Dato Turashvili is one of Georgia’s best known writers, but unfortunately only a couple of his books are available in English translation. This new book is in both Georgian and English and is a…Read more…
Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
This is the third novel by Emily St. John Mandel that I’ve read this month. I’m binge-reading her books in no particular order, starting with the most recent, but that’s also pretty much her style….Read more…
Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
This is the third novel by Emily St. John Mandel that I’ve read this month. I’m binge-reading her books in no particular order, starting with the most recent, but that’s also pretty…Read more…
What’s the history of Ukraine’s Eurovision entry Kalush Orchestra and song Stefania? – BBC News…
London bus strikes off
A 48 hour bus strike, involving bus drivers employed by Arriva, has been suspending following an improved pay offer. The dispute involves over 1,000 bus drivers, who are members of Unite, and…Read more…
Threat of strike action at health sites across Lancashire, says UNISON
Staff including porters and cleaners employed by healthcare facilities firm OCS paid less than NHS colleagues
The article Threat of strike action at health sites across Lancashire, says UNISON …Read more…
Wabtec workers in strike vote
Rail maintenance workers at Wabtec in Doncaster are being balloted for strike action over the company’s ‘disgraceful’ fire and rehire plans, Unite said today (May 13). More than 150 workers are being…Read more…
Pay win for Heathrow cargo handlers
Two hundred cargo handlers and truckers, who handle freight operations for top international airlines at Heathrow Airport, have voted overwhelmingly to accept a one-year 7.5 per cent pay deal. Unite…Read more…
East Ham NUPE Banner – “United we stand – Divided we fall” (any idea where it is now?)
Labour movement historian @LondonNurse2015 sent me this marvellous picture of a East Ham branch banner for the “National Union of Public Employees” (a predecessor union of UNISON).
I have no idea where this banner is now? Anyone know? …Read more…
UK-US summit in Aberdeen: trade talks must involve workers and support the Good Friday agreement
UK and US unions have jointly urged the International Trade Secretary in Aberdeen to involve unions in trade talksRead more…
Using our collective power to secure good mental health
The relationship between instability and poor mental health are underlined in a landmark research exercise released today by Equity for Mental Health Awareness Week.Read more…
Blog: The UK government must invest properly in our nurses
This International Nurses Day, it’s not enough to celebrate nurses, we need to demand proper investment in the profession
The article Blog: The UK government must invest properly in our nurses first…Read more…
Demand Better – join TUC demo 18 June
18 June 202212:00pm–3:00pm
Parliament Square, Westminster, London SW1 3BDAdd to Calendar Get directionsOn Saturday 18 June, the trade union movement will be taking to the streets to demand action on the cost of living – a new deal for working peop…Read more…
‘Every War is Called Ukraine’
For Unite organiser Davy Kettyles, solidarity does not start — nor does it end — at the factory gates. A lifelong socialist and trade unionist, Belfast-based Davy’s whole raison…Read more…
A New Scotland
In the book, A New Scotland, leading activists and academics lay out the blueprints for radical reform, showing how society can be transformed by embedding values of democracy, social justice and…Read more…
Workers with Long Covid need support
Long Covid is a key issue for working age people and our key workers, but the government and employers are still not taking this issue seriously.Read more…
REGIONAL FINANCE CONVENOR (Auto Elected) GRAY, John (But VOTE YVONNE GREEN as REGIONAL CONVENOR)
I was really pleased to have received notification last week that I had also been elected unopposed as the UNISON Greater London Regional Finance Convenor (and therefore a Regional Council officer).
Our UNISON regional AGM is on 18 May 202…Read more…
Uxbridge & District Welsh Society
Government again fails to address cost of living crisis
Unite has said that the government has once again consigned ordinary families to the scrapheap after today’s (May 10) Queen’s Speech setting out the government’s legislative agenda failed to include…Read more…
Government has run out of ideas to tackle cost of living crisis, says UNISON
Ministers haven’t grasped the seriousness of the situation.
The article Government has run out of ideas to tackle cost of living crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…