Help UNISON and schools across the UK celebrate the often unsung stars of our children’s education on 25 November
The article Celebrate the Stars in Our Schools first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Fundamental right
Laura Pidcock, a Unite delegate from Blyth Valley, today (Monday 26 September) addressed the National Policy Forum report on housing. “Conference, every single person should have a home as a…Read more…
Next meeting, this Wednesday: guest speaker NUJ President Tim Dawson
Next meeting, this Wednesday: guest speaker NUJ President Tim Dawson
28 September 2016 at 7 for 7.30pm, at the Craft Beer Company, Upper North Street,…Read more…
#Lab16 “Axe the Housing Act” Fringe – 6pm Monday Holiday Inn
I will be at this fringe this evening. The Government will have to return to Parliament to pass regulations regarding the Act so it will be interesting to see what can still be done to oppose it.Read more…
UNISON launches UK-wide campaign to celebrate public service champions
A UK-wide campaign aimed at reminding the public of the importance of public services –and those that provide them – is to be launched later today (Monday) in Liverpool. UNISON general secretary Dave…Read more…
Harnessing Labour’s talents
An active industrial strategy which supports British manufacturing, decent jobs and reconnecting communities battered by Conservative cuts are among the issues for Unite at this year’s Labour Party…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn wins: Now what.
I drove to Liverpool yesterday with two Labour Party colleagues. We were never going to get to the conference in time for the announcement of the leadership result but with smart phones we heard the result in real time. I think we talked politics for n…Read more…
So much anger, so much pain
Ahead of the US premiere of Ken Loach’s latest film, I, Daniel Blake, one reviewer called it a “joyous, funny and moving portrait of man”. At the heart of this portrait is the film’s title…Read more…
What trade unionists need from Corbyn’s Labour
It is good – if predictable – news that the socialist leader of the Labour Party has been re-elected with increased support in spite of the best efforts of much of the Parliamentary Labour Party, the media and the establishment to undermine him.He is even more fortunate in having been offered the…Read more…
Labour must come together and convince voters it can govern, says UNISON
Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn’s re-election today (Saturday) as the leader of the Labour party, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Jeremy Corbyn has won because he’s captured the…Read more…
“Brexit and the New Age of Uncertainty” – Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz speach to Newham Full Council 19th September 2016
“Brexit and the New Age of Uncertainty: Implications, challenges and opportunities for Newham, London and our country”
“Thank you Chair for allowing me the opportunity to address colleagues at today’s Full Council.
I’ll be talking about the implications of Brexit as I see it; and a…Read more…
Bangladesh factory fire kills 34 as government fails to protect workers’ rights
This latest disaster in Bangladesh exposes poor governance and the desperate need for union involvement in keeping workers safe. The death of 34 workers at a Bangladesh factory last week, the…Read more…
Celebrate health visitors
Unite will celebrate the nation’s health visitors and 120 years of the CPHVA (Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors Association) with a special week of events from Monday 26 to Friday 30…Read more…
The ‘great pretender’
Last month, the government celebrated that it had ‘named and shamed’ 200 companies for failure to pay the minimum wage – the largest number of companies since the ‘naughty list’ scheme was first…Read more…
Uniting the Labour Party and winning the next election
As we enter conference season, the Labour Party – and Jeremy Corbyn with his renewed mandate – has an opportunity to show those in the country and the party who are skeptical about his leadership…Read more…
Care cuts: ‘A toxic mix’
Crippling social care cuts are hitting poor elderly people the hardest and leaving an increasing number of care homes on the brink of closure, a new report has found. The King’s Fund and…Read more…
Speech at EU Life Long Learning Project Final Conference – London, 23rd September 2016
Unite is the biggest manufacturing union in the UK and we also have a unique relationship with our fellow trade unionists and workers in the EU. Unite’s elected workplace representatives represent…Read more…
Notice of industrial action ballot (Manchester)
Below is the notice to members of the industrial action ballot. A copy of the notice to the employer can…Read more…
Health care assistants being used as ‘nurses on the cheap’ says UNISON
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) working in the NHS are doing the jobs of nurses without the equivalent pay or education, says a report from UNISON published today (Friday). Two in five (39%) say they…Read more…
Lord Price, show CETA the door at Bratislava castle
On Friday Lord Price, the UK’s minister for trade, will meet with ministers across the EU in Bratislava castle and the EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) is top of the agenda. This week the TUC General Secretary wrote to Trade Secretary Liam Fox calling for the UK government to oppose CETA and for…Read more…