Many thanks to UNISON Community member, Denise Charles, for her super support”The community service group is the faster growing group in our union and we need people on our NEC who can fight for us and make sure our voices can be heard. For the la…Read more…
May 6 aftermath: Sadiq, Unmesh & Farah win well; Newham Democracy Referendum narrowly loses; Wales keeps Red as does some regions (but crushing by election defeat)
Now I have had some time to recover from electioneering and reflect upon last Thursday 6 May – some thoughts:-
Congratulations on Sadiq being re-elected as London Mayor; Unmesh re-elected as our local City & East Assembly member and Farah winning t…Read more…
Thurrock Council waste and recycling strikes go on
Unite members who provided essential services during the height of the pandemic have resolved to continue their strike in a battle to defend their pay from a brutal attack by Thurrock Council bosses….Read more…
NI bread shortages warning
Unite has warned of bread shortages in Northern Ireland this weekend as Hovis workers have confirmed all-out strike action. Management’s offer of a three percent pay increase was rejected by…Read more…
UNISON’s NEC election ballot helpline is now open
The dedicated telephone helpline will ensure all members receive their ballot papers, for union’s most important election
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Invest in NHS staff or waiting lists won’t shorten, says UNISON
The backlog is overwhelming and will take years to clear.
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Elected unopposed! UNISON Greater London Regional Council officers team
I was really pleased today to find out that the existing Regional Council team for Greater London UNISON has been re-elected unopposed.
Yvonne Green as Regional Convenor, Conroy Lawrence as Deputy Convenor, myself as Finance Convenor, Cynthia …Read more…
Mental Health Matters
A look at our Mental Health Matters series and the personal testimony of our TUC North West executive member Karen Kendrick.Read more…
‘Really significant victory’
Following revelations from unions including Unite, that logistics giant XPO boosted executive pay around the same time that UK government furlough payments were made to the firm, shareholders…Read more…
Loneliness and mental strain has to stop
Senior figures from across the road haulage, warehousing and logistics sector will join a roundtable event tomorrow (Thursday 13 May) with Unite, to discuss how to tackle the growing mental health…Read more…
Time for Westminster to follow Edinburgh on NHS pay
Health workers in all parts of the UK deserve decent rise
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UNISON responds to the situation in East Jerusalem and Gaza
The union is ‘extremely concerned’ by increased forced removals of Palestinians from their homes, destruction of Palestinian property and the building of illegal Israeli settlements
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Covid inquiry next year is way too late, says UNISON
The government owes answers to the workers, the public and the families of those who have lost their lives.
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Compulsory vaccinations for care staff are the wrong approach
Study shows compulsory jabs could hinder take-up
The article Compulsory vaccinations for care staff are the wrong approach first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Emergency Crime Scrutiny Meeting of Newham Council (5 May 2021)
The Chair of Crime Scrutiny, Councillor Daniel Lee-Phakoe, a father and local resident tells it as it is, about the recent tragic deaths of our young people in a meeting of police, senior council officers and politicians.
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A bold progressive move by the Labour Group in Brighton and Hove
I was very pleased, earlier this evening, to receive the following news in an email to Labour Party members in Brighton and Hove from the Labour Group on the Council;“Tonight, the Brighton & Hove Labour Group of Councillors have elected Councillor …Read more…
‘Corporate greed by corporate gangsters’
Unite members sent a loud and clear message at a protest on Wednesday (May 11) calling for the end of fire and rehire contracts. The Unite members, striking workers who face being forced onto…Read more…
‘Nasty side of govt’
“The moves on voter ID that could see millions of young and poor people lose their vote alongside the plan to curtail the right to protest – long and dearly held in this country – should be ringing…Read more…
Levelling up won’t mean anything without decent public services
Much-needed reforms missing from parliamentary agenda
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Radical reform not empty words needed on social care
Plan to fix care is needed right now
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