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Millions of working people have been failed by this government for too long, as Liz Truss takes over from the self-aggrandising, debasing Boris Johnson
The article Blog: The time to act on the cost of living is now, prime minister first appeared on the UNISON National site.
By Andrew Dettmar, President of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union The national employment and skills summit which took place in Canberra on 1/ 2 September, was a triumph of participation and leadership for new Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. And it was an overwhelmingly … Continue reading Read more…
I really enjoyed this defence of the right to strike by former General Secretary of the CWU (Royal Mail union) and Labour Home Secretary, Alan Johnson. He was in a Radio 4 debate with a right wing economist who believed that workers should not be allow…Read more…
More than 100 West Midlands workers, paid just £9.90 an hour, are taking renewed strike action, which began on 23 August and will finish on 16 September, over a three per cent pay offer. The real rate of inflation, RPI, is running at 12.3 per cent and is expected to climb even higher. The workers, […]
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The strikes, which are yet to be scheduled, by drivers and draymen employed by GXO Logistics, are over plans to close the company’s Dagenham depot. The closure would result in major job losses while also dramatically increasing the workload of the remaining drivers at the company’s Croydon, Faversham and Greenford depots. GXO Logistics rejected proposals […]
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Commenting on Liz Truss being elected as leader of the Conservative party and so becoming prime minister, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Liz Truss will not solve the cost-of-living crisis by attacking trade unions and making it even easier for bad bosses to do as they please. At a time when we face a […]
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UNISON secure significant improvements to the Scottish local government pay offer after industrial action across sectors
The article Strikes called off after improved COSLA pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Top priority must be helping with cost of living
The article The government has got to get back to governing, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Major lobby at Westminster on 19 October will see members speak to MPs about the cost of living crisis and how it is affecting them
The article Join the UNISON and TUC lobby of Parliament to #DemandBetter first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Casinos across London may be forced to close for the weekend from Friday, September 9 as workers, all members of Unite the union, take action to win a fair wage. Around 150 workers across Grosvenor Casinos’ seven venues across the capital have voted by an overwhelming 91 per cent to reject retention bonus payments of […]
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Even in 1956, when Ed McBain wrote this book, drug addiction was a problem in the United States. Like so many of the books in the 87th precinct series (this is the third), this story…Read more…
Hat tip Daily Mirror on this awful story of NHS Cleaner Judith Thorpe, who cancelled her pension due to rising bills and then later died from Covid last month. She was a widow supporting her 16 and 13 year old children.Since she cancelled her pens…Read more…
The Forde report may have been all but ignored by the hierarchy of our party (try searching the party website for the word Forde), but those of us who are committed to a Labour Party which represents the interests of the people the Party was establishe…Read more…
Just read the latest edition of the excellent Community newsletter https://newhamvoices.co.uk/. The article on page 11 on the “tragic story of heroism at the Three Mills Distillery” was really informative. The “Helping Hands Memorial” at the…Read more…
This is the second book in McBain’s legendary 87th Precinct series, set in a fictionalised (albeit recognisable) New York City. McBain was experimenting with the idea of a whole team as ‘hero’ of the series…Read more…
More than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers will take strike action from 19 September to 3 October over a seven per cent pay offer. With the real rate of inflation, RPI, at 12.3 per cent and rising this is a pay cut. Workers will also strike over MDHC’s failure to honour the 2021 pay […]
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Engineers at British Airways will have `stolen’ holiday days returned, their union has announced today (September 2). The move is another victory in Unite’s campaign to return British Airways’ workers’ terms and conditions to their pre-pandemic level. The 2,000 engineers were preparing to take strike action to return the three days of annual leave that […]
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More than 250 Stagecoach workers in Hull are being balloted for strike action over a pay cuts ‘disguised as a rise’, Unite said today (September 2). The ballot of bus drivers, cleaners, engineers and commercial assistants will close on September 20, with potential strike action set to be scheduled for the week of Hull Fair. […]
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Two of the UNISON members who are taking strike action at exam board AQA explain why they were left with no option – as a hardship fund is launched to support them
The article AQA strike: A tough decision but the right one first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A pay rise in line with inflation for workers providing essential services could be funded by tax increases for higher earners and the wealthy, says a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. Independent economic analysis commissioned by the union identifies tax changes that would raise £30.58bn a year to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, including funding […]
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