TUC motion says Labour must honour pre-election pledge to bring workers back in-house
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Government must keep promise on NHS outsourcing staff to avoid strikes, says UNISON
TUC motion says Labour must honour pre-election pledge to bring workers back in-house
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UNISON Safety inspection in Leeds Housing office
Today I travelled up to Leeds to support a new UNISON safety representative, Wayne, on his first trade union safety inspection of his local housing office and workshop. Wayne is a repairs operative, currently repairing void (empty) properties and…Read more…
NEC nominates Christina McAnea for general secretary
UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met yesterday and agreed to nominate Christina McAnea in the forthcoming general secretary election. Christina has worked for the UK’s biggest union for 30 years and been general secretary since 2020. All full members who are on the union’s membership register on 28 July 2025, will be entitled to vote […]
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NEC nominates Christina McAnea for general secretary
UNISON’s national executive council (NEC) met yesterday and agreed to nominate Christina McAnea in the forthcoming general secretary election. Christina has worked for the UK’s biggest union for 30 years and been general secretary since 2020. All full members who are on the union’s membership register on 28 July 2025, will be entitled to vote […]
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UNISON NEC nominate Christina McAnea to be our General Secretary
This morning I was present, as an elected lay member of the UNISON National Executive Committee at the NEC hustings in the UNISON centre, London of candidates standing to be our next General Secretary. Christina McAnea is the existing UNISO…Read more…
Sentencing reform must not overburden probation staff, says UNISON
Staff will need a significant share of new investment
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Sentencing reform must not overburden probation staff, says UNISON
Staff will need a significant share of new investment
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Another evening “on the knocker” in Plaistow South
This evening I was the “board runner” again (not with a clip board anymore but a Labour Party mobile phone app) with a group of activists led by our by election candidate, Ash. We did both sides of a very long street in the ward. It was thre…Read more…
Thursday 4 September: ‘The Challenges of the Management and Maintenance of Social Housing’
This Thursday 4 September (7pm), LHG Executive Committee Member Cllr Asma Islam joins us to discuss the crisis in social housing.Cllr Asma Islam is a Labour and Co-operative councillor in Tower Hamlets with a strong record of public service and g…Read more…
Pension overhaul is not the answer to councils’ funding woes, says UNISON
Forcing council staff on to inferior pensions would leave retired workers worse off and add to the already severe recruitment crisis in local government
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Pension overhaul is not the answer to councils’ funding woes, says UNISON
Forcing council staff on to inferior pensions would leave retired workers worse off and add to the already severe recruitment crisis in local government
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Saturday Labour doorstep in Plaistow South By election
Picture college from yesterday’s doorstep in the Plaistow South By Election campaign with our candidate Ash and local party activists. There was 3 teams out and the result was pretty positive. On one occasion I had some robust conversations …Read more…
You cannot insure your car after a car accident
Many thanks to our UNISON Northamptonshire Police and Fire branch for this advice. One of the hardest things I have to do as a Union rep is to refuse representation for those who only join when they have an existing problem. If you work for …Read more…
Mental health services are best delivered through a properly funded NHS
Report shows NHS is reliant on private firms and charities
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Mental health services are best delivered through a properly funded NHS
Report shows NHS is reliant on private firms and charities
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West Hampstead By Election Day
This evening I went to help out with the by election in West Hampstead, Camden. Until relatively recently, I used to work in Camden as a housing officer, specialising in complex tenancy issues and ASB. Despite dealing with some very tricky and di…Read more…
Labour teams about to set off in Plaistow South
Great picture from last night as Labour activists set off to campaign in Plaistow South with our By Election candidate, Asheen Singh (date of by election Thursday 18 September). I was running the “door step” app in a team with Ash and long standi…Read more…
Crossthwaite Common, Rake Gill and Holwick Walk: Is this really an overcrowded Island?
Off message. Just been sorting out photos from recent holiday in Country Durham and created college from a tough but magnificent 9.5 mile circular solo walk, I did starting from Middleton-in-Teesdale. This was an orange Pathfinder walk. The …Read more…
Welcome to Europe
For many years, people in the U.K. could comfortably boast that unlike continental European countries, we didn’t have Nazis. We had a far Right, of course, but even that struggled to win seats in Parliament. …Read more…