Unite, the union representing staff at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has today (April 12) announced the result of the industrial action vote at the FCA. The ballot closed with over 75 per…Read more…
Teesport Easter tug boat strikes off
Planned industrial action at Teesport this Easter by tugboat crews employed by Svitzer Marine have been called off after Unite the union secured an improved pay offer. The workers were due to strike…Read more…
UNISON launches new branch support and organising fund
The new fund will help branches that need additional support for local organising challenges
The article UNISON launches new branch support and organising fund first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Free immigration advice if you are a UNISON member
Hat tip Greater London UNISON – Need at least 4 weeks membership before you can get advice
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‘Excellent result’ for Loganair cabin crew
Unite the Union and Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, have today (April 11) confirmed a new pay deal for the airline’s cabin crew across the UK, worth up to £3,000 over the next eighteen…Read more…
Croydon council grounds maintenance workers to strike
Croydon council grounds maintenance workers will strike over an ‘unacceptable’ 1.75 per cent pay offer, Unite, the UK’s leading union, said today (April 11). More than 20 staff responsible for…Read more…
Inspiring stories from our international sisters
Four women internationalists working across civil society, unions and governments share their successes at the TUC Women’s International Panel 2022.Read more…
How the government’s new energy strategy must deliver decent jobs and safe and affordable energy
Here’s how to increase our energy independence as well as protect decent working class jobs.Read more…
“On the Knocker” in West Ham; community mural painting then canvass Green Street West followed by campaign training in St Lukes
Yesterday was busy for Labour activists in Newham. I went canvassing in West Ham in the morning (my colleague John Whitworth is unfortunately laid low but in good spirits with the dreaded lergie). It was nice to have residents wishing us “Good lu…Read more…
Elected as Greater London General Rep for UNISON Community (Charities, Housing Associations & Third Sector) & I will support the Kirklees 15
I was really pleased to be notified on Friday that I had been elected unopposed for the Greater London General seat on the UNISON Community National Service Group Executive.
This means I will represent all UNISON members in London who work…Read more…
Review: A World Without Email, by Cal Newport
If only! Productivity expert Cal Newport makes a compelling argument against the way we use email now, and anyone who struggles with overflowing inboxes will learn from what he writes. But he…Read more…
Nominated as Labour & Co-operative Candidate for West Ham Ward, Newham London
Yesterday was our Newham Labour 2022 campaign launch and I am now also officially nominated as a Labour and Co-operative Candidate for West Ham Ward.
While I wish that local ward members had made this decision (as they had overwhelmingly s…Read more…
Be Part of the art! Love15 Mural – 11am-2pm Saturday 9 April at Bull Road
I will pop along tomorrow to say hello.
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To understand Putin, read Karl Marx
Seventy years ago at the height of the Cold War a book was published in the US entitled The Russian Menace to Europe. It made the case that “the major objective of Russian foreign policy…Read more…
‘Great win’ for DHL Tradeteam drivers
More than 100 HGV drivers employed by DHL Tradeteam in Burton-on-Trent are celebrating a pay deal worth up to nearly £6,000 a year, negotiated by Unite. The drivers, who were due to begin strike…Read more…
Marching to the beat of a different drum
I’ve been on very many demonstrations since the late 1970s.
In particular I have marched against war. I marched against war in Iraq in 2003 when we were in a majority and I marched against war in the Falklands in 1982 when we were in a minority.
Unfort…Read more…
‘Massive win for DHL Aberdeen workers’
Unite the union has today (April 7) announced that it has secured union recognition and a 13 per cent pay increase over two years at DHL Aberdeen. Around 30 logistics drivers will benefit from a two…Read more…
Unite rep ‘being dragged through kangaroo court’
Unite has formally lodged an employment tribunal claim against the Labour controlled Coventry Council on behalf of union rep Pete Randle. The council stands accused of shamefully victimising Pete for…Read more…
‘Significant victory for common sense’
Proposals to create a new super NHS laboratory in the North West by closing local sites, which could have led to delays in analysing patient samples, have been halted after a three-year campaign…Read more…
It’s right to celebrate diversity, but much more needed to tackle racism in the NHS
Serious issues still to be addressed
The article It’s right to celebrate diversity, but much more needed to tackle racism in the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…