Employers are using desperate measures to cope with desperate times. But stretching dwindling numbers every thinner cannot solve this staffing crisis.
The article NHS staff-shortage crisis needs…Read more…
A wake up call for a realistic energy policy
This month, I returned to familiar territory when asked to write an overview of UK energy policy as part of a wider European project. Energy policy can be quite parochial, particularly in…Read more…
Unite blasts OVO energy bosses
With one in four jobs at stake, Unite demands company bosses must ‘open the books’ before any negotiations can take place. Union chiefs say OVO bosses have precipitated the crisis by “blundering and…Read more…
inUNISON – launch of brand new blogspace created by UNISON Activists for UNISON activists
“inUNISON is a brand new blogspace created by UNISON Activists for UNISON activists. We aim to be a one-stop site, providing news and view’s on all things UNISON, but we also hope to do more than that. Over the last couple of years, due to the p…Read more…
Ovo job cuts devastating for staff and worrying for consumers, says UNISON
Hard-working staff across the company will be devastated as they anxiously await their fate
The article Ovo job cuts devastating for staff and worrying for consumers, says UNISON first appeared on…Read more…
The end of Boris Johnson
In the spring of 2020, as I blogged is here at the time, my father died.We had his funeral, such as it was, on the 19th of May 2020.
A dozen of us were allowed to be there. We couldn’t have a wake.
Not everyone who should’ve been there to c…Read more…
Nominate John Gray to UNISON Community SGE elections for Greater London General Seat
Dear London Branch Secretary and Chair Your branch is entitled to nominate candidates to the London SGE Community General seat for this years’ Service Group Executive elections. If you are not a Community specific branch please put this request to your…Read more…
Boris must go
Unite’s national health committee, representing 100,000 health workers, this afternoon (January 12) called for Boris Johnson to resign as prime minister due to his ‘disastrous’ handling of the…Read more…
The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon
Dear Colleagues,
Whilst there is a vast, growing literature on political, social, economic and environmental implications of the Amazon ‘business model, I was particularly keen to flag Alessandro Delfanti’s new book, The Warehouse: Workers and Robots a…Read more…
Thwaites pay win
The threat of strike action at Leamington Spa based dumper truck makers Thwaites has ended after workers overwhelmingly accepted a vastly improved pay offer. Over 60 members of Unite had voted for…Read more…
‘Dangerous backward step’
Unite is calling on the government to cancel the relaxation to the fit note system, which the union believes is leading to attacks on employees conditions and could damage workers’ health. Meanwhile,…Read more…
Penalised for Long Covid
Two committed Bedford Borough Council care workers are relying on food banks to survive, after the council stopped paying them due to absences caused by Long Covid used up all their sick pay…Read more…
Sainsbury’s wage win
Unite has welcomed a decision by Sainsbury’s to pay its low paid staff at least £10 an hour – but reminded the company the increase was still too low to keep up with the rising cost of living.
The…Read more…
Blog: It doesn’t get more sickening than the ongoing ‘partygate’
As Boris Johnson and others partied, UNISON members were fighting to save people’s lives and keep them safe – and nothing will ever erase that knowledge
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“UK workers’ pension funds now own just 6% of UK listed shares” (and the rest by tax avoiders/evaders?)
Check out this TUC report on the 90% decline of UK shareholding by UK Pension funds. Our UK companies are now largely owned by tax avoiders (or worse)
“UK workers’ pension funds get little from FTSE100 share dividends and buy-backsNew report recommends…Read more…
The real “Money Heist”
The hit Netflix series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) tells the story of two spectacular robberies. One involved the seizure and occupation of the Spanish Mint (where paper currency is printed). The…Read more…
Barnsley and Rotherham bus strikes off
Bus strikes in Barnsley and Rotherham by Stagecoach drivers will be suspended from Wednesday (January 12) after a new pay offer was put forward in talks on Monday (January 10). Unite said the offer,…Read more…
Looming ‘jobs catastrophe’ in energy sector
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has said the debate on soaring energy prices has, until now, ignored ‘the coming jobs crisis’. During 2021 more than 30 energy firms went bust and with that…Read more…
Low sick pay is leaving school meals staff unable to self-isolate
UNISON has written to the 20 biggest catering companies to urge that they review their sick pay policies in order to help keep staff and pupils safe
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Heathrow Menzies workers in strike vote
Over 400 workers employed by ground handling and refuelling company Menzies will be balloted for strike action from this Thursday (January 13) in a dispute over pay. The company, unlike its…Read more…