The values of solidarity and equality that Mandela stood for are as important today as they were during apartheidRead more…
Charlbury House Walkabout – 17 July 2018 with local Little Ilford Councillors (Art in Blocks)
Picture collage from this evening when I did a home visit to Charlbury House with local Little Ilford Councillors, Councillor Riaz Ahmed Mirza and Councillor Pushpa Dipaklal Makwana about an ongoing leak in the block affecting a number of flats that ne…Read more…
Anaylsis of the HIOW STP plan:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health & Care System STP Delivery Plan Final Draft by Nancy Farrell The “Hampshire and Isle of Wight Health & Care System STP Delivery Plan Final Draft” was…Read more…
Meals of justice
Unite leader Len McCluskey joined TGI Fridays protesters who demonstrated outside of the firm’s Brighton restaurant. The protest was part of a national day of action on July 4 at 30 TGI…Read more…
Gambling away jobs
Unite shop stewards representing over 100,000 manufacturing workers travelled from across the UK today (July 17) to lobby Tory MPs for a sensible Brexit that supports key industries and jobs. …Read more…
As private health firms circle like sharks…
While many may have cheered the departure of Jeremy Hunt, the contentious health secretary who presided over years of NHS cuts and staff pay freezes, critics say his successor Matt Hancock looks to…Read more…
Cutting Suffolk’s police community support officers risks public safety, says UNISON
Plans announced today (Tuesday) to axe more than half of Suffolk’s police community support officers (PCSOs) would put public safety at risk, says UNISON. The proposed cuts by Suffolk Constabulary…Read more…
Older workers deserve access to training, says UNISON
Responding to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee report on the weak enforcement of age discrimination law published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of learning and organising services…Read more…
Ryanair: just a bit of fun
I dug the stats out of the Ryanair annual reports when it used to disclose the split between direct hire and agency flight crew. The first graph has the real data, the second includes projected numbers for 2012-2017 if the direct hires stayed at the sa…Read more…
Pay growth falls again as workers continue to suffer
The flawed theory that low unemployment must mean higher wages is still driving policy – and working people are paying the priceRead more…
Five ways to make work better for older people
Too often older people in the workplace are portrayed as a problem. It’s time to take age discrimination at work seriouslyRead more…
Mandela100 – Living the Legacy
As we mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, Lynn Collins, TUC regional secretary, explains how his legacy will live on in Liverpool for generations to comeRead more…
London Stadium Report & LOBO legal action: Newham Full Council Meeting 16.7.18
Tonight’s Newham Full Council meeting was dominated by two key announcements by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz in her report to Council.
Firsty, she announced the result of a QC investigation on the London Olympic Stadium debacle where Newham Council lost at lea…Read more…
Glasgow staff walk out after discovering hidden lenses in health food shop
by Niall Christie @NiallChristie1 STAFF at a city centre health food store have gone on strike after discovering secret cameras in rooms where staff changed, just four weeks after opening. Workers…Read more…
‘Our message is clear — we won’t be divided’
Trade unionists joined protestors from across the UK as they flooded London’s streets on Friday (July 13) to march against US President Donald Trump and his politics of division and hate in one of…Read more…
Plans to cut care workers’ pay on hold
Strike action on hold pending further talks
The article Plans to cut care workers’ pay on hold first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Challenge, resist and engage’
At least 250,000 people took to the streets of London and in towns and cities across the country last week to make clear that the racist, mysogynist, xenophobic global bully Trump is not welcome…Read more…
Blog: Thank you school support staff – with you schools couldn’t function
On behalf of UNISON’s 1.3 million members, I want to take this opportunity to thank school support staff for everything you’ve done for our nation’s children this year
The article Blog: Thank you…Read more…
When I went to Parliament and spoke up for care workers
UNISON member and care worker Nicole Stanfield Caile went to Parliament recently to put the case for care workers
The article When I went to Parliament and spoke up for care workers first appeared…Read more…
– European Network Against Arms Trade –
Military Industry Fund Could Encourage Development and Export of Controversial Weaponry The European Union (EU) is about to agree to a shared military industry fund which will give billions of…Read more…