Chancellor Rishi Sunak yet again failed to offer the level of ambition necessary to rebuild a shattered economy, while also targeting the lowest paid to bear the brunt of the crisis despite their…Read more…
Blog: This cynical, divisive kick in the teeth
Chancellor’s pay freeze for most public service workers mocks the government’s commitment to ‘levelling up’ with old-style Thatcherism
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Divide and rule won’t help the economic recovery
Chancellor’s plan is austerity plain and simple
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‘Act of industrial self-mutilation’
Rolls Royce’s announcement that it will close its factory in Barnoldswick from this Friday (November 25) until after Christmas, while offshoring work around the globe, has been described as an act of…Read more…
Shockingly poor government planning left health and care staff vulnerable to the virus
Ministers reacted too slowly when buying protective kit
The article Shockingly poor government planning left health and care staff vulnerable to the virus first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Give Newham the dosh you promised us Chancellor!
Later today the Chancellor will announce the details of the Comprehensive Spending Review, which sets out the government’s departmental spending plans for the next financial year. Let us not forget the financial impact COVID-19 has had on local governm…Read more…
Election of officers, convenors and stewards 2021-2022
Nominations are now open for branch elections for 2021-2022. The deadline date for receipt of convenor nominations at the branch office is 10 am Monday 4 January 2021. The deadline date for receipt of officer nominations at the branch office … Co…Read more…
“A Space to Learn, Live & Play” (but can West Ham residents afford to live here?)
Today I joined a zoom presentation by the developers of the old Ford car dealer showrooms at 259 Plaistow Road, West Ham ward, Newham.
I was there as a local ward Councillor with my colleague Cllr McLean (Cllr Whitworth had a medical clash and w…Read more…
Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in higher education
“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
The article Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in…Read more…
Procurement failures
The UK Government is mired in a series of procurement scandals that go way beyond poor practice. While not on the nearly on the same scale, all is not well in Scotland either. In recent months I have…Read more…
‘Festive crisp famine’ warning
A series of broken promises and a proposed pay freeze by management at haulier Eddie Stobart Ltd, could result in a festive crisp famine, Unite has warned. The dispute is a result of Eddie Stobart…Read more…
Workers must have a collective say over economic recovery
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Spending Review, let us cast our minds back to Boris Johnson’s infamous promise to “level up” Britain. As with all of Johnson’s slogans, it is a promise of great…Read more…
Government must intervene to protect policing in Warwickshire
Plans to cut 85 police staff roles must be halted
The article Government must intervene to protect policing in Warwickshire first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Chancellor has ‘the power and the responsibility to renew our country’
Unite has urged chancellor Rishi Sunak to reject a return to austerity ahead of his comprehensive spending review on Wednesday (November 25) amid reports that the latest announcements will hit the…Read more…
Unite GS to chancellor: ‘In this time like no other we need action like no other’
Ahead of the comprehensive spending review (CSR) on Wednesday (November 25), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak calling on him to use the power of his office…Read more…
UNISON members time is running out. There’s only a few days left to #votechristina. Lets make history…
If you have not voted yet in the UNISON election for our new General Secretary then time is running out.
Vote for “MCANEA, Christina” with a single X to be the next General Secretary of UNISON. The first ever female leader of any big UK trade union. …Read more…
Meat is murder
One of the things we’ve doing at work since the pandemic hit is looking at the spread of Covid in the workplace, in particular in food processing. My colleague Alice Martin wrote a really good research note on the sector which we published back in Sept…Read more…
Who will remember them?
On sea beds
of the Aegean.
Of the Mediterranean.
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PPE logjam scandal
The government’s incompetence in securing adequate levels of protective kit for health and care workers made big headlines during the first wave of the virus. But little seems to have changed months…Read more…
The self-isolation payment isn’t working. The government must raise statutory sick pay now
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has repeatedly refused to do what’s clearly needed: raise statutory sick pay and make it available for all.Read more…