The union’s nationwide newspaper ads underline how much members have supported the country in the year of COVID-19
The article UNISON sends a very public festive ‘thank you’ to its 1.3m members…Read more…
Unite History Project
Your union needs you! Your history is our history and to this end, Unite Education together with the Marx Memorial Library are putting together thoughts, feelings, recollections, triumphs and losses,…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – a lesson from history about how the Union handles complaints (relying on providence whilst questioning provenance)…
We are awaiting the results of the election for UNISON General Secretary. The lengthy delay between the close of the ballot and the timetabled date for the announcement of the vote has presumably been set to allow time for a full investigation i…Read more…
UNISON says goodbye & thank you to Dave Prentis
At the recent UNISON NEC meeting many members thanked Dave for his 40 years of service to the union (20 years as our General Secretary), often giving emotional tributes and wished him well on his retirement. He was presented with honorary Life me…Read more…
Unreported Deaths – Covid_19 cases in UK Food Processing Plants
A damning report by PIRC here into the failure of many UK food processing plants (the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector) to properly report the deaths of their workers from Covid_19 to the Health & Safety Executive and to take effective actio…Read more…
Price of Corn WW1 – Wheat – Barley – Oats – Imperial Bushels
Making sure local government pension funds are not supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
In amongst all the other things that have happened this year, looking back, an important victory for local government – and for local government workers – was won back in April (on a day when I was somewhat preoccupied) – when the Supreme Court release…Read more…
First branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Small Holders Union 1906 – Norfolk
First branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Small Holders Union was founded at Kenninghall (Joe Sage) and second, St Faith’s (George Hewitt) at St Faith’s and thirdly Shipdham – July 1906 RADICAL NORFOLK *Later known as National Ag…Read more…
Senator Jon Tester on Democrats and Rural Voters: ‘
Senator Jon Tester on Democrats and Rural Voters: ‘Our Message Is Really, Really Flawed’ Mr. Tester, a Montana farmer, detailed in an interview how Democrats had failed to connect with many voters: “You cannot have Chuck Schumer talking rural issues to…Read more…
Swaffham branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Smallholders Union Established 29 November 1906
The Swaffham branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Smallholders Union Established 29 November 1906
Sec: W Graves
Pres: Spencer
RADICAL NORFOLK
*Later known as National Agricultural Labourers & Rural Wor…Read more…
Wymondham branch National Union of Agricultural Workers estb 1910
Wymondham branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Smallholders Union Established 1910
RADICAL NORFOLK
*Later known as National Agricultural Labourers & Rural Workers Union
National Union of Agricultural Workers
Daily Herald 1926
James Keir Hardie – 120 Years since his election as 1st ever Labour MP (booklet from 2012)
I was really pleased that I was recently able to respond to a request by the Keir Hardie Society (via a former UNISON colleague) for a pdf copy of the booklet issued in 2012 to mark the 120th anniversary of Keir Hardie’s election. He was elected …Read more…
Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says exhausted staff need morale boost now
The article Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Urgent Appeal To Help War Graves Workers
Solidarity means helping each other out which is why your support for Unite members in industrial struggle is needed. Workers who maintain and care for our commonwealth war graves in France and…Read more…
Labour supporting Reparations
Yesterday it was a pleasure to chair a meeting of the General Committee (GC) of Brighton Pavilion Labour Party which had been convened (by earlier decision of the GC) to work through a backlog of motions submitted by branches over recent months…Read more…
‘Fair day’s pay for fair day’s work’
Members of the Unite and GMB unions employed at International Paint in Gateshead have announced strike action and an overtime ban beginning early next year in a dispute over pay and national…Read more…
Heathrow fire safety concerns
Unite, which represents thousands of workers employed throughout Heathrow airport, is warning that Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) contingency plans during the ongoing strike action have failed to…Read more…
‘The forgotten key workers’
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
The struggle for workers’ rights cannot be separated from the struggle for equality for discriminated groups
Ministers should move away from ‘divide and rule’ – and tackle socio-economic inequality in all its forms.Read more…