Heathrow Unite members took another day of strike action today (February 5) in addition to the four days of strike action they took in December. More strikes are planned for February 9, 13, 16 and…Read more…
The headlines didn’t matter: BooHoo has been allowed to keep profiting from poverty
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‘I’ve forgotten what it’s like to just be free’
“I’m sad today. I have too much work. It stacks up so quickly and I don’t have the same support I’d have in school. I get easily overwhelmed and I got a consequence on my school record today because…Read more…
❤ Unions week is back
Next Monday, February 8 sees the fifth annual Heart Unions week where trade union members and workers across the country come together to celebrate the amazing things unions do. The last year…Read more…
The Poet
In the Rotunda where once Lincoln and Kennedy lay in state rioters carrying confederate flags spat in the eyes of democracy. He craved power. The flames of sedition lit by a crowd dangerously devoted…Read more…
Government must step in to prevent vaccine strong-arm tactics towards care staff
Companies should be informing not intimidating employees
The article Government must step in to prevent vaccine strong-arm tactics towards care staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Hitting wages of key workers would be ‘worst possible’ blow to economy, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says taking money from pockets of public sector staff is deplorable
The article Hitting wages of key workers would be ‘worst possible’ blow to economy, says UNISON first…Read more…
Branches vote unanimously to get rid of Executive Mayoral model in Newham
This evening I went to West Ham (as Cllr) and Forest Gate North (as member) branch Labour Party meetings and both voted unanimously for this motion (one abstention)
“This Branch notes that: The Newham Governance Referendum on 6thMay 2…Read more…
Needlessly in danger of Covid exposure
Unite is warning that thousands of council and social housing tenants in Kent, as well as the housing maintenance workers who maintain their homes, are being put at unnecessary risk of Covid-19…Read more…
‘No option but to step up strike action’
The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe faces further disruption this month as scaffolders based at the site, announced a further six days of strike action in a dispute over pay. The workers have…Read more…
Workers at Heathrow renew strikes
Workers employed by Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) will renew strike action tomorrow (February 5) in a bitter dispute, over the company’s decision to fire and rehire its entire workforce on vastly…Read more…
UNISON wins workplace protection for domestic abuse victims
New domestic abuse protection orders will help to prevent abusive partners coming to victims’ workplaces
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Government urged to protect school meals workers
Letter from UNISON and councillors across England comes as private catering companies cut job, hours and nutritional standards
The article Government urged to protect school meals workers first…Read more…
The Future of Adult Social Care
The Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland published its report today. It makes a wide range of recommendations that might address the long-standing need to reform this sector.
Most of…Read more…
Getting Blackrock to do things…
Just a quick post. I increasingly find myself thinking that the focus amongst campaigners on trying to move the giant asset managers, and Blackrock in particular, represents a failure to think things through.
There are a number of overlapping aspects t…Read more…
UNISON Community Live 2021: 16 – 20 March 2021
Hat tip “live” photo of activists enjoying themselves in a previous UNISON Community (members who work for Housing Associations and the voluntary sector) conference. Hopefully next year but in the meanwhile…
“Community Live will be held between 16-20…Read more…
Public Service Alliance: Key Worker Lobby
They are getting us through lockdown after lockdown — cleaning our hospitals, taking us to work and keeping food on supermarket shelves. But 2 million key workers right now live on minimum wage….Read more…
Launching the Preston ‘Join a Union’ campaign
“I feel like I’ve been punished for following the rules.”
A zero-hours worker shares their experience of trying to obtain Test and Trace Support Payment.Read more…
HS2 social distancing helmets warning
Unite has warned that hi tech hard hats which sound a warning when workers come within two metres of each other, should not be used as a disciplinary tool but as an education device. Unite issued its…Read more…