To UNISON and our predecessor unions Desmond Tutu was and is an inspiration
The article Archbishop Desmond Tutu first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The Freedom Struggle in Eswatini
‘Holding Eswatini to Account: Assessing the country’s compliance with the Commonwealth Charter’ is a new report commissioned by TUC Aid and written in collaboration with the ITUC-Africa and the Trade…Read more…
NHS ‘running on empty’ because government refuses to address staffing crisis, says UNISON
A properly-funded staffing plan is the single most important step ministers can take to relieve pressures over the next few years.
The article NHS ‘running on empty’ because government refuses to…Read more…
National Union of County Officer NUCO 1929
National union of County Officers (NUCO) 1930
“Security, prosperity, respect”: Starmer sets out ‘contract with British people’
Keir wants to unite working people to support Labour and defeat the Tories. Bringing together the economic left and the social conservatives. A powerful coalition that wins elections.
Check out Labourlist report and full text of…Read more…
Royal College of Nursing – Oppose Nursing Trade Unionism
British Nursing Journal January 1920
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Testing changes must not be used in isolation, says UNISON
Public service workers were already under huge strain to maintain services and Omicron absences have ratcheted the pressure to new levels.
The article Testing changes must not be used in isolation,…Read more…
Maude McCallum Nurses & Trade Unions 1921
Maude McCallumMonthly notes – Poor Law Workers Trade Union Guild of Nurseslater COHSE
Time for the ‘unsung heroes’ of the school day to be recognised
With news that schools will be closed for the first two days of next term but that teaching assistants will again be called in on those days to supervise vulnerable childrenRead more…
Brentford Nursing Students Fight 1921
Brentford Nursing Students Fight 1921
Poor Law Workers Trade Union (later COHSE)
Guild of Nurses
We will be there for our members in 2022
UNISON has always been able to respond, because our actions are dynamic
The article We will be there for our members in 2022 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Maude MacCallum Professional Union of Trained Nurses 1920 “Wake up Nurses”
Maude MacCallum Professional Union of Trained Nurses October 1920 “Unless we take the management of our own affairs into our own hands, we shall go on being tired and over worked “Wake up Nurses” and take a little interest in your own business”
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Poor Law Workers Trade Union – Board of Guardian’s – Union Membership 1921
PLWTU Journal February 1921Read more…
Wanstead Flats Sunset
This evening I went out for a run (aka slow jog) around Wanstead Flats (aka wrongly by local estate agents as “Wanstead Heath” – sounds posher and more expensive).
It was a beautiful sunset over Alexander Lake. Tomorrow is due to be sunny …Read more…
Stockport Nurses – 100% Guild of Nurses Union 1920
Poor Law Workers Trade Union (Guild of Nurses) November 1920(Later COHSE now Unison)
“Royal Mail CDC pensions ‘could outperform DB as well as DC”
Recently I completed a research project into Pension Provision for Housing Association staff. In the project I mentioned the pros and cons on the new CDC (Collective Defined Contribution) schemes that have very recently been allowed to operate i…Read more…
Videos of the year – cancel the cut
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – Is UC cut return of the ‘five giant evils’?
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, on the twelfth and final day of Christmas in our series, we…Read more…
Dame Vanessa Redgrave standing as Workers Revolutionary Candidate in Newham October 1974
Hat tip https://twitter.com/Doranish
“Worth watching Vanessa Redgrave’s dramatic speech at the result of the count for the Newham North East constituency in the October 1974 general election.
Labour’s candidate Reg Prentice, was re-elected as MP…Read more…