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All Labour Party members in Newham, East London should have received a letter last week from the Labour Party encouraging those eligible to apply to stand as a candidate.
Quite rightly “Women, Black and Minority Ethnic members, Carers, people with dis…Read more…
Professor David Bailey on the boom in electric vehicles It seems that electric vehicles (EVs) are finally coming of age as barriers to take up start to fall, costs decline, and range and performance…Read more…
This post is the speech that Greater London delegate, Sanchia Alasia, had prepared but Forum ran out of time to hear. See also here the speech moving the motion by London delegate, Liz Baptiste, on behalf of UNISON National Black Members Committee.
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Forum, Chair (Liz Baptiste) from National Black Members Committee moving motion 21
Forum this motion is seeking support to explore the feasibility of lobbying for all Black shortlists to address the under-representation of Black people in the politica…Read more…
This is a little late but this was an important and succinct contribution on this motion by Sanchia.
“Good morning, my name is Sanchia Alasia from the Greater London region, here to speak in support of motion 14
Forum, we need to keep a close eye on …Read more…
I haven’t been ignoring the trade union movement since giving up my various positions within UNISON – but I must admit to having failed, over the past six weeks to comment upon important official statistics about the state of our union movement.
It’s not good news comrades.
Around 6.2 million…Read more…
On Tuesday I spoke at a seminar on the Government’s attempt to instruct Council pension funds that they can only invest in accordance to their political prejudices.
On Thursday Professional Pensions published my article below
“John Gray explains&…Read more…
Union backing new lobby for the ‘right to remain’ for EU citizens in the UK
The article EU citizens: UNISON returns to Parliament to defend members first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has accused Birmingham city council waste service bosses of ‘playing games’ and being more interested in ‘conflict’ than finding a negotiated settlement to an ongoing dispute over plans to axe…Read more…
Since the failed coup a year ago, Turkey has experienced an unprecedented erosion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
The article Boris: Stop ignoring human rights in Turkey first…Read more…
The spirit of GMB legend Mary Turner will shine on through the many men and women she inspired to join the trade union movement, said Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary. Speaking on the…Read more…
In response to new figures published today (Thursday) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealing a sharp rise in violent crime, UNISON national officer for police staff Ben Priestley said:…Read more…
The Taylor Review includes a section on “fairer enforcement”, which concludes with the statement: “The two-tier enforcement framework in the UK works”. No it doesn’t. Two things immediately spring to mind that show this statement isn’t true: Employment tribunal fees price people out of justice….Read more…
As widely predicted, UK government action on energy bills has turned out to be another damp squib. Ministers passed the buck yet again to Ofgem who have published plans for a ‘fairer and more…Read more…
Over the last two days, we’ve seen wall-to-wall coverage of what the BBC’s leading lights get paid. That’s not surprising. Few stories offer such a perfect mix of celebrity gossip, financial drama and political intrigue. Of course journalists are going to jump on this one. But…Read more…
Picture from tonight’s Executive meeting held at L&Q office in Stratford. It is really great that lay activists turn up and participate after a full day’s work to such meetings. One of our Executive members went off afterwards to go on a night shif…Read more…
Public sector workers’ real wages in 2017 are down thousands of pounds a year compared to 2010, the TUC has found. Prison officers, paramedics and NHS dieticians are all down over £3,800 a year….Read more…
UNISON has written to universities minister Jo Johnson to call for more transparency in decision-making over pay in the higher education sector.
The article Higher education: Government urged to get…Read more…
Over the weekend Chancellor Philip Hammond was reported as saying that public sector workers are overpaid. On the Andrew Marr show on Sunday he was given multiple opportunities to deny the accusation. But while he did not repeat the tone-deaf claim, ne…Read more…
Unite theatre staff members employed by Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Warrington Hospital, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action over changes to their…Read more…