Union’s beautiful Croyde Bay resort in Devon has achieved the distinction of entering TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame
The article UNISON inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame! first appeared on the…Read more…
Review: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Jason Matthews writes with such authority about the CIA that I kept thinking as I read this book — he’s either got a great imagination, or he was a player. It turns out to be…Read more…
Women need unions and unions need women
Women in leadership course participants went to Westminster to meet the region’s parliamentarians and use it as an opportunity to raise issues affecting women across the North East including period…Read more…
West Hammers helping out at Lewisham East this Saturday 9 June 2pm at Lee Station: Vote Janet Daby
West Ham Labour Party are organising a campaigning event to support the Labour Candidate (and UNISON member), Janet Daby, in the Lewisham East By Election.
We are meeting outside Lee Station at 2pm on Saturday 9 June.
To get there you can meet We…Read more…
North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
The article North west…Read more…
Back growth call
Unite urged MPs to back Heathrow expansion when it is put to a vote in the coming weeks after UK government ministers finally gave a third runway the green light today (June 5). Unite went on…Read more…
Care workers strike against pay cuts
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
The article Care workers strike against pay cuts first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
TUC: Leader sees sparks of a mass movement.
TUC Interview Frances O’Grady on the TUC at 150: ‘Unions have to change or die’ By Alexandra Topping The Guardian As the organisation tries to reach younger people, its…Read more…
‘Bargain basement sale’
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) fire sale continued as the government last night (June 4) sold shares well below the price paid to bail out the bank amid the financial crisis, resulting it a total…Read more…
World Environment Day – Ideas for action
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay The theme is to #BeatPlasticPollution and there are lots of ideas online about how to do that, globally and locally.
Check out the United Nations Environment Programme on today’s theme – and look closer to home in Scotland through the work of some of the many members of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.
UNISON is an active member of SCCS, whose AGM is in GlasgowRead more…
National Delegate Conference isn’t like other union conferences – like our union, it’s special
It’s a great opportunity to come together as a public service workers, meet old friends and new and recommit to our shared values of equality, democracy and publicly owned services. Personally, I…Read more…
Appeal by Mayor of Newham to find boy’s killers
A really heartfelt plea by the Mayor for help in finding the murderers and reassurance that everything possible will be done to protect our young people in Newham.
“Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz has appealed for residents to come forward with any info…Read more…
Train chaos is a private, not a public sector failure
Train chaos is a private, not a public sector failure.Read more…
UNISON’s Friendly new partner
Union announces new member benefit partner
The article UNISON’s Friendly new partner first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Race to the bottom’
Unite has new evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to slash pay rates on the troubled £800 million energy from waste project at Park Adfer in Deeside North Wales. Last week (May 30) hundreds of…Read more…
‘Stuck at the start’
The pay gap between younger and older workers has widened by nearly 50 per cent over the last two decades, leaving young people struggling to get by, according to a new report by the TUC. The…Read more…
Carpenters Estate Stratford
On Saturday I mobiked through the Carpenters Estate to meet a friend at the Olympic stadium and on route had a chance to do an unofficial walkabout. While I thought that the poppies and flowers displays were lovely and well kept, I know that there are …Read more…
Women of Westminster Walking Tour: 26 July 2018
Newham Youth Council & Cabinet meeting
On Friday afternoon the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and her Cabinet (including yours truly) met the Newham Young Mayor ,Tomiwa Akintunde and the Youth Council.
After introductions were made we talked about the Young Mayor’s projects esp…Read more…
Unsung Hero: The Jack Jones Story – Trailer
Unsung Hero: The Jack Jones Story – Trailer from Hurricane Films on Vimeo. ‘Unsung Hero – The Jack Jones Story’ is a documentary on one of the greatest British figures of the past century – a…Read more…