Lifesaving support for water, sanitation and hygiene will be reduced by 80 percent, which will have a devastating effect on countries across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic
The article UNISON…Read more…
Fire and rehire ban call
Trade unions representing millions of UK workers and Labour MPs and Lords from across the country have issued a joint call for the government to ban fire and rehire as pressure builds for ministers…Read more…
Gene edited food rules to be relaxed
Unite, the UK’s leading union, is urging caution over moves by both the UK and the EU to relax rules governing the commercial use of gene editing in agriculture. Last week, the European Commission…Read more…
JDE dispute latest
Crunch talks are being held on Friday (May 7) in a bid to resolve the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute involving nearly 300 workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Talks between Unite…Read more…
‘Biggest shake-up of pathology services in decades’
There needs to be a proper public consultation for a new mega centre to analyse blood samples from Lancashire and South Cumbria, as the proposal will mean longer waiting times for patients to get…Read more…
British and Irish trade unions condemn Colombian state violence
Letter notes human rights abuses on a ‘massive scale’, with up to 37 people reported killed
The article British and Irish trade unions condemn Colombian state violence first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Review: The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
In the afterword to this book, author David F. Walker provides a rather nuanced view of the Black Panthers, and correctly sums it all up by saying that the conditions that gave birth to the…Read more…
‘We must move cautiously’
Unite has joined other education unions, scientists, public health experts, parents and pupils in calling for Covid safety measures in secondary schools to remain in place and only be lifted once…Read more…
Unmesh Desai says vote COMMITTEE in #Newham.
Unmesh Desai says vote COMMITTEE in #Newham. He’s #VotingForChange – are you?
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UNISON NEC Elections – A Voice for Members: Ballot papers out now!
If you work in housing associations, Charities and the voluntary sector and are members of UNISON please vote for Denise and John as your voices on its National Executive Council (NEC).
Also consider voting for the following candidates for region…Read more…
Vote Labour, Vote Labour, Vote Labour – 3 votes for Labour in London: Mayor, Assembly member & Party
Braving the rain yesterday evening with Plaistow South Canvass teams and our super active Labour City and East Candidate, Unmesh Desai.
(In the East Ham Central ward by election they have a fourth Labour vote for Farah Nazeer)Read more…
We’re voting for change – Newham Referendum 6 May 2021
Newham voters are going to the polls today Thursday 6 May to decide how their council is run.
This is a one-off referendum – if you don’t vote today, you won’t get another chance for at least ten years.
Vote for Change for a fairer, more democratic cou…Read more…
Denise and John for UNISON Community NEC seats!
Ballot papers for the UNISON NEC elections 2021-2023 are now being delivered by Royal Mail to the homes of UNISON members.
Many thanks to our first video endorsement by Lola for our campaign (Denise Thomas for the Community NEC female seat and J…Read more…
IHG bosses: ‘do the right thing’
Global hotel chain IHG’s annual meeting on Friday (May 7) should act as a catalyst for a new chapter in employment rights for its staff, especially as the world’s spotlight will be on Glasgow, where…Read more…
Tugboat strikes ‘shot across management’s bows’
Devonport naval base faces 96 hours of disruption next week when tugboat crews strike in the continuing rostering dispute, Unite said today (May 5). About 40 tractor tug crew members employed by…Read more…
Wales’s Social Partnership Bill: A chance for change
Progress on the Welsh Government’s Fair Work agenda has been stop-start in the two years since the independent Fair Work Commission published its ambitious set of recommendations. The new Social…Read more…
What Workers in Wales Want: 5 Priorities for the Next Senedd Term
Between December 2020 and April 2021 we worked with YouGov to talk to thousands of workers across Wales to better understand how they view their working lives, their experiences of the Covid crisis,…Read more…
Rebuilding for Good Jobs: Why the next Welsh Government must focus on job quality
If we’re going to come out of the Covid crisis with a fairer economy and a more equal Wales then the next Welsh Government must confront the grim realities of our labour market and target job quality…Read more…
Hopes for Euro hols – but govt support vital
Commenting on reports that popular European travel destinations will be added to a UK government ‘green list’ for holidaymakers by the end of June, Unite national officer for aviation Oliver…Read more…
Review: The Black Echo, by Michael Connelly
I admit it: I’m a latecomer to this party. Michael Connelly is an enormously successful writer and his series about Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch is his best-known work. But it’s…Read more…