Responding to Bob Seeley’s calls for the upcoming Transport Bill to include restrictions on ferry strikes, Unite regional coordinating officer Scott Kemp said, “Mr Seeley knows that Red Funnel is…Read more…
Arriva Yorkshire bus strikes off
The bus strike affecting Arriva’s services in West and North Yorkshire will be suspended from Friday (July 15) as an act of good faith. All out strike action, involving members of Unite resumed today…Read more…
Isle of Wight ferry strikes latest
Around 120 Red Funnel staff working on the Isle of Wight route, the majority of whom are on the minimum wage, will take 24-hour strike actions on 27 July and 1, 3 and 5 August. The strikes will…Read more…
UNISON backs abortion rights and decriminalisation
Abortion is still illegal in the UK, with a recent report revealing that a woman was arrested straight after a stillbirth in Cornwall and remains under investigation
The article UNISON backs…Read more…
Employment tribunal classes long COVID as a disability
‘Staff with long COVID need reasonable adjustments and support, not to be put on the scrap heap’
The article Employment tribunal classes long COVID as a disability first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Durham Miner’s Gala: ‘UNISON is strong and ready for a fight’
Over 200,000 people attended this summer’s event, which has been held annually in north east city since 1871
The article Durham Miner’s Gala: ‘UNISON is strong and ready for a fight’…Read more…
MPs join UNISON in celebrating 20 years of the PCSO
Everyone agrees that the police community support officer is an ‘integral’ and much-loved part of the policing team – and we need more
The article MPs join UNISON in celebrating 20 years of the…Read more…
How to build inclusive construction – some lessons from Hinkley Point C
When we talk about the jobs of the future, it seems obvious that these should be good jobs that are open to all. But what does this mean in practice?Read more…
Is it too hot to work?
With temperatures set to rocket to highs of 32°C in parts of the UK this week the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat-health alert.Read more…
Standing up for ourselves – Our OCS dispute story
Domestic worker Joanne Thompson gives her experience of the industrial action taken by her and her colleagues at The Harbour in Blackpool recently.Read more…
Blog: UNISON is standing together with our Turkish friends
In a court in Ankara, I saw first-hand how the Turkish state is determined to deny justice to trade unionists accused of ‘terrorism’ for doing their union duties
The article Blog: UNISON is standing…Read more…
‘We must act together’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave an impassioned speech at the 136th Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday (July 9). She highlighted the more than 60,000 Unite members now out on strike and…Read more…
UNISON National Labour Link Forum 2022
Picture collage from UNISON Labour Link National Forum which took place on Friday in York. This was the first “in person” Forum since 2019 due to Covid. “Labour Link” is the (voluntary) political fund in UNISON that is affiliated to the Labour Party.&n…Read more…
Telling fibs at UNISON Conference?
Critics of the left-wing majority on UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) were cock-a-hoop when National Delegate Conference (NDC) agreed Motion 10 criticising the NEC for some decisions it had taken and instructing them to rescind them.
That moti…Read more…
Review: Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, by Harald Jähner
This is a long, detailed and quite interesting account of the first years of Germany following the defeat of the Nazi regime in 1945. But it is not comprehensive. There are many topics that Jähner has…Read more…
Review: Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, by Harald Jähner
This is a long, detailed and quite interesting account of the first years of Germany following the defeat of the Nazi regime in 1945. But it is not comprehensive. There are many topics that…Read more…
My guide to organising at work is coming soon from Pluto Press
I’ve written a book, Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work, which Pluto are publishing soon.
There’s lots more information about it on a new website, workers-can-win.info, including Chapter 1 which you can read for free, and details of ho…Read more…
‘We will continue to stand with striking workers’
UNISON’s Labour Link Forum hears strong rebuke of Labour leadership over its lack of solidarity during RMT strike
The article ‘We will continue to stand with striking workers’ first…Read more…
Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes latest
Members of Unite employed by Stagecoach Merseyside have announced all-out strike action in their pay dispute, due to the employer’s failure to make an improved offer. The 370 bus workers, who are…Read more…
Ministers must act now as Covid infection rates rise
Wishing Covid away is dangerous, we must get ahead of the next wave
The article Ministers must act now as Covid infection rates rise first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…