The union is highlighting the particular risk to vulnerable workers
The article UNISON urges HSE to improve COVID guidance for employers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Just at the right time’
Unite has today (February 10) launched the learning hub@heathrow to assist its members employed at Heathrow and the local community to develop their skills, to improve their prospect of finding work…Read more…
Review: Jews Don’t Count, by David Baddiel
This is a brilliant book and I encourage all my non-Jewish friends to read it. My Jewish friends will not need to read it because what Baddiel writes — and he writes really well —…Read more…
‘It’s never too late to make a change’
During National Apprentices Week this week, many people may be wondering if an apprenticeship in skilled trades is right for them. Maybe they think if they aren’t under 25 — or if they aren’t…Read more…
Blog: Why Heart Unions Week is so important
Heart Unions week isn’t silly self-indulgence – it’s a chance for us to grow, be stronger and achieve more for our members
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Government failings over protective kit meant lives were lost
Care workers were forced make their own safety kit, buy it themselves or go without
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Team London for Members 4 UNISON NEC 2021
We are standing to• Represent every one of the 130,000 UNISON members across London• Amplify the voices of our members from every service group and sector – community, utilities, higher education, health and local government• Ensure UNISON is a …Read more…
Remembering LGBT+ history – and those who are struggling today
LGBT+ History Month is more important than ever, as the pandemic adds to the isolation felt by many LGBT+ people as a result of their gender identity or sexuality
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Help to save a piece of our industrial heritage
A former UNISON president is leading the appeal to save the home of the Durham Miners’ Association – one of the “100 irreplaceable buildings” in the UK
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‘Best value for money you’ll ever get’
Sean Halsall, 35, worked as a bus driver for Arriva in Southport for 16 years. He was recruited to Unite during a training session and went on to become the rep at his workplace for six years, the…Read more…
London bus strikes announced
London bus passengers should brace themselves for serious disruption as Unite announced bus strikes in the capital. The first wave of strike action involves bus drivers employed by the French owned…Read more…
Redundancy rights win
Unite has secured an important victory over the union’s right to be notified of redundancies following a ruling regarding workers employed at the Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire. In April 2020, the…Read more…
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Pathfinders:
“A History of the Progress of coloured US Graduate Nurses” (1929).
This book was previously written and owned by two Black nurses who helped desegregate the Red Cross
Union safety reps are saving lives in the pandemic
If you know someone who would make an excellent health and safety rep, tell them to step forward. Read more…
Pay staff fairly to tackle care recruitment crisis
Care work is fulfilling but tough and isn’t to be taken on a whim
The article Pay staff fairly to tackle care recruitment crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Outsourcing must end to restore public services
Privatisation and outsourcing have failed the public and workers
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UNISON calls for deadline extension for settled status
Many measures supporting workers with the settled status application process have been withdrawn during the pandemic
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‘Political football’
As the trade union representative on the boards of Enginuity, (the Sector Skills body for the engineering sector) and the Board of Cogent, (the Sector Skills body for the chemical, pharmaceutical and…Read more…
Why I became a rep
Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021’s I Heart Unions Week.
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Review: Slough House, by Mick Herron
This, the seventh book in the Jackson Lamb series, does not disappoint. I imagine most everyone who reads it has already devoured the previous six books. For us, the return of Lamb and his…Read more…