Hey all, making a first post in a long time, it has been a while and there is a lot to catch up on for sure. I have been thinking about bringing the show back and maybe a little posting here. I installed the activitypub feature in wordpress so you can subscribe to our authors […]Read more…
Happy 75th anniversary of the NHS
Never forget that the Tories voted against the NHS in 1948 and the principle of free health care at the point of need. They simply cannot be trusted with it and we need a Labour Government in power to save the NHS and make it even more effective….Read more…
Unite slams South Gloucestershire council’s ‘pretend intervention’
Unite has slammed South Gloucestershire council’s open letter to both the union and Suez as a ‘pretend intervention to cover its back’. The letter, regarding all out pay strikes by 150 Suez workers, demands to know “what actions have been taken to date to settle the industrial action and to set out how you will […]
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Cepac print workers to strike
Food and drink producers across the UK face running out of packaging as workers at Cepac strike in a dispute over pay, Unite said on Wednesday (July 5). The 90 plus workers, who includes printers, engineers and conversion operatives, have overwhelmingly voted to take industrial action. The first strike will begin on Tuesday, July 18, […]
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NHS’ 75th birthday – ‘staff must be valued not undermined’
Unite is demanding that the NHS’ staff are valued and not undermined to ensure its long-term success. Latest figures show that there are 112,000 vacancies in the NHS and its recruitment crisis is worsening. The NHS’ own staff satisfaction survey shows that three quarters of respondents are unhappy with their level of pay. Meanwhile, 43 […]
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Government should commit to NHS pay talks now to avoid possible strikes next year
Pay review body process long past its use-by date
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Government should commit to NHS pay talks now to avoid possible strikes next year
Pay review body process long past its use-by date
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UNISON welcomes British standard on menopause support at work
The new standard recognises that menopausal symptoms ‘can coincide with significant mid-life challenges and responsibilities’
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UNISON welcomes British standard on menopause support at work
The new standard recognises that menopausal symptoms ‘can coincide with significant mid-life challenges and responsibilities’
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Blog: From birth until death, the NHS is there for us all
On its 75th birthday, UNISON commits, again, to fight for Nye Bevan’s vision
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Blog: From birth until death, the NHS is there for us all
On its 75th birthday, UNISON commits, again, to fight for Nye Bevan’s vision
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Review: Freud – A very short introduction, by Anthony Storr
This very short book is unfortunately not a very good book. If you want to know what Freud thought about things, probably the best place to start is Freud himself. Author Anthony Storr concedes that…Read more…
Workers’ rights violations at record high – and what to do about it
On the last day of June, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released its annual “Global Rights Index”. It presented a bleak picture of a world where workers’ rights are routinely trampled upon. And according…Read more…
Getting the Labour Postal Vote out in Boleyn
On Saturday morning I joined Labour colleagues door knocking in the Boleyn ward by election in East Ham. The local Labour Candidate is Sofia Patel. Thanks to Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz for main picture of us mostly trying to install the Labour doorstep…Read more…
Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot
As the higher education autumn term strike ballot enters its final few weeks, UNISON has been using a new way of encouraging voting
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Movement – keeping momentum going in HE strike ballot
As the higher education (HE) autumn term strike ballot enters its final month, UNISON has been using Movement to encourage voting
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50 years later …
This week marks the 50th anniversary of my first visit to Israel. It was July 1973 and I was one of a group of six members of the Young People’s Socialist League (YPSL) sent to…Read more…
UNISON at 30 – celebrate good times, come on!
We take a quick look back at some of the highlights of our first three decades
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UNISON at 30 – celebrate good times, come on!
We take a quick look back at some of the highlights of our first three decades
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Review: Damascus Station, by David McCloskey
Remember a time when the CIA was seen as either the bad guys or at best morally complicated? Back in the Seventies, post-Watergate, if the CIA put in an appearance in a book or film,…Read more…