Government must stop talent and experience slipping away
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Government must focus on sorting NHS pay now, says UNISON
Staff can’t wait until next year for a wage boost
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Last chance to save the NHS
Ahead of tomorrow’s (November 17) Autumn Statement, the leader of Unite has warned that a failure by the Chancellor to fund the NHS properly will leave the UK’s proudest achievement “on its knees”. With inflation at a 41 year high, the rising costs of living measured by the RPI this week is 7 times higher […]
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Protect triple lock call
Pensioners across the UK – more than 2m of whom are already living in poverty – face the chancellor’s Autumn Statement tomorrow (November 17) with dread, as the triple lock pension protection hangs in the balance. The triple lock guarantee ensures that the state pension increases each year in line with whichever is highest – […]
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Review: Assassination of the First Prime Minister of Georgia Noe Ramishvili, by Gela Suladze
The murder of the former Georgian Interior Minister Noe Ramishvili on a Paris street in 1930 would make a great thriller. It’s an incredible story and it involves a true villain, Lavrenty Beria, who publicly…Read more…
Chancellor must not cut public services to fix economy, says UNISON
Widening gap between pay and prices is leaving services on verge of collapse
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Mining and Human Rights: LAPFF Chair Returns from Brazil Tailings Dam Trip
Check out this press release by the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (I am Joint Vice Chair) on the recent visit by our Chair to Brazil. Many thanks to Doug and our engagement partners, PIRC, for all their work during this important visit. Some …Read more…
UNISON delivers pay petition to Downing Street
Over 182,290 people signed the petition, demanding that the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour
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Strike threat forces United Airlines climb down
Airport operations workers employed by United Airlines at London Heathrow have secured a new pay deal which includes an improved pay offer and a commitment from the company to abandon outsourcing plans. The workers had announced 4 days of strike action planned between 28th and 31st October after a 96% vote in favour of strikes. […]
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Baristas united
The UK’s leading union for hospitality workers, Unite, has Starbucks, Costa, Café Nero and Pret a Manger in its sights as it demands better jobs, pay and conditions for café workers. Despite the sector pulling in £5.6 billion in revenue this year, low pay, under staffing and inconsistent hours are rife across the sector. Unite’s […]
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UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey
Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES
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Winter warning as Environment Agency staff vote for strike, says UNISON
Workers back action over pay
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Public sector wage slump matters to us all, says UNISON
Services are suffering because of sluggish wages
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Act on pay and help the NHS, staff and patients, say health unions
UNISON and other unions discuss workforce crisis with health secretary
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UNISON demands Rishi Sunak guarantee workers’ protections in EU law bill
In a letter to the prime minister, Christina McAnea writes: ‘Government should be creating stability and certainty – not a bonfire of workers’ rights and decades of legal wrangling.’
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Heinz factory workers celebrate pay win
Unite has secured around 150 workers at Telford’s Heinz Food Service factory a pay rise of 11 per cent. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “By standing together in their union, our members at Heinz’s Telford factory have secured a substantial pay rise. As this result shows, Unite’s total focus on improving jobs, pay and […]
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Beloved Comrade: obituary – Avtar Singh Jouhl
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West Ham Remembrance Sunday & When the Guns Fell Silent
This morning I attended the Remembrance Day service at All Saints Church in West Ham, the ward I have represented as a Councillor since 2010. It was a marvellous and moving service, attended by our local MP, Lyn Brown, our local British Army TA unit, G…Read more…
Review: Standing by the Wall: A Slough House Interlude, by Mick Herron
Every new book from British author Mick Herron is a cause for celebration. Even when the book isn’t actually a book. This “interlude” is more of a short story — a story in which appear…Read more…
Rest in Power: Hitesh Patel (16/9/58-11/11/22)
Hitesh with Hassina Malik defending our pensionsOn Friday 11th November, the Lambeth branch of UNISON lost one of our most respected and admired retired members.Hitesh Patel, 64, a true friend and comrade, died unexpectedly whilst receiving treatment f…Read more…