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Nominations for UNISON NEC candidates close at 5pm on Friday 5 March. Denise and I have enough already be on the ballot paper for Community members but the more nominations the better!
Above are flyers from UNISON candidates I have had per…Read more…
On Tuesday 2 March 6-7.30pm trade union activists in Newham have organised a joint telecanvassing session in support of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and our Labour Assembly members.
East London and City Assembly member, Unmesh Desai, will be in…Read more…
For anyone looking for a version of Gone Girl set in North London, this is not the book for you. Or maybe it is — the first half, I mean. Because this a clever book…Read more…
The post The post-Brexit ‘red tape’ paradox: Part 1 appeared first on IER.Read more…
The TUC pensions conference brings together representatives from trade unions and the pension sector to debate the latest policy issues.
The full programme and sign up can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tuc-pensions-conference-fair…Read more…
The branch resources review makes a series of proposals for more practical support for local branches including improved funding formula and a new branch support and organising fund
The article NEC…Read more…
Unite, which represents over 400 bus drivers at Go North West, has written to the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urging him to intervene, having becoming increasingly alarmed at the…Read more…
Local government employers must speed up the pay process so that council workers and school staff – who have sacrificed so much during the pandemic – don’t have to wait months longer for a pay rise….Read more…
Employers must speed up pay offer
The article Unions dismayed by delays on pay rise decision for council and school workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON members share their experiences of getting the COVID-19 vaccine to help show that there’s nothing to fear
The article ‘Peace of mind and protection’ – why members are getting the jab first…Read more…
Sainsbury’s 2021 pay offer to staff – a 20p increase to £9.50 an hour – has been ‘put to shame’ by Morrisons’ pledge to pay workers £10 an hour from April, Unite said today (February 26). Unite, the…Read more…
This is my candidate statement: When I launched the Bernie Sanders campaign in the U.K. in July 2015 – at the Independence Day picnic of Democrats Abroad in Portman Square – I had no idea…Read more…
The TUC has intervened in a row over the appointment of the new secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) urging foreign secretary Dominic Raab not to…Read more…
Rishi Sunak should give something back on behalf of the nation
The article NHS staff urge the chancellor to do the right thing and fund a pay rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
At the General Committee meeting tonight of West Ham Labour Party delegates, they voted overwhelmingly to support motions to get rid of the existing Executive Mayoral model in Newham and replace it with a more democratic Committee model.
Unite is demanding that Crossrail takes immediate action to ensure that taxpayers money stops being misused and workers denied basic employment rights, on the troubled public sector rail project in…Read more…
The government must strengthen the Green Homes Grant and bring it under public control, or else risk failing to meet vital and legally-binding carbon targets to tackle the climate emergency, Unite…Read more…
Arbeiter-Radfahrer-Bund “Solidarity”The RKB was founded in Offenbach am Main in 1896 as the “Solidarity Workers-Cyclists Association”.The federal RKB office was initially located in Chemnitz, in 1907 the association moved its headquarters to Offe…Read more…
Passenger welfare and staff safety are behind a re-ballot of more than 4,000 bus drivers in London for strike action over the controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy, Unite the union, said today…Read more…
Strike action by Babcock Aerospace workers at RAF Leeming, near Northallerton in North Yorkshire, over a ‘plane wrong’ £5,000 pay disparity will increase in length and frequency until the dispute is…Read more…