Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms
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Young members’ conference turns to recruitment and organising
A number of motions on Saturday dealt with how the self organised group encourage recruitment, get members active and produce results for young members
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My last West Ham Councillor surgery at Stratford Library?
On Saturday morning I had what I hoped to be my last Councillor surgery in the Newham Council Archives and Local Studies in Stratford Library. The staff at the library have been lovely but we (including my fellow ward Councillors John Whitwor…Read more…
Lambeth’s Living Legend
I am indebted to a recent reader of this blog for kindly reminding me of an event which took place last month at UNISON’s national LGBT+ conference.My old friend, and Lambeth UNISON branch comrade, Jackie Lewis received a well deserved award for lifeti…Read more…
Start pay talks to stop NHS strikes this winter, says UNISON
The government can easily prevent strikes across the NHS this winter.
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Nearly one million UK workers suffering from Work Related stress, depression or anxiety – 11% rise
Check out this article in the IOSH website about the 11% rise in work related stress reported by the Health & Safety Executive in their annual report. Very worrying for employers and unions. The HSE believe that nearly half of these workers b…Read more…
Young members’ conference opens with debates about cost of living
Assistant general secretary Jon Richards welcomes delegates and speaks before a morning of debate
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UNISON welcomes return of further education to public sector
ONS decision means that senior leaders will have to justify big pay awards
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Unite Network Rail members to join latest walkouts
Unite has confirmed that its members employed by Network Rail in electric control rooms will join their colleagues at other rail unions in taking industrial action as part of the latest planned walkouts. The workers will take industrial action on the following dates: Tuesday 12 December, Wednesday 13 December, Friday 16 December, Saturday 17 December, […]
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Felixstowe rep suspended for failing to say ‘good morning’
Hundreds of workers from the port of Felixstowe will hold a protest in defence of seven Unite members and Unite reps who have been victimised by “malicious” bosses. A consultative ballot for industrial action also gets underway on Monday, December 5. The protest will begin from 8am on December 5 at Gate 1, Port of […]
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Heathrow Menzies workers to strike
Passengers flying from Heathrow for pre-Christmas getaways have been warned to be braced for delays as ground handlers employed by Menzies have announced fresh strike action in a pay dispute. The dispute involves 350 workers employed by Menzies who will take strike action from 4am on Friday, December 16 for a 72 hour period. The […]
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Clarion UNISON AGM 2022 – Re-elected as National Convenor
I was really pleased to be re-elected (unopposed) this evening as the UNISON National Convenor at our AGM held in person in London Bridge HQ and virtually on msn teams. Our most active steward, Joseph Ogundemuren, was also elected to the new position o…Read more…
Harrods’ strike breaking agency named and shamed
The agency brought in to break a pay strike by Harrods’ security guards and CCTV operators has been named and shamed as Protective Security Group Ltd. Under the new anti-trade union law passed this summer by the government, Harrods has been allowed to replace striking workers with agency staff. The company threatened the workforce with […]
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UK facing Christmas pickle crisis
Lovers of some of UK’s most popular pickles face being denied their favourite condiments this Christmas as strike action at the Mizkan Euro factory in Rochdale intensifies in a dispute over pay. The factory produces Haywards Pickled Onions, Sarsons Vinegar and Haywards Pickled Vegetables. The 50 plus workers, who are members of Unite, the UK […]
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Pre-Christmas ambulance strikes deepen
More ambulance service workers in England have voted for industrial action Unite announced on Wednesday (November 30). With workers voting by up to 92 per cent to take action, strikes look set to begin ahead of Christmas. Unite will announce details in the coming days. Unite’s ambulance service members say such is the decay across […]
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Low paid East Kent Hospitals workers ballot for strike
Nearly 200 low paid East Kent Hospitals staff, employed by private contractor 2Gether, are being balloted for strike action over pay, Unite said today (December 1). 2Gether is a wholly owned subsidiary of East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and made £2m profits in 2021. The workers are being offered a pay rise of around […]
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‘Watershed moment’
December 1 will be a day that hundreds of thousands of hospitality workers in the Republic of Ireland will remember – it’s the day that they’ve reclaimed what’s rightfully theirs. Up until today, workers in Ireland’s hotels, restaurants and other establishments where tipping is customary, had long been the victims of theft on a grand […]
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Government must act decisively to save the NHS
NHS vacancies in England reach record high
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11th Anniversary of UNISON National Pension Strike 2011
Facebook reminded me this morning that it is the 11th anniversary of the 2011 successful strike action to protect public sector pensions (Facebook immediately lost any thanks for this memory for refusing to allow me to share, since they thought my post…Read more…
Unite GS blasts failure to rein in energy profiteers
Reacting to the Ofgem’s newly published price review on Wednesday (November 30) Unite has slammed the regulator’s failure to rein in rampant profiteering by energy distributors such as UK Power Networks. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Ofgem have utterly failed to protect the public from rapacious energy profiteers. This price review will allow distributors […]
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