Survey shows extent of inadequate sick pay
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UNISON National Delegate Conference 2022: Day 2 (our NEC should resign)
Day 2 (Wednesday) of Conference started fairly early for me, with a short slow jog in the sunshine along the beach and then back to my hotel. There were people swimming near the Pier and while bizarrely I managed to pack 2 different pairs of trunks (an…Read more…
Christina McAnea, general secretary speaking to UNISON NDC 2022
Christina McAnea, UNISON general secretary addresses national delegate conference 2022.
Fantastic speech and Christina tells it as it is. Read more…
Moy Park Randalstown workers paid ‘chicken feed’ wages
As Moy Park profits touch £90 million Unite exposes how poverty pay at Randalstown has left workers borrowing to ‘make ends meet’. A Unite survey of striking Moy Park workers has revealed that eight…Read more…
Tipton CabAuto workers to strike over pay
West Midland workers making interiors for elite autos McLaren, Aston Martin and Bentley, are due to start a period of seven one-day strikes in June and July over a real terms pay cut. More than 100…Read more…
Delegates discuss improving the union’s organising approach
The cost of living crisis presents a new set of challenges that require a new set of solutions
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‘We need to make a lot of noise’
As Unite is mobilising like never before for the TUC’s cost of living march on Saturday (June 18), UniteLive speaks to bank workers who, just like all of us, are struggling to keep up with the rising…Read more…
Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON
Workers deserve decent pay rises as prices spiral
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Ten giant pay leaps – in just one month
Unite is streets ahead, winning giant pay rises for our members – as Chris Jarvis of Left Forward Forward wrote on the site’s webpage yesterday (June 14). He writes, Trade unions have already shown…Read more…
The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise!
General secretary Christina McAnea brings national delegate conference to its feet with a rousing speech in Brighton
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UNISON moving forward after a difficult and damaging afternoon
After a positive start to UNISON National Delegate Conference yesterday morning, I’m not sorry that my health precluded my hanging around to watching person the bear garden that was Tuesday afternoon.
I have, however, had the benefit of detailed report…Read more…
Ed Miliband: ‘We’ve got to raise our ambitions on climate change’
Shadow secretary of state for climate change tells energy conference that the cost of living crisis can’t deflect from the challenge of creating a fairer, greener economy
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UNISON at 30 – delegates pass first motion at NDC in Brighton
Passionate speeches open debate on the first morning of national delegate conference
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Care bosses taking home 13 times wages of workers, says UNISON report
Urgent reform of care is the answer
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UNISON National Delegate Conference 2022: Day 1
A busy first day of UNISON conference in Brighton. I managed to go for a short slow jog along the prom this morning. It was a beautiful sunny morning.
Conference was supposed to start at 10am but started late. I was expecting some trouble about …Read more…
Croydon refuse workers in pay win
Strike action involving refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract has been called off after workers accepted an improved pay offer. Strikes were due to begin this…Read more…
Paul Holmes opens national delegate conference with call to arms
Conference delegates charged to channel their anger, ‘to fight and defend our members’
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UNISON host cost of living summit
General secretary Christina McAnea led a roundtable which included Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, and charity leaders
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UNISON on Tuesday morning – a good start in Brighton
30 years ago, I attended my first trade union conference as a delegate. It was NALGO’s penultimate conference, in Bournemouth. I attended the last NALGO conference the following year, and from 1994 onwards I was present at every UNISON conference as ei…Read more…
Review: Bad Actors, by Mick Herron
The only problem with the new Slough House title by Mick Herron is that now we have to wait a whole year for the next book in the series.
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