This is not good news Newham. Please get tested even if you don’t have symptoms. My wife Gill had common cold symptoms on Sunday and wanted to get checked. We booked on line a drive thru appointment for the same day in East Ham. It took around 20 minut…Read more…
BAE systems apprentices recruitment drive
Unite has welcomed the announcement today (December 17) that BAE Systems will recruit 1,250 new trainees in 2021 as much needed positive news for the UK’s aerospace sector, The trainees will be…Read more…
‘A fight for our lives’
If the common saying is anything to go by, you’d think lovers and fighters were mutually exclusive categories — but Unite member and health and safety campaigner Hilda Palmer is in fact both….Read more…
UNISON responds to COVID testing plans for English schools
National schools committee describes UK government’s announcement, made on the last day of term, that some secondaries will be expected to start next term online, as “jaw-dropping”
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John McDonnell – GLC Poster
‘Social solidarity is what Unite is all about’
Big-hearted car workers belonging to the Unite the union’s Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Solihull branch have raised £50,000 for five charities in the Birmingham region, as thousands in the city face a…Read more…
Lemmings cleared to build third runway to cliff edge?
The Supreme Court decision to clear the way towards a third runway at Heathrow can’t really be legally wrong. That is rather the point of having a “supreme” court – and what the word “supreme” means in this context (as opposed to any other context).
Th…Read more…
How a ruling in South Africa shines a light on the UK’s weak protections for domestic workers
The post How a ruling in South Africa shines a light on the UK’s weak protections for domestic workers appeared first on IER.Read more…
Ports congestion warning
Unite has responded to a call by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) for an investigation by parliament into the congestion at Britain’s ports, to warn that…Read more…
Laid bare: The scandal of expendable workers before, during and after Covid
The post Laid bare: The scandal of expendable workers before, during and after Covid appeared first on IER.Read more…
Lyn Brown MP report in West Ham CLP Newsletter
Lyn Brown Update I hope you are all keeping safe and well. We are sadly still living in very dystopian times, with a lockdown still in place, and many struggling in our communities. I am so very grateful to so many of you who are ou…Read more…
For Labour Party members – what happens in Scotland matters in England (and Wales)
Among the legacies of New Labour in Government were a series of partial and unfinished constitutional innovations, including (for example) limited reform of the House of Lords (to remove voting rights from most, but not all, hereditary peers, leaving a…Read more…
Moving pension funds past the greenwash
The investment industry is responding to the demands of pension funds for investment strategies that address climate change. However, we should seek to distinguish between meaningful action and…Read more…
Care workers looking after sick and elderly still not getting regular Covid tests, says UNISON
Government failing on pledge to test staff every seven days
The article Care workers looking after sick and elderly still not getting regular Covid tests, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Testing plans need more detail
Government appears more concerned with headline grabbing
The article Testing plans need more detail first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Our Negotiator. What can possibly go wrong?
Xmas relaxation plans should be scrapped
Unite, which represents over 100,000 health workers, has backed a call by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Health Service Journal (HSJ) that the government’s plans to relax social distancing…Read more…
Unite backs Greenwich council in schools decision
Unite the union continues to back the original decision made by Greenwich council to move classes online from today (December 15). Unite accused the education secretary Gavin Williamson, who has…Read more…
Plymouth tug crew strikes
Royal Naval shipping movements around Plymouth will be plunged into ‘Christmas chaos’ when specialist tug operators at Devonport’s naval base employed by outsourcer Serco Marine go on strike, Unite…Read more…
New Unite construction guide ‘invaluable tool’
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has launched a comprehensive construction guide to help ensure the safety of construction workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The guide titled Construction…Read more…