Kate Ramsden is a respected member of the UNISON NEC and is known for being fair and independent minded. This is what she thinks about the present NEC “leadership” who call themselves the “TFRC”.
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Ford cleaners pay win
Cleaners at Ford Dagenham and the Ford Dunton Technical Centre in Essex have accepted a 5.1 per cent pay rise for 2022, Unite the union announced today (January 31). Over 150 cleaners, employed by…Read more…
Coventry bin strikes begin
An all-out continuous bin strike began today (January 31) in Coventry after council leaders reneged on a commitment to make a fresh offer in the dispute over pay. Representatives from Unite met with…Read more…
User research with union reps
Over the last few months, the TUC Digital Lab has been collaborating with Accord to research how the union’s reps feel about technology, and to get pointers on where the union could best invest its…Read more…
Unite leads fight against health and social care bill
Unite has joined with Your NHS Needs You to force a debate in parliament, after over 135,000 people signed a petition calling for the health service to be renationalised. It also demands that…Read more…
Jab exodus in healthcare is a crisis entirely of the government’s making, says UNISON
It’s nothing short of a tragedy that huge amounts of time and resources have been wasted.
The article Jab exodus in healthcare is a crisis entirely of the government’s making, says UNISON first…Read more…
Winter fuel grant programme opens for applications
Find out if you might be eligible for a grant of up to £200 to help cover the rising cost of gas and electricity this winter
The article Winter fuel grant programme opens for applications first…Read more…
Outsourced Serco workers at Barts begin two-week strike
Hundreds of key NHS workers, employed by the giant outsourcing company Serco, began a two week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust today (January 31). Meanwhile, a rally coinciding with the…Read more…
Damaging action behind TFRC rhetoric
View from my seat: Hollingbourne & Thurnham Pathfinder Walk
Gill and I went on this amazing walk today in the North Downs. Hollingbourne is about 1 hour drive from Newham (also accessible by train). It is a 8 mile circularly walk from the “Kent Walks” Pathfinder Guide.
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LoveE15 Community planters & West Ham Ward Labour Street Surgery
This morning West Ham Ward Councillors (myself, Charlene and John W) met with local residents and Newham Council officers to support and help out with filling Community planter boxes.
It was brilliant to see so many residents giving up their Sat…Read more…
UNISON – the balloon goes up…
Regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) will remember that I served for many years on the National Executive Council (NEC) of UNISON. Over those years I blogged frequently about my work as an NEC member and the only occasionally tedious go…Read more…
Local Government Pay Campaign – What a Shambles
‘Gizza Job’ – the famous words of Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff rang true for so many in 1980s Thatcher’s Britain. Joblessness and unemployment rife and job insecurity endemic as…Read more…
InUNISON – “There for you” winter fuel fund opens on 31 January
Check out the new site https://www.in-unison.org/ (which is run my members for members) for my post on member applying for winter fuel grants.
“One of the very best things about UNISON is the practical solidarity that members show…Read more…
Blog: One year after the Myanmar coup, we must do more
UNISON won’t stop advocating for more sanctions until the military junta collapses
The article Blog: One year after the Myanmar coup, we must do more first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON pay ballot of Care Quality Commission staff opens
CQC staff are key to the safety of hospitals, care homes and emergency services around the country.
The article UNISON pay ballot of Care Quality Commission staff opens first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Holocaust Memorial Day: Portraits of last remaining UK survivors unveiled
Check out this BBC report on the these powerful but poignant portraits of UK death camp survivors on display at the Queen’s Gallery to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Profit-hungry Royal Mail plans to axe 900 jobs
You’d think that the Royal Mail would want to celebrate and value its’ staff. After all, didn’t they pull out all the stops for the nation – and earned huge profits for the shareholders? They most…Read more…
Never again
Read and hear Davy Kettle’s moving tribute to Holocaust victims
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One day without genocide
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27) when people across the world gather to remember the more than 6m Jewish people who were massacred in the Holocaust, as well as the millions more who were…Read more…