On Friday this indicative strike ballot was sent to Clarion Housing Group UNISON Members being threatened illegally with either giving up their pensions or being fired (possibly even without being rehired). A full postal official ballot of all UN…Read more…
You can’t take politics out of ESG
Over recent months I’ve seen various pieces about what ESG / RI ‘really’ is. One of the principal areas of quite profound disagreement is whether it is about values or value. Some contend that it is simply about good risk management in the pursuit of f…Read more…
The reunion & my first dreadful NEC meeting
Yesterday evening I met up with my Unison comrades from my 14 years in Tower Hamlets Council housing department for a birthday celebration. It was great to meet up with Monty, Trev (and even) Dave. We had some beers then went to the family run Nep…Read more…
Review: Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Alain de Botton and Malcolm Gladwell
With those four men listed as the authors, how could this have been such an uninteresting book? It’s the transcript of a debate which took place in Toronto several years ago. Pinker and Ridley made…Read more…
Review: George Orwell and Russia, by Masha Karp
Growing up in the Soviet Union, Masha Karp read George Orwell’s novels, and in particular 1984 and Animal Farm and could not understand something. How could someone who never lived in her country, who did…Read more…
Still fighting anti-trade union laws: the IER and CTUF at Tolpuddle
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Government must raise ‘out-of-date’ mileage rates for struggling public service staff, says UNISON
Mileage rates are woefully out of date.
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Government must raise ‘out-of-date’ mileage rates for struggling public service staff, says UNISON
Mileage rates are woefully out of date.
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A Labour Movement Day: East Ham By-Election & UNISON NEC induction training
Early this morning I went out with Labour Party colleagues to remind electors in Boleyn Ward in East Ham, London to vote today for Sofia Patel in the Newham Council By-Election. Afterwards I went to the UNISON headquarters in Euston for indu…Read more…
‘Solidarity isn’t just at the gate’
Unite policy conference held a spirited debate on Wednesday (July 12) about mental health support for Unite reps and activists, which conference agreed was an absolute necessity. Unite delegate Tom Queen (pictured above) moved the composite, highlighting a key part of the motions’ demand – counselling for reps as and when needed, paid for by […]
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Unions court win means agency workers can no longer be used to break strike action
Unions have scored an important win against the government’s attacks on trade unions. The High Court has quashed a legal change that ministers made last year that allowed employment agencies to supply workers to replace those on strike.
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‘Zero tolerance of sexual harassment – end of’
Unite delegate Stéf Kasprowski gave a stirring speech as she moved a motion on sexual harassment in the workplace at Unite policy conference on Thursday (July 13). She began by highlighting the numbers of people who say they have experienced sexual harassment at work have increased dramatically to three in five women, and 7 out […]
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‘Together we can do this’
Following Labour leader Keir Starmer’s address to Unite’s policy conference on Thursday (July 13), Unite delegates asked Starmer pointed questions about what a future Labour government would do in power. Unite delegate Steve Surtees (pictured above), a steelworker at Port Talbot, challenged Starmer to outline in detail what he would do as a future prime […]
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‘A Britain with its future back’
Labour leader Keir Starmer addressed Unite delegates on Wednesday afternoon saying, “It’s a real privilege to address you at such a pivotal moment in our country.” He thanked the Unite executive and Sharon Graham, “the first female general secretary of Britain’s biggest private sector union.” He said that he knew from their regular meetings that, […]
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Strikes & the Law
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UniteLive stories of the year – ‘This is what a winning union looks like’
Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at Unite general secretary Sharon Graham’s barnstorming speech at Unite’s Policy Conference in July. — Wednesday morning’s conference highlight was always going to be Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary’s keynote speech. The hall […]
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Is Labour Backsliding on Workers’ Rights?
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The persecution of trade unionists and their families: from Tolpuddle to Ascott-under-Wychwood to the miners’ strike
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High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful
Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
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High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful
Judge agrees with UNISON that the then business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, acted unlawfully, unfairly and irrationally
The article High Court rules ‘strike-breaking’ agency worker regulations unlawful first appeared on the UNISON National site.