We celebrate the bonds that bring us together as workers and trade unionists. The fundamental message of May Day – friendship between workers of all backgrounds and nationalities – resonates more…Read more…
Norwich council staff reject pay offer
A full-scale strike ballot by workers employed by a Norwich City Council-owned company is on the cards after they overwhelmingly rejected a 4.2 per cent pay offer in a consultative ballot, Unite said…Read more…
Coventry council’s double standards exposed
It has just emerged that refuse vehicle drivers employed by Tom White Ltd, a subsidiary of Coventry council that is being used to try to break the bin strike, have been given a 12 per cent pay…Read more…
Strikes off at Tesco forecourts after massive pay win
Fuel tanker drivers employed by XPO on the outsourced Tesco petrol station contract have secured a 27 per cent pay increase with a two year pay deal – lifting pay by £12,000 on average. The 57…Read more…
‘Know that you are not alone’
Unite members employed by the financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London and Edinburgh have commenced an historic strike action today (Wednesday, May 4). This industrial…Read more…
Government must bring back Covid funding to safeguard ‘lives and livelihoods’, say UNISON and the Care Provider Alliance
Christina McAnea and Professor Martin Green warn more staff could quit unless infection control fund is reinstated
The article Government must bring back Covid funding to safeguard ‘lives and…Read more…
Getting the Vote Out: West Ham Ward 2022
Tonight we were delivering these reminder leaflets to “Labour Promises” (Residents who had previously indicated that they supported Labour) in West Ham ward. First time I have had a QR code on my leaflets.
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Stagecoach Bluebird drivers in pay win
Around 270 Stagecoach Bluebird bus drivers in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have won an inflation beating 10 per cent pay deal over eighteen months The workers voted to accept the pay deal following…Read more…
Langford Lodge workers vote to strike
Unite members working at Langford Lodge, the successful Crumlin-based aeropspace and defence company in Northern Ireland, have voted overwhelmingly for strike action on the issue of pay and an equal…Read more…
Coventry residents send message to council
A new poll reveals that over two thirds of Coventry’s residents back the striking HGV drivers’ “reasonable” pay demands. The poll comes as striking bin workers from Coventry and their supporters are…Read more…
Blog: Use Thursday to hit the Tories in the ballot box
As service users as well as providers, UNISON members know the challenges faced by councils after a decade of Conservative cuts
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Great Orme walk, Llandudno
Off message – Normally Gill and I would go walking most Sundays but due to Council elections I have been out campaigning this Bank holiday weekend. So I will post instead on another marvellous North Walian walk from Easter.
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Vote Malcolm Gray & Clare Penny-Evans for UNISON Northern Region Community SGE Elections (Housing Associations and Voluntary Sector)
If you work for Housing Associations or the Voluntary sector in UNISON’s Northern Region, you should have (or shortly will) receive a postal ballot and either/or electronic ballot for this important election. This is a quick plug for “cost of liv…Read more…
Happy May Day!
See historic example of what UNISON predecessor UNION & Labour Councils can do for their workforce) Newham Labour Labour Unions @LondonLabour #MayDay Labour History Group
“West Ham’s Labour Council which ran West Ham Mental Hospital (Goodmayes) an…Read more…