Unite has warned that the failure of many businesses to provide adequate notice of shift patterns is damaging workers’ health and destroying family lives.
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Unite urges govt to be careful over compulsory vacs
Unite has urged the government to carefully examine the pitfalls, as well as the advantages, of requiring care home staff to be compulsorily vaccinated for Covid-19.
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Outlaw fire and rehire plea to Mayors
Unite today (Thursday April 15) called on the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to publicly back a declaration to outlaw fire and rehire on bus…Read more…
Staying safe during Ramadan
UNISON’s national Black members’ committee wishes ’a blessed Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim members’ and highlights guidance on staying safe
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GS election 2021
Yesterday (April 14) the Unite Executive Council set in hand the election process for a new Unite general secretary.
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My NEC report to UNISON Community SGE
I am the elected NEC General seat member for all UNISON Community members (Housing Associations and Voluntary sector). My colleague, Denise Thomas, is the Female seat holder. This is my latest report on my NEC activities to our Community Se…Read more…
Review: The Other Passenger, by Louise Candlish
The author of this brand new London-based thriller is honest enough to tell readers — in the Acknowledgments — of her debt to the book Double Indemnity by James M. Cain, which was made…Read more…
Persuasion not coercion must be the key to drive vaccine take-up, says UNISON
Mandatory jabs are the wrong approach and a massive distraction.
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Air pollution – a workplace issue
Air pollution is blighting communities. It is affecting the health of workers on their journeys to and from work. It also harms workers while they are at work (both those working indoors and out)….Read more…
Labour internationalism begins at home
The global financial crisis, recession and subsequent austerity policies amount not only to a disastrous failure of policy but also of economic thinking.Read more…
All our London EU Citizens can vote Sadiq for London on May 6
All our London EU Citizens can vote Sadiq for London on May 6
Also whether you’re working from home, juggling work and childcare or working shifts on the frontline, the safest and easiest way to have your say is to vote by post. Just fill in your detai…Read more…
UNISON to help lead union response to the racism report
The union will work with the TUC to address the discredited report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which downplays structural and institutional racism
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Turning young people onto politics
With elections across the UK on 6 May, UNISON is supporting National Voter Registration Day on 19 April
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Blog: The government can still address racism properly
Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie looks at the background to the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and examines its failings
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Join UNISON for a series of green events
Help build the union’s campaign on greening our public services
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UNISON research reveals scale of council deficits
Finances have been hit by increased spending to deal with COVID and a reduction in income because of the pandemic
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Happy 80th Birthday Mum!
This is the 2nd “off message” post in a row but it is my personal blog and many families in the UK (and elsewhere) are in similar circumstances. Gill and I spoke to my Mum on FaceTime this morning to wish her happy birthday and had a lovely chat….Read more…
Supporting branches – online events coming soon
A series of online Q&A sessions on the future of branches in UNISON is part of the union’s branch resources review
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Hospitality is back – but job loss pain remains
After a long winter in lockdown, Britons today (April 12) will celebrate the re-opening of pub and restaurant gardens in England, in a significant milestone in the government’s roadmap out of…Read more…
Calling all outsourced members in the NHS
UNISON survey strengthen its One Team Us2 pay campaign for outsourced healthcare workers
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