UNISON has always given a helping hand to members in need through There for You – and last year help was needed more than ever as the charity’s new impact report demonstrates
The article ‘A…Read more…
Review: Super Human: The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever, by Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey is famous (in some circles) as the guy who invented Bulletproof Coffee, which is both a concept and a business. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Asprey seems to be one of the first…Read more…
All or nothing
Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the tendency to try and force issues or ideas into either/or boxes. I don’t why I’m more aware of it lately, but I seem to see it everywhere. Most often it appears in assessments of events – either This Will…Read more…
Launch of “Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Abuse, Neglect and Fire in a London Children’s Workhouse, 1854-1907” By John Walker
Yesterday evening I went to the launch at Newham Bookshop of this work by local historian, John Walker. I haven’t read it yet but I know that the story of this Victorian workhouse for children (which is only 10 minutes walk from where I live) is pretty…Read more…
Review: Leopoldstadt, by Tom Stoppard
The problem with seeing Leopoldstadt – Tom Stoppard’s most recent and probably last play – is that so much is going on, there are so many characters on stage all at once, so many…Read more…
Review: Leopoldstadt, by Tom Stoppard
The problem with seeing Leopoldstadt – Tom Stoppard’s most recent and probably last play – is that so much is going on, there are so many characters on stage all at once, so many…Read more…
Exploitation of care workers must end, says UNISON
Labour’s move to close legal loophole is welcome
The article Exploitation of care workers must end, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON Housing Association Branch says Goodbye & Thank You
Yesterday I went to a “real” leaving “do” in central london for our temporary branch case worker Susan (with members of our executive, branch and regional staff).
Since Susan was employed during Covid pandemic, I had never actually met her in person …Read more…
Sainsbury’s empty shelves threat
Sainsbury’s stores in London and the South East could face empty shelves after DHL lorry drivers at the supermarket’s Dartford distribution centre signalled their willingness to strike over pay,…Read more…
Police staff pay freeze ‘deeply insulting’
Unions representing police staff, including control room operatives, 999 calls handlers and forensic specialists, have written to the home secretary Priti Patel asking her to urgently reconsider the…Read more…
General secretary ballot results
Sharon Graham has been confirmed as the next general secretary of Unite the union. Unite the union has today (August 25) announced the final results of its members’ vote for each of the three…Read more…
Unions write to home secretary demanding police staff pay freeze is overturned
UNISON and other police staff unions demand rethink
The article Unions write to home secretary demanding police staff pay freeze is overturned first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Blog: Is this the kind of community you want to live in?
Our local services face catastrophic cuts. Help us stand up for them and take action now
The article Blog: Is this the kind of community you want to live in? first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Many nurses and midwives feel unprepared and unsupported in first roles
More help needed from government and employers for new health staff
The article Many nurses and midwives feel unprepared and unsupported in first roles first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Councils across England, Wales and Scotland face a £3bn funding black hole next year
Ministers must find emergency funding to avert catastrophic cuts
The article Councils across England, Wales and Scotland face a £3bn funding black hole next year first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“Lost in UNISON” online courses
UNISON is of course the most wonderful organisation ever but it has 1.3 million members who work in a number of very different public services (public, voluntary and private) in all parts of the UK.
So its structures and what you have to do to be…Read more…
Bexley bin strikes suspended
Bin collections in the London borough of Bexley are to resume from tomorrow (August 25) while a deal between refuse collectors and their employer Serco is ratified. Unite said its members have voted…Read more…
10 things you probably don’t know about the NHS pay award
UNISON members may be wondering how to react to the government’s imposed pay award. Here are some facts to help you decide what 3% means for you
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Blog: Call 999 – the terrifying crisis in the ambulance service
We need them when things are at their worst, but demand on paramedics has been increasing, recently hidden by the pandemic. How can our first responders be helped?
The article Blog: Call 999 – the…Read more…
“My advice to anyone is to get the vaccine” – Young COVID patients share…
Young victims of Covid & medical professionals explain why their advice is for everyone to get the vaccine. Read more…