“Please join the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) and IndustriALL Global Union for a one-hour investor webinar on 21 May at 3pm UK/4pm CET, when we will explore the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) for r…Read more…
Government’s hostile policies are worsening already dire staffing shortages in care, says UNISON
Visa changes could lead to service catastrophe for those in need
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Government’s hostile policies are worsening already dire staffing shortages in care, says UNISON
Visa changes could lead to service catastrophe for those in need
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Workers’ Memorial Day – in photos
From Friday through the weekend, Unite members across the union’s regions marked International Workers’ Memorial Day to ‘honour the dead and fight for the living’. You can view highlights from the commemorations in photos below: Angus Council – Scotland East Ayreshire – Scotland Aberdeen – Scotland Doncaster Leeds Sheffield Wolverhampton Tower Hill, London – photo […]
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HPC remembers fallen workers
Construction workers from Hinkley Point C (HPC) in Somerset gathered around the Unite Workers’ Memorial in Bridgwaters’ Blake Gardens to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday (April 26). They were joined by Unite officers along with representatives from trades councils and other workplace unions to lay wreaths and hear speeches. In total over 60 […]
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UNISON Service Group Elections 2024: Community & other SGE recommendations
UNISON Service Group elections started last week. These are really important elections. Some seats were not contested so not everyone has received a postal vote (and you can vote via email but not do both!)The list below is of personal recommenda…Read more…
UNISON opinion: Make sure that you use your vote this Thursday
Choose who you can trust to put you and your family first
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UNISON opinion: Make sure that you use your vote this Thursday
Choose who you can trust to put you and your family first
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Review: How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler, by Peter Pomerantsev
A publisher I know used to say that if you want to sell more books, put “Hitler” in the title. In this case, someone may have been taking his advice. It was not Hitler who…Read more…
Stop violence at work: Please take the campaign survey
A new survey will help your union to understand the problem and guide work on it
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Stop violence at work: Please take the campaign survey
A new survey will help your union to understand the problem and guide work on it
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‘The fight for health and safety never ends’
Unite members joined other trade unionists at an International Workers’ Memorial Day event in Liverpool on Sunday (April 28) to ‘honour the dead and fight for the living’. They observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to all workers who have died or have been injured in work in the UK and across the […]
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Double West Ham canvass for Sadiq Khan & Labour
This has been a busy Labour Movement few days with Workers Memorial Day on Friday, TUC Regional Council AGM yesterday (followed by my first ever visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum – which deserves a future post) and today, campaigning for …Read more…
TUC London, Eastern & South East Regional Council AGM 24
(Text largely from my twitter account @grayee) “At @The_TUC LESE AGM in Congress House, London (home of the British Trade union movement) which I am attending as a @unisonglr delegate. After a minutes silence to remember comrades who have died i…Read more…
Review: The Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday is a young-ish American marketing executive who seems to have stumbled upon stoicism and turned the philosophy of the ancient Greeks into a real money spinner. His books are fast reads and mega-best-sellers,…Read more…
Worker’s Memorial Day 2024: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”.
Today we remembered workers who died in the course of their duties and also those who died trying valiantly to save them. Workers Memorial Day is on Sunday (28 April) this year but we decided to hold our annual event today. The venue was bes…Read more…
Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers
Ministers are entirely responsible for the funding crisis that’s putting schools in this impossible position.
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Struggling schools forced to rely on teaching assistants as cheap cover for teachers
Ministers are entirely responsible for the funding crisis that’s putting schools in this impossible position.
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AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media
Festival Of Debate, 2024. Louisa Bull, National Officer Graphical, Paper, Media & IT Sector. Unite The Union : AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media April 25th, 2024I know other speakers are going to deal much more eloquently with the … Continue reading Read more…
‘It’s time to start fighting now’
On Thursday (April 25) striking canteen workers based at Drax Power Station descended on Drax’s AGM in London. Watch the inspiring film below to find out more about this brave group of women who are taking a big stand for fair pay. Film by Anna Burton
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