When my great uncle died at work in the mines in 1933, he left behind three children and a family to feed. The employer paid out a paltry sum and that was that. But for those left behind, the failure…Read more…
Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur Walk Easter 2022
Off message – During Easter Gill and I went to North Wales to see my Mum and our family. We went on some wonderful walks.
This 7.5 mile circular orange walk “Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur” from our ancient (make sure you buy the modern ver…Read more…
UNISON Health Conference: Day 2 PM – “inflation busting pay award”
Check out this report in https://www.in-unison.org/
“The afternoon session of Day 2 of UNISON Health Conference concentrated on pay, terms and conditions. Conference agreed motions on moving to a 35 hour week and to campaign for an increase …Read more…
Unite Chep members celebrate victory
Unite members at Chep based in Trafford Park in Manchester are celebrating today (April 27) after voting to accept an inflation-beating pay deal and to end their long running strike. The workers will…Read more…
Health conference takes on a packed final morning
Business ranges from support for migrant healthcare workers to ambulance uniforms
The article Health conference takes on a packed final morning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee recommendations to beef-up care staff numbers, says UNISON
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay more for less stressful work
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High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes was illegal, says UNISON
Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.
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Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t treat them fairly, warns UNISON
Workers with the condition are returning to work early because they’re afraid of losing their jobs
The article Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t…Read more…
Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON
Ambulance employees work in all sorts of situations and weathers.
The article Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Pay tops the agenda at health conference
Flexible working and a 35-hour work week were debated in Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon
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Review: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
I love a good time travel story – and I loved this one so much that I finished it in two days. (To be fair, it’s a short book.). The author works with two well-worn…Read more…
Review: Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
I love a good time travel story – and I loved this one so much that I finished it in two days. (To be fair, it’s a short book.). The author works with two well-worn…Read more…
UNISON Health Conference: Day 2 AM “This is what solidarity looks like” ONEUNISON.ORG
Health Group Conference began its second day with an emotional and powerful speech from Iryna Shvets of the Ukrainian Health Workers Union of Ukraine describing the attacks on bombing of over fifty hospitals in Ukraine, including maternity and children…Read more…
Delegates back a range of motions on mileage and other rates
NHS bank rates and on-call rates also debated as UNISON health conference hears that workers are being exploited
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Croydon refuse workers in strike vote
Refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract are to begin balloting for strike action in a dispute over low pay. Unite is balloting around 100 refuse workers employed…Read more…
Rugby GE Steam strikes could worsen
The first strikes in 45 years at Rugby’s 120-year-old GE Steam turbine factory could worsen as the company uses outside consultancy firm Shape Associates to ‘undermine’ union organisation. Unite is…Read more…
UNISON demands school meals workers are brought in-house
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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Have your say on how Social Work England regulates social workers
UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May
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‘Rest in peace Jimmy Nolan’
On behalf of the Waterford Branch of Unite in the Community we offer our sincere condolences to family, friends and comrades on the sad passing of Jimmy Nolan. Jimmy was a docker, an internationalist…Read more…
Twelve years ago on this blog – trade unionists must support our Labour Party though it does not support us
12 years ago to the day, I wrote a blog post here in the run-up to the 2010 General election in which, with a more or less heavy heart, I advocated support for Labour under the leadership of Gordon Brown.After four General Elections, and four Labour le…Read more…