Move comes after years of campaigning and lobbying by UNISON, arguing that home and workplace cannot be easily separated in domestic abuse situations
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HS2 Euston protest
A joint venture company consisting of Skanska-Costain-Strabag that is seriously hindering legitimate trade union access to construction workers building the Euston tunnels of the HS2 railway have…Read more…
Ealing parking strikes end
Strikes impacting parking enforcement in Ealing have ended after outsourcing giant Serco issued an apology over its union busting tactics and agreed to reform. Nearly 50 civil enforcement officers,…Read more…
Support new quarry call
Unite, the UK’s leading union, is urging the Guernsey government to support a new quarry in Chouet Headland to preserve jobs on the island. The site of the proposed building aggregate quarry is…Read more…
Labour doorstep app canvass in Olympic E20, Brilliant William Morris quote & young people queuing up for Covid vaccine.
On Saturday I joined Labour Party colleagues to take part in a physical canvass of the Stratford E20 area (the site of the former 2012 London Olympic village). For the first time I was asked (or rather pushed) into leading a canvass team using t…Read more…
Health organisations stand together against abuse
Health workers have made the vaccination programme a success. But as they encourage everyone to have their jabs, some have suffered appalling abuse
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‘Major achievement’
Unite members working at the Jacob Douwe-Egberts (JDE) coffee factory in Banbury, Oxfordshire, celebrated a decisive victory today (August 4) as their strength and solidarity vanquished the threat of…Read more…
Compulsory jabs guidance is confusing and risks driving staff away, says UNISON
Donna Rowe-Merriman says measure will do more harm than good
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“This monstrous glowing orb makes a mockery of east London’s Olympic legacy” Lyn Brown MP
When London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, we were driven not just by sporting desire, but by a vision for a regenerated east London after decades of deindustrialisation and deprivation. We were promised not just new infrastructur…Read more…
Labour’s ‘new deal welcome programme for working families’
Last week marked a turning point for the Labour Party as they at last announced a “new deal” for workers – adopting many policies and ideas advocated by the UK unions, The TUC, the Campaign For Trade…Read more…
‘We need to maintain sovereign capability’
Unite welcomed the recent news that defence-critical steel engineering firm Sheffield Forgemasters would be brought into the public hands after the MoD bought out the firm in a £2.6m deal. The deal…Read more…
‘No corners to cut’ in EV transition challenge
In less than 10 years’ time, new diesel and petrol vehicles will be banned, and Unite has called on the government to ensure that affordable and accessible electrical vehicle infrastructure is in…Read more…
‘Now is the time – have your say on pay’
Securing fair pay for hard-working members is UNISON’s top priority, as general secretary urges members to make sure their voices are heard
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Welfare of ambulance staff at risk as services face ‘unsustainable’ demand
UNISON has written to ambulance service chiefs calling for urgent support for staff as services face unprecedented 999 call volumes and unsustainable demand from the public. The letter to Daren…Read more…
Fancy being an independent member of Newham Overview & Scrutiny Committee?
“We are looking to add further independence, skills and knowledge to Newham’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee by seeking 3 independent co-optee members.
For further information please visit https://orlo.uk/CommitteeVacancies_zZsiaClosing date 8 Augus…Read more…
Corporate power in international supply chains
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Support aviation jobs plea
Unite has reiterated its call for a sector-specific support package for the aviation industry after reports of an apparent rift between chancellor Rishi Sunak and prime minister Boris Johnson over…Read more…
NHS pay protest
Unite members in health attended a protest over NHS pay on Friday (July 30), joining hundreds of other health workers across London. Members of the Unite Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital branch marched…Read more…
Winding down furlough creating ‘unnecessary harm’
Unite has called on the government to extend and adapt the furlough scheme as new research shows hundreds of thousands of viable jobs could be at risk as the scheme winds down. The study from the New…Read more…
UNISON campaign to protect East Midlands NHS jobs pays off
New University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group signs agreement to protect jobs in merged Northampton General Hospital and Kettering General Hospital trusts
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