Our photographer was in the city to catch a flavour of the day
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Top 10 Scrooge bosses of the year – Arrow XL
This year throughout the festive period, UniteLive will highlight our top ten worst bosses of the year – employers so miserly and mean that they’d put Scrooge himself to shame. Today we look at Arrow XL, a logistics firm whose eye-watering fortunes in profits it refuses to share with its workers, many of whom earn […]
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Newham Labour Group “Thank you” Xmas do
It was great to attend this very pleasant social last Saturday in Royal Docks community centre. Very pleased to win the first ticket of the raffle and get a “tea for two” at House of Commons with Sir Stephen Timms MP! Read more…
Further strikes inevitable unless government holds talks and moves on NHS pay, says UNISON
Union announces that two further days of industrial action will take place on January 11 and 23
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London calling – a look back at yesterday’s strike in the capital
UNISON members across the country were out in force for yesterday’s NHSstrikes. We take a photographic look back at events in the capital
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Review: SAS: Rogue Heroes, by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is a great story-teller. But to see him at his best, he needs a great story to start with. Having watched the recent BBC series based on this book, I was keen to…Read more…
Ministers have power to pause strikes by committing to pay boost, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says government has let ambulance staff down as strikes take place across England
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Support London Ambulance Service (and other NHS Strikes)
It was an honour to attend this LAS picket line in West Ham on behalf of Greater London UNISON Regional Council officer. This is a live operational picket line (pickets may be called to go out on a “life or limb” call at any time so must ensure no…Read more…
Greencore workers celebrate pay deal
Hundreds of workers supplying Sainsbury’s and Tesco are in line for inflation busting pay increases in time for Christmas, with drivers getting pay increases of up to 33 per cent and the lowest paid production workers in line for 21 per cent pay boost. 700 workers employed by Greencore at its Kiveton site in Sheffield […]
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Valero workers denied Xmas holiday pay
Construction contractors employing workers at the Valero oil refinery in Pembrokeshire have been castigated for their Scrooge-like attitude as workers have been denied Christmas holiday pay. The 138 workers, employed by contractors under the terms of the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI), embarked on indefinite strike action in pursuit of an increase […]
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Ambulance strikes: Sunak must intervene now
Writing in the Daily Telegraph today health secretary Stephen Barclay said, “We now know that the NHS contingency plans will not cover 999 calls. ambulance unions have taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients”. In response, Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary said, “To say that ambulance unions have taken a conscious choice to […]
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Defending the right to strike
Make no mistake: we will fight hard. Any new restrictions are likely to be in breach of the UK’s commitments under international law.
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Blog: A message to ambulance strikers on a difficult day
Brave NHS staff who cared for the country in the pandemic are now taking this difficult industrial action to draw attention to the deep crisis in the NHS
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Ministers putting lives at risk by refusing to negotiate
Health secretary’s refusal to budge on pay is causing damage
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Rolling report: #PutNHSpayright
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England and at two Liverpool hospitals
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NHS strikes latest
On the eve of the strike of ambulance paramedics on Wednesday (December 21), Unite’s general secretary says it’s clear that the health minister Steven Barclay can’t resolve the dispute so it’s time for the prime minister to intervene. England should follow the Scottish example of negotiation, increasing the offer and ending the strike. Unite general […]
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UNISON ambulance workers strike over pay and staffing
Key picket lines for five ambulance services in England taking strike action
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UNISON – an honorary life member writes…
I have today received my certificate and badge as an honorary life member of UNISON. Diligent readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) may recollect my having been awarded this honour at the close of last year’s National Delegate Conference. There …Read more…
Is an NHS pay rise affordable?
As Unite paramedics join thousands more health staff on strike on Wednesday (December 21), no one can deny that NHS staff have long deserved a decent pay rise. Their real-terms pay, after all, has fallen off a cliff edge under successive Conservative governments over the last 12 years – since 2010, the TUC estimates that […]
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#StrikeTech – Unions using digital tools to build and win disputes
There are a whole bunch of challenges for union members in exercising their right to strike, and being able to raise sufficient pressure to win their disputes. Some of those are newer trends that have been born out of the pandemic. Some have been growing for a long time. Firstly there are the hurdles in … Continue reading #StrikeTech – Unions using digital tools to build and win disputes
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