Unite, has today (June 16) endorsed Barry Gardiner’s parliamentary bill to end fire and rehire. Unite’s general secretary, Len McCluskey, called the practice, in which employers sack…Read more…
Premier Inn protests
Protests at Premier Inns in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland calling for staff to be paid the real living wage will be held tomorrow (June 17), the same day as parent company Whitbread’s…Read more…
Woolwich Ferry dispute latest
London mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to intervene as new strike dates were announced in the Woolwich Ferry ‘different bosses, same victimisation’ dispute. The nine days of 24 hour strikes during…Read more…
Farm worker shortage can be solved with better pay
Difficulties finding seasonal agricultural workers could solved by improving notoriously bad pay and conditions in the sector, Unite has said in response to complaints by UK fruit farmers.
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‘We must be the generation that rebuilds after the pandemic’
UNISON renews campaigning commitment to a greener and more equal future
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‘Unions are very 2021’ – so let’s keep growing
Conference hears how recruitment and retention have boomed in the pandemic, and listens to examples of how it was done
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Conference demands full inquiry into the handling of the pandemic
Major debate looks at the Westminster government’s COVID record, from procurement of PPE to the impact on Black workers
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Invest in vital public services and learn pandemic lessons, says UNISON
Christina McAnea gives first annual conference address as general secretary
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Compulsory jabs risk driving staff away and are the wrong approach
Undervalued and underpaid workers could walk away
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‘Give us a social security package’
As the furlough scheme is about to end, so will the £20 Universal Credit ‘uplift’. With double the number of claimants since onset of Covid, Unite demands the UC rise becomes permanent
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What do the UNISON NEC election results mean for what UNISON does in the Labour Party?
Much commentary on trade union elections focuses on the implications for the Labour Party (which is more than a little irritating since trade unions are about a lot more than simply our relationship with our Party). However, as a Labour Party member (f…Read more…
Review: V2, by Robert Harris
Robert Harris is back. Having made his reputation with Second World War thrillers such as Enigma and Fatherland, Harris is on familiar territory here and knows how to tell a good story. I read the…Read more…
The statue wars
Some people – and by that I mean some Tories – have whipped themselves up into a frenzy over the issue of statues. The pages of newspapers like the Daily Mail and Daily Express are…Read more…
Social care needs a radical overhaul urgently to value the vulnerable and staff
Christina McAnea responds to Public Accounts Committee report
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UNISON Special Delegate Conference 2021: Day 1
Today was the first day of the virtual (for obvious reasons) UNISON delegate conference. It will finish on Thursday. Last year there was no conference due to Covid, so it seems a long, long time since we had our last conference.
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‘Workers and businesses still need more help’
New figures published today (June 15) have shown signs that the labour market is recovering after lockdown restrictions eased earlier this year, with unemployment falling for the fourth month in a…Read more…
‘Metro misery’
Tyne and Wear residents are being warned to brace for ‘Metro misery’ during train maintenance strikes that will impact rail travel across the region. Unite issued the warning after its members…Read more…
Unite lorry driver manifesto launched
Unite has launched a radical manifesto to tackle the chronic driver shortage affecting the UK’s lorry driving sector. The manifesto has been drawn up to coincide with a ministerial roundtable to be…Read more…
‘Passengers and bus drivers at renewed risk’
Unite, which represents tens of thousands of bus drivers, is calling on the government to ensure that the current rules on mask wearing and reduced capacity on public transport are properly enforced…Read more…
UNISON delegates pass branch resources review
Proposals have the potential to be ‘transformational’ for branches, activists and the union
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