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Nearly 400 East London NHS Foundation Trust workers have voted to strike over pay and safe staffing levels, Unite said today (July 26). The workers, from a wide number of professions and roles and based across numerous East London NHS Foundation Trust sites, will join 800 of their colleagues at Guys and St Thomas’ in […]
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Unite today (26 July) announced strike dates set to hit the world-renowned A.G. Barr’s production and distribution centre in Cumbernauld. Unite confirmed that its trucker and shunter drivers who are essential to the supply of the company’s products including Irn-Bru, one of the nation’s most popular soft drinks, will now strike in a series of […]
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The coroner who oversaw the inquest into the death of a British Airways engineer and Unite member at Heathrow Airport has written to the airport operators, Heathrow Airports Limited (HAL), in his official capacity, seeking answers to his concerns over worker safety at Heathrow. The prevention of further deaths report from coroner Mr Richard Furniss […]
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At Labour’s national policy forum this weekend, UNISON told the party ‘We need a fundamental shift of power and prosperity back into workers’ hands’
The article Blog: Influencing the next Labour government first appeared on the UNISON National site.
At Labour’s national policy forum this weekend, UNISON told the party ‘We need a fundamental shift of power and prosperity back into workers’ hands’
The article Blog: Influencing the next Labour government first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The second book in the Cassie Raven series is as good as the first. This time, the Camden-based mortuary worker investigates a cold case even closer to home: her father, jailed for murdering her mother…Read more…
This short book is a wonderful resource for writers — both writers of fiction and non-fiction. Unlike so many books about writing, this is not about self-publishing, or setting goals, or grammar, or marketing. Instead,…Read more…
UNISON contributed to guidance being drawn up
The article First guidance published to support NHS workers after a colleague suicide first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON contributed to guidance being drawn up
The article First guidance published to support NHS workers after a colleague suicide first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The change of Twitter’s bird logo – named Larry after the US basketball player Larry Bird might seem strange and the name change to simply X (owned by X Corp) a bit sinister. But it is not just a name … Continue reading Read more…
Cassie (Cassandra) Raven works in a mortuary in Camden, north London, where she speaks to the dead — and it seems they might be speaking back. This is the first book in a series of…Read more…
Hat tip to Martin Lewis, who is a little “cheesy” (as he admits) but seemingly “bang on the money” on this important issue. At the risk of seeming like being a pension obsessive, I have spent most of today trying to working out whether Gill and I have …Read more…
Hat tip @londonnurse2016 – UNISON will be contacting key stakeholders about Clarion Housing Group attempt to break its promises to them and their staff over pensions. If Clarion breaks promises made in the past then how can you work with them and trust…Read more…
On Monday (24 July) the TUC Yorkshire & the Humber and TUC Wales will launch its Summer Patrol project 2023.
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One of the UK’s largest veterinary care providers is risking pet safety with redundancies to non-clinical staff, Unite said on Friday (July 21). IVC Evidensia, which runs over a thousand veterinary practices across the country, is refusing to disclose how many non-clinical staff, including veterinary care assistants and receptionists, it plans to fire. However, the […]
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I liked this from David Runciman’s book How Democracy Ends:“Many of the things that we fret about when we imagine a future world of Als are the same worries that have been harboured about corporations for centuries.“Corporations are man-made monsters. …Read more…
Unite has secured a lump sum payment for workers employed at Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) Trust who were initially denied the one-off lump sum payment awarded to all other NHS workers, as they were employed on a bank-only contract. Unite has also issued collective grievances at other NHS Trusts where workers have come forward to […]
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Unite has warned that St Mungo’s can no longer rely on agency labour to run a skeleton service while paying dedicated homelessness workers a pittance. Workers at the charity have been on indefinite strike action since June 27. A recent High Court ruling now threatens to plunge the charity into crisis without swift action. From […]
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Disabled people are more at risk of having to make the difficult decision between heating and eating.
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