The case for the wholesale reform of the UK care system has never been stronger
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People must come before profit in reformed social care system
Social care provision must mirror the structure and ethos of the NHS
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‘Brutal pay cuts’
The Living Wage Foundation has been urged to end its accreditation of London-based lettings software provider Goodlord over ‘brutal’ £6,000 pay cuts that have forced staff to begin indefinite strike…Read more…
Budget: has govt learnt anything from pandemic?
This government’s mismanagement of the crisis has led to the UK suffering the biggest economic hit in Europe, not to mention a tragically high loss of life. Much-trailed in the media, we’ll soon find…Read more…
If you’re a poet, we want to know it
Submissions invited for competition to mark World Poetry Day, with a two-night break at Croyde Bay as the prize for the winning poet
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant Hapus
Happy St David’s Day.
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Budget ‘must unite the whole country’
Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday (March 3), Unite is reiterating its calls to chancellor Rishi Sunak to take urgent and decisive action to protect health, jobs and incomes. The Budget will be the…Read more…
Keeping those afloat from going adrift
Unite warned today (March 1) that plans by the London Resort – the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary – to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full…Read more…
London bus strikes latest
London bus passengers should brace for further severe disruption this week, Unite has warned, after fresh strikes in a dispute over pay and terms and conditions were called. The industrial action…Read more…
Cruise ship accommodation plan warning
Unite has warned that plans by the London Resort, the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary, to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full consultation,…Read more…
Blog: We’re not martyrs, we’re fighting for change
This International Women’s Day we’ll all be ‘choosing to challenge’ – just as we always do in UNISON
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Boss’s shame as staff demand £170k in unpaid wages
Serious questions continue to be asked into allegations that the owner of Lunar Automotive, previously based in Preston, has not paid his workforce to the tune of about £170,000 while they have been…Read more…
Cumberland Infirmary workers stage second strike
UNISON calls on NHS England to investigate where a “substantial sum” of money has gone that should have been used to fund unsocial hours payments for the workers
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Unions and digital disruptors
In recent years, new digital start-ups have changed the faces of whole industries. New entrants have risen to dominance in their sectors and previously major players have collapsed. The pace of…Read more…