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‘We need to outlaw fire and rehire forever,’ declares UNISON community conference
A reminder that in March this year UNISON Community Conference (all Clarion UNISON members are in the Community Service Group) delegates voted unanimously to back this motion from its Service Group Executive.2. Fire and re…Read more…
Today’s top story…Strike ends at St Mungo’s
Today, Friday August September 25, Unite announced that after three months of strike action hundreds of workers employed by homelessness charity St Mungo’s have now ended their long running strike, after accepting a pay increase of 10.74 per cent.
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Anti-strike law will cause headaches for employers and unions, says UNISON
Draft guidance is full of holes
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Anti-strike law will cause headaches for employers and unions, says UNISON
Draft guidance is full of holes
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Burston bound
In April 1914, Kitty and Tom Higdon, loved and respected teachers at Burston Village School in Norfolk, were sacked because of their socialist and trade union views.
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Trade Union Congress Delegate 2023
Today I received my credentials as a UNISON delegate to this year’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Liverpool next month. I am speaking in a pension fringe on Collective Defined Contributions schemes and will hopefully get involved on other pension,…Read more…
Share your solidarity with Wirral clinical support workers on strike
Over 400 Wirral clinical support workers will take 48 hours of strike action from the morning of 31 August and they need all of our support and solidarity. Share yours here.
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Share your solidarity with Wirral clinical support workers on strike
Over 400 Wirral clinical support workers will take 48 hours of strike action from the morning of 31 August and they need all of our support and solidarity. Share yours here.
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Public ownership would mean lower energy bills and lower inflation
On the eve of the new price cap, Unite has highlighted how energy companies are making record profits while the government and industry regulator, Ofgem, stand by and do nothing to support workers and communities. Ofgem is preparing to unveil the new price cap level, which will be implemented from 1 October. While it is […]
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Today’s top stories…Gatwick Bank Holiday weekend strikes off
The threat of strike action at Gatwick Airport this weekend has ended after workers accepted dramatically improved pay offers. Unite had called strike action this weekend on behalf of members employed by ground handlers Red Handling and Wilson James who undertake the passenger mobility contract at the airport. However, following improved pay offers both strikes […]
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TUC Summer Patrol 2023 – on the streets of Leeds and York
Over two days and across two cities, young trade union activists from across the movement came together for the TUC Summer Patrol, engaging young precarious workers in the retail and hospitality industry.
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Inside Housing calls for the next government to “Build Social”
Many will support the new campaign by magazine/social media site “Inside Housing” for the next Government to build more social housing. As a London Councillor and front facing Housing worker, I see pretty much every week the devastation that the …Read more…
Today’s top stories…Barts NHS Trust workers vote to strike
NHS workers at Barts Health NHS Trust have overwhelmingly voted for a campaign of industrial action today by a margin of 95 per cent in a dispute over low pay and safe staffing. The workers and their representatives will meet over the coming days to agree strike dates. Last year Unite activists and union reps […]
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Blog: Commemorating the abolition of the slave trade
Today is an opportunity for all of UNISON to reaffirm its commitment to embracing diversity, promoting inclusivity, and actively confronting racism
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Blog: Commemorating the abolition of the slave trade
Today is an opportunity for all of UNISON to reaffirm its commitment to embracing diversity, promoting inclusivity, and actively confronting racism
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‘We must all stand up and be counted’
Today (August 23), Unite marks what has been designated by UNESCO as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Unite Equalities urges everyone to commemorate the day and fight the racist legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in their statement below: In 1555, John Lok became the first recorded […]
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Azerbaijan: Labour activists targeted as new unions emerge
In places where existing trade unions fail to organise workers, new unions will often emerge to fill the gap. And those new unions will sometimes be the subject of state repression as a result. This…Read more…
The evolution of the TUC Solidarity Hub project and supporting industrial action
We are now nine months in from the official launch of the TUC Solidarity Hub project which was born during one of the greatest waves of industrial action in recent memory. The project was designed to help bring together the TUC’s support for unions eng…Read more…
CEO pay survey 2023: FTSE 100 CEOs get half a million pound pay rise
While apologists of high pay for these bosses will make all the excuses under the sun, my question is what are the company actual workers being paid this year for enabling them to have all this huge amounts of money? I think I know the answer..”O…Read more…