UNISON’s charity is asking for donations from branches to support members who are struggling with the spike in energy costs
The article There for You launches the Energy Support Appeal first…Read more…
Energy workers put a spoke in Putin’s war machine
UNISON members on the Medway were determined to show solidarity with Ukrainians when they discovered that a consignment of Russian gas was heading their way
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Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action
The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019
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UNISON comments on nurses recruitment progress report
Many staff are underpaid for the job they do.
The article UNISON comments on nurses recruitment progress report first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Aldbury, Ivinghoe Beacon & Ashridge Walk
Off message but Gill and I went today on one of our “favourite” walks in the Chilterns. Starting in the “Chocolate box” village of Aldbury. It is an hour away from East London by car (nearest train station is Tring) a 7 mile circular walk along the Rid…Read more…
Review: Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, by Avi Loeb
Avi Loeb is the head of the Astronomy Department at Harvard University and is one of the world leaders in his field. He believes that ‘Oumuamua, an object detected in 2017 as it flew through…Read more…
Review: Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, by Avi Loeb
Avi Loeb is the head of the Astronomy Department at Harvard University and is one of the world leaders in his field. He believes that ‘Oumuamua, an object detected in 2017 as it flew through…Read more…
Solidarity with Ukraine and the Russian anti-war movement
“Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians are all descendants of Ancient Rus, which was the largest state in Europe. Slavic and other … MoreRead more…
“How to get around the BBC block in Russia” (By fascistic war monger Putin)
BBC link “As we’ve been reporting, the Russian authorities have restricted access to BBC websites in Russian and English, as well as other international and independent media, accusing them of circulating “false information” about what…Read more…
Council surgery then double bubble Labour canvass (amidst the horror felt about Putin’s War)
This morning I had my first “physical” Councillor surgery in two years at Stratford Library archivist room (a fantastic local history resource) then I joined a Labour canvass in West Ham Ward. While talking to residents about local issues they w…Read more…
“Ukraine sanctions: UK dockers refuse tanker of Russian gas”
Fantastic solidarity with the people of Ukraine against Putin the murderer by UNISON members. Check out this BBC report:-
“Dockers in Kent have refused to unload two tankers of Russian gas, forcing them to go elsewhere, a union has said.The Boris Vilki…Read more…
Putting the local into reducing health inequalities
While national strategies are essential in reducing health inequalities, we need to emphasise local action. This week the Scottish Government statistics division published its long-term…Read more…
West Ham Poor Law – May Day 1933
A great bit of local Labour movement history. I believe this is from a NUPE publication (one of the predator unions that formed UNISON) archives dated 1933.
The NUPE branch took up the issue of “wardsmaids” employed at Whipps Cross Hospital with…Read more…
UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff in five London hospitals
Christina McAnea praises the ‘welcome move’ that means nearly 2,000 facilities management staff will return to Agenda for Change conditions
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UNISON’s message of support to Ukrainian members
The union is also encouraging members and branches to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal
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‘Our members deserve rate for the job’
Unite GS Sharon Graham slams ‘incompetent’ Coventry council fat cats after bin driver picket line visit Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has slammed ‘incompetent’ Coventry council fat…Read more…
‘A landmark agreement’
Unite has struck a landmark agreement with one of the UK’s largest NHS trusts to bring 1,800 NHS workers employed by the outsourcer Serco into NHS employment.
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Manchester ILP Wheelers established in 1892
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Greater London UNISON Housing Associations Branch AGM 2022
This evening was our branch AGM held in central London. It was a hybrid, in person and zoom quorate meeting. I was pleased to have been re-elected (unopposed) as the branch Labour Link officer.
Our excellent guest speaker was David Lammy M…Read more…
Thomas Parker – Wellesbourne – Agicultural Labourers Union
Thomas Parker, Primitive Methodist lay preacher chaired the founding meeting of the National Agricultural Labourers Union (NALU ) meeting at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire 1872
Parker, Born ? Buried ?
Warwickshire History, vol. X, 2 ‘Thomas Parker’ pp. 47-…Read more…