President Andrea Egan and her vice presidents were announced at national delegate conference
The article UNISON NEC elects the union’s new presidential team first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“What Happened at UNISON’s Annual Delegate Conference”
Hat tip the Social Review website. While they have got some things wrong and don’t really understand the existential threat to UNISON from its current majority NEC – but apart from that it’s worth a read.
To find out what really happen…Read more…
Caterpillar workers protest company’s investors
Unite has brought Caterpillar workers’ campaign to London offices of Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street, who hold more than a fifth of Caterpillar’s stock. Unite said that Caterpillar’s pay cut and…Read more…
‘Let our heroes be the collective’
Unite members joined tens of thousands of demonstrators at a TUC march and rally on Saturday, June 18, to send a loud and clear message — that ordinary workers will not be made to pay for the…Read more…
Why we marched in London at the weekend
Seven UNISON members tell us why they marched through London to ‘Demand Better’ on Saturday
The article Why we marched in London at the weekend first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON members ‘demand better’ on London’s streets
From the frontline to the breadline – thousands of UNISON members join other trade unions to protest the cost of living crisis
The article UNISON members ‘demand better’ on…Read more…
University of Leeds staff strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Five days of action begin over pay increase way behind inflation
The article University of Leeds staff strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Fighting for women – in and out of the workplace
Gender discrimination, domestic violence and the support of low-paid women were among the topics of a busy final day of UNISON’s national delegate conference
The article Fighting for women –…Read more…
‘The trade union movement must be reborn’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave a rousing speech on Saturday (June 18) after the TUC cost of living march, which culminated in a rally at Parliament Square. She called on the trade union…Read more…
Widford Circular Walk (Hertfordshire Walker)
Off message but to recover from UNISON Conference, Gill and I went for lovely relaxing 5.5 mile walk today in Widford, Hertfordshire, only 36 minutes by car from Forest Gate, Newham.
It was listed on the free site walking site https:/…Read more…
Much of what happened at UNISON Conference happened before UNISON Conference.
Sun Tzu said that “every battle is either won or lost before it is fought”.
This was, I think, true of several important debates at UNISON’s National Delegate Conference held last week in Brighton.
Whilst UNISON members are facing a “cost-of-living cri…Read more…
We Demand Better! TUC Cost of Living March, London, 18th June
Dear Colleagues,
I have been plagued by the same problems all users of this blog service have, which is that it periodically gets taken over by some form of hacker and becomes inaccessible.
So, a quick post to share a great picture of my wife Sophia an…Read more…
London UNISON at TUC #DemandBetter March & Rally 18 June 22
No rest for the wicked – first day back from 4 day UNISON National conference at Brighton, I went up to join the TUC March and Rally https://www.unison.org.uk/events/tuc-national-demonstration/ in London demanding action on the co…Read more…
Review: The Murder Book, by Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham, who is probably Britain’s finest living crime writer, has been knocking off a book a year, sometimes starring his main protagonist Tom Thorne, but sometimes with Thorne only having a walk-on part. In…Read more…
Review: The Murder Book, by Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham, who is probably Britain’s finest living crime writer, has been knocking off a book a year, sometimes starring his main protagonist Tom Thorne, but sometimes with Thorne only…Read more…
Having the time of my life (in accordance with UNISON Rule C.2.7)
Having been invited in to UNISON National Delegate Conference to give the vote of thanks to President Paul Holmes, I was then presented with honorary life membership (in accordance with Rule C.2.7) by the then Vice President, now our President, Andrea …Read more…
Vote of thanks to Paul Holmes
(I will, over the next few days, try to catch up with some posts about the goings on in the Brighton Centre this week. However, I won’t be posting in chronological order because this is my blog and I write what I want on it. If you think that’s wrong g…Read more…
‘It’s now down to trade unions to step up to the plate’
When both the Governor of the Bank of England and the Prime Minister called for ‘pay restraint’ it was clear that workers were being set up for a fall. Once again we were being asked to pay the price…Read more…
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2022: Day 4 (Majority NEC refusing to resign despite Conference No Confidence Vote in them!!!!)
Last day of UNISON National Delegate Conference was as dramatic as the previous 3 days. I did not have time for a run this morning as had to pack and check out of hotel and place my suitcase in conference centre before 9.30am.
Yesterday w…Read more…
Royal Mail managers ‘holding the business together on unpaid overtime’
Managers at the Royal Mail, currently being balloted for industrial action over threatened job losses, work ‘nearly 1,800 jobs’ worth of unpaid overtime a year’, Unite has said. A Unite survey of…Read more…