The union condemns the violence on both sides and calls for an end to attacks, and to 54 years of occupation
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NHS pay campaign: #2daysfor2k kicks off around the UK
Health workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are demanding an immediate wage increase of at least £2,000 for all NHS staff
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Remember George Floyd, and commit to the fight against racism
Dear Colleagues,
25th March marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. The TUC and Stand up to Racism are organising an event which brings us to together to pay respects to the memory of George Floyd, and asks us all to commit to the…Read more…
Bosses ‘filmed families’ at JDE protest
Bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire are accused of carrying out covert surveillance of workers and their families protesting at the company’s ‘fire and rehire plans’ in…Read more…
‘Huge victory’ at Manchester Go North West
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country’s longest-running industrial disputes. The deal was…Read more…
Labour and TUC call for ‘fire and rehire’ ban as part of new work vision
End of lockdown a chance for people to reassert control, say Frances O’Grady and Angela Rayner
People will have an opportunity to wrest back control over their working lives when the country emerges from the pandemic, but the government must do m…Read more…
Higher education staff reject 1.5% pay offer
The pay offer keeps up with inflation, but does not catch up with pay lost to HE staff over the past ten years
The article Higher education staff reject 1.5% pay offer first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
‘Paltry offer’
Unions representing 750,000 council and school support staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland criticised a recent 1.5 per cent pay offer made by the Local Government Association. GMB, Unite…Read more…
Unions call on schools and colleges to retain masks
UNISON joins other education unions in England to put the case for continuing use of face coverings by staff and children
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Thanks Jim for Voting Denise Thomas and John Gray as your UNISON NEC representatives for Community members
Many thanks to Jim D from Glasgow who sent me via my personal facebook a series of questions about my views on issues, I responded and then a little later he sent this photo of his completed ballot paper. Many thanks Jim!
I have received a number of t…Read more…
National Trust St Ives and The Hemingfords walk
On Monday, Gill and I stopped off on the way home from a post lockdown family weekend visit to Lincolnshire to go on this simply marvellous 5 mile circular walk around St Ives, Cambridgeshire.
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UNISON Greater London Housing Associations branch explain why they support Denise and John for NEC
Greater London RegionHousing Associations MembersDate: 11 May 2021This Branch has nominated John Gray and Denise Thomas in the UNISON National Executive Council elections 2021, to represent Community General Seat and Female Seat. We did so becau…Read more…
Back to physical (but blended) Council meetings
The Government has let the emergency Covid legislation allowing Councils to hold legal virtual only meetings to end. There was an unsuccessful judicial review against this decision, so I had to attend the Newham Council Local Planning Committee …Read more…
“Disappointing” council pay offer ignores huge Covid effort of workforce, say unions
Employers should come back with improved offer
The article “Disappointing” council pay offer ignores huge Covid effort of workforce, say unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists to strike
Biomedical scientists in the frontline of Covid-19 testing at a Lancashire NHS trust are ramping up their industrial action with a further three weeks of strikes in June, after bosses reneged on an…Read more…
‘No room for complacency’
The public is warned to keep up their guard when eating and drinking inside restaurants, pubs and fast food outlets are allowed from Monday (May 17), as a Unite the union survey reveals hospitality…Read more…
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
Too many LGBT+ workers have experienced harassment and unwanted behaviours which are offensive, intimidatory or humiliating. Here are links to guidance that can help you be a better LGBT+ ally.Read more…
Forgetting ‘the stuff swirling round your head’
During lockdown many of us have found how much being in nature can do to restore our sense of connectedness and lift our spirits. This feeling of wellbeing is of course nothing new to many of us –…Read more…
‘Working with the grain of nature’
While the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns may have suddenly and mercilessly separated us all from our normal lives, it brought many closer to the one thing that couldn’t be taken from us –…Read more…
Recognising the key role played by operating department practitioners during the pandemic
Vital work of ODPs being marked
The article Recognising the key role played by operating department practitioners during the pandemic first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…