I was really pleased to have been nominated as the new joint trade union rep to the London CIV. This collective pool of London Council pension funds has so far £44 billion of assets under its management. Many thanks to Christopher Cooper f…Read more…
Charles Harris NUCO – COHSE Officer
General Secretary statement 1949Charles Harris – NUCO COJSE Nursing
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COHSE Student demonstration 15th August 1948
COHSE demonstration to Hyde Park
20,000 marched
COHSE demand £5 minimum wage and 40 hour weekSunday 15th August 1948
COHSE now UNISON Student Nurses
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Charles A Foreman – COHSE Darenth Park
Mr Charles A Foreman – Chairman – Darenth Parish Council – Kent
Darenth Park Hospital MHIWU and COHSE
Stoke Park Labour Party
Dartford
Rev Stanley Morgan
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Student Nurses – COHSE Conference 1947
J Gue – Claybury Hospital branch had 424 COHSE members (nearly 100%)
student nurses pay – threat to strike or resign
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1991 Lambeth NALGO Advice Centres Occupation
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Here is an extract from those memoirs concerning the 1991 NALGO advice centres o…Read more…
Student Nurses – London 1946 – LCC
A Review of ‘The Shadow of the Mine’
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Beatrice Drapper 1946
Cupar Asylum (Stratheden Mental Hospital) Fife – National Asylum Workers Union
Cupar Asylum (Stratheden Mental Hospital) Fife National Asylum Workers Unionlater COHSE now UNISON
Branch established between January – March 1919
Official union recognition August 1919
First Union branch secretary NAWU – Mr T Melrose died 1946…Read more…
VFS workers strike over pay
Workers employed at the south coast firm VFS Southampton Ltd, who assemble tipper trucks and vans for Ford, have announced extensive strike action in a dispute over pay. The workers, who are members…Read more…
‘Solidarity has paid off’
When Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey told British workers last month that they shouldn’t ask for a pay rise, he perhaps didn’t get the memo that Unite members are standing firm to protect…Read more…
‘We’re not going away’
Unite hospitality members and their supporters sent a loud and clear message on Wednesday (March 9) that they will no longer tolerate any mistreatment of staff employed by Scottish pub chain…Read more…
Peace and Nuclear Affairs Officer
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Unite ‘stands in full solidarity’ with Ukraine
The Unite Executive Council unreservedly condemns Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and stands in full solidarity with the millions of victims of the attack. Unite calls for an immediate cease-fire and a…Read more…
Labour Parliamentary Candidate & Local Elections Webinars
Check out these Labour Party webinars below on being a Labour Party Parliamentary candidate and support for the local elections in May.
Picture above is from the 2013 TULO (now called Labour Unions) Parliamentary training school. UNISON was well repre…Read more…
Solidarity with Svitzer workers
The Executive Council and the General Secretary of Unite the union stand in full solidarity with Svitzer tug boat workers in Teesside who are on strike for fair pay. It disgraceful that Maersk…Read more…
The Lewisham NALGO HAC strike of 1986
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Holding on to experienced staff is key to reducing NHS waiting times
Lengthening queues are stressful for patients and staff
The article Holding on to experienced staff is key to reducing NHS waiting times first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We will continue to step up the pressure’
Unite will raise the pressure on Chep UK where workers based in Trafford Park have been on strike since December 2021 in a dispute over pay. Unite has accused the company of “failing its workforce in…Read more…