Everyone wants schools to reopen fully but they must be safe
The article Government must use the time schools are closed to make them safer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Further blow to aviation sector’
Unite has reiterated its call for the government to support the aviation sector as home secretary Priti Patel announced a new hotel quarantine system for arrivals from high-risk countries. Patel…Read more…
‘We have a duty as trade unionists to remember’
On Holocaust Memorial Day today (January 27) Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner has a special message for members. Watch in the video below: Film by Martin Scanlon
The post ‘We…Read more…
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‘Tremendous result’
Unite has secured a deal, subject to a members’ ballot, to end the long running dispute over British Airways’ plans to fire and rehire the workforce in its cargo division. Members of Unite…Read more…
Unison Branch AGMS Feb 2021
There are two dates for the City of Stoke-On-Trent Local Government Branch AGMs and they are as follows: 12.00pm 10th and the 15th of February 2021. You only need to attend one of the meetings. As the meeting will … Continue reading →Read more…
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Morning Star – Cycling – Clarion
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London County Council – Greek Marble
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‘Be the light in the darkness’
Every year on January 27, people across the world join in solidarity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), on the anniversary of the day Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death…Read more…
The Wellerman – TikTok Sea Shanty mashup 2021
What better way is there to finish a long lockdown day than signing off with a knee thumping Sea Shanty! Read more…
Time for certainty on worker protection as unemployment rises fast
The government must end the drip feed of worker and business protection, and announce the extension of the furlough scheme, including for the self-employed, to the end of the year.Read more…
‘Fix furlough and extend it now’
Urging the government to extend the job retention scheme, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (January 26) said, “The government mustn’t repeat the mistake of the last time round when it…Read more…
Branch resources review – still time to have your say
The package of draft proposals will be presented to the union’s national delegate conference for final approval
The article Branch resources review – still time to have your say first appeared on…Read more…
What does “Just Transition” mean in practice? We cannot deliver on climate change unless we have justice and fairness…?
Last Wednesday I attended the launch and first evidence session of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Local Government Pension Funds and its inquiry into ‘Responsible Investment for a Just Transition’. The meeting was chaired by Clive Be…Read more…
Heathrow Airport TGWU Banner 1973
‘Please follow the guidelines’
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic.
Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and respected’ Brighton bus driver Christopher…Read more…