New report paints a stark picture of the fear and anxiety
The article Minsters must wake up to the Covid threat in nurseries first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Review: The Catch, by Mick Herron
While fans wait for the arrival of the seventh Slough House novel by British author Mick Herron, he has thrown some crumbs to his audience with a series of novellas — this being the most…Read more…
We created Strike Map to reassure workers that they are not alone
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Almost no employer has been punished for breaking Covid rules. Here’s why
The post Almost no employer has been punished for breaking Covid rules. Here’s why appeared first on IER.Read more…
UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures
Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant
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Unite secures pay-out for former Halton Transport workers
Unite has welcomed an employment tribunal decision which sees 85 former Halton Transport workers, Unite members, receive a pay-out that could exceed £200,000 in total after the bus operator failed to…Read more…
Heathrow Airport strikes latest
Unite members at Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) will undertake renewed strike action next month in the increasingly bitter dispute over the company’s decision to fire and rehire its entire workforce,…Read more…
Nissan commits to Sunderland plant after post-Brexit deal
Unite has welcomed news that Japanese car giant Nissan has committed to maintain its operations in Britain after the UK and EU struck an eleventh hour trade deal last month. Nissan confirmed on…Read more…
Government must help struggling councils urgently
Many are already on the brink financially
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‘Cuts have consequences’
After initially being promised by the government last Autumn, this week the wait for the Further Education White Paper finally came to an end as the Department for Education published “Skills for…Read more…
Lancashire Social Democratic Federation SDF "Red Van" Tour 1908
Social Democratic Federation “Red Van” tour 1908not to be confused with Clarion Van’s or Land Nationalisation Red Van’sRead more…
Fred Henderson – Independent Labour Party (ILP)
Fred Henderson – Norwich
Martin Lewis: Working from home due to coronavirus, even for a day? Claim a year’s worth of tax relief
I have finally got around to submitting a claim to the Inland revenue for tax relief for working from home. It took about 5 minutes (but I did have an existing Government Gateway account)
There is a valid argument that the employer should …Read more…
Housing association impasse
Clarion Housing Group, one of the UK’s largest social landlords, is still continuing to insist on pushing ahead with routine repairs at its properties, despite some residents being Covid-19 positive,…Read more…
‘An attack on one is an attack on all’
More than 350 DHL staff at Sainsbury’s Dartford regional distribution centre are being balloted for industrial action after a Unite representative’s ‘completely unjustified’ suspension for…Read more…
‘It’s a really tough balancing act’
Earlier this week, Labour forced a vote on stopping a £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit payments. With 278 votes in favour of the Labour motion after a majority of Tory MPs abstained, the government…Read more…
UNISON voices concern at post-18 education proposals
The union sees a missed opportunity in both further and higher education to create a system placing students and staff at their heart
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Review: Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends, by Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum is a great historian, a terrific journalist and a strong opponent of authoritarian regimes everywhere. But this book disappoints. It begins with a party she and her Polish husband…Read more…
Review: The Drop & The List, by Mick Herron
When I first discovered Mick Herron’s ‘Slough House’ series of books, I got completely hooked, and read all six of them in a binge lasting 24 days. And now, like so many other fans…Read more…