sniper might attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler at his Bavarian vacation home near Berchtesgaden. Two years later, anti-Nazi German…Read more…