It has been a while since I have been for (or posted) a country walk for various reasons. Today Gill and I took advantage of a dry and warmish weather forecast to go for this 7.5 mile circular walk in Essex. A map and description is in this Essex…Read more…
Review: Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well, by Dr Tim Spector
I first came across Tim Spector because of COVID. His company, ZOE, launched an app which I and millions of others used to report daily on symptoms, vaccines, etc. Since then I’ve read one of…Read more…
One year on from the global climate conference in Glasgow, what’s changed in Wales for workers?
One year ago, I was representing Welsh workers at the Cop 26 global climate meeting of world leaders in Glasgow. The meeting agreed a set of targets and actions to tackle global warming.
The president of the conference, Alok Sharma, said it was an “his…Read more…
Armistice Day – Newham Central Park Cenotaph 2022 (and searching for Alf Wells, Clarion Cycles, KIA 1914)
This morning I attended yet another very moving Armistice Day memorial at the Cenotaph in Central Park. As well as the usual suspects (myself included) there was I think around 200 children from local schools gathered around Cenotaph, many of who…Read more…
UNISON’s Braveheart
A UNISON NEC member (and past President of the Union), has successfully bought a complaint against UNISON to the Certification Officer.Whether or not one agrees with the action taken in the particular case, it is important to recognise and salute the c…Read more…
Strike victory for Hull Stagecoach workers
Strikes by more than 250 Stagecoach workers in Hull have ended after the workers accepted a two-year pay deal worth 20 per cent. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “This is a major victory for Hull’s Stagecoach workers, who, by standing together, achieved a substantial pay increase. It’s also a significant moment for the region […]
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Fox’s biscuit workers in pay win
Strike action by engineers at Fox’s Biscuit factory in Batley Yorkshire has been averted after the workforce accepted an improved pay offer. The 36 engineers who are members of Unite had voted in favour of strikes in a pay dispute and announced industrial action, which would have disrupted Christmas production. Following the announcement of industrial […]
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‘This is now a fight to save the NHS itself’
Unite members are fighting to save the NHS as they call for more funding for a health service on its knees and better pay for staff who are struggling to make ends meet. On Monday (November 14) Unite members in health will gather for a demonstration to send a loud and clear message to prime […]
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Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’
Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll
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Liverpool dockers celebrate major victory
Liverpool dockers employed by Peel Ports have won pay hikes between 14 per cent and 18 per cent plus, according to job grades, after a deal was secured by Unite, the dockers’ union. At a mass meeting held on Thursday (November 10) at the docks, around 600 workers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal, […]
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UNISON and the NEU – we need unity
On a day when news is breaking about strike action by nurses, civil servants, rail workers and Scottish teachers, if you heard that senior officials of two of the four largest trade unions affiliated to the TUC were meeting together under the auspices …Read more…
No more tragedies at Liverpool Airport call
Dozens of Unite members working for Liverpool John Lennon Airport joined a Make Hale Road Safe Campaign demonstration on Tuesday (November 8). The campaign is demanding that both the airport and local leaders take action to ensure greater safety of the currently treacherous Hale Road, after Unite member and Ryanair cabin crew worker Cinzia Ceravolo […]
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Government must act urgently on NHS pay to bring record waiting times down, says UNISON
The NHS is in danger of reaching the point of no return.
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UNISON Labour Link Parliamentary Reception for London Councillors hosted by David Lammy MP
Picture collage from last weeks reception in the Jubilee Room in Westminster Hall. Many, many thanks to Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP and his staff for hosting this event and for David giving a passionate speech and Parliamentary report…Read more…
Strike vote is loud wake-up call to the government, says UNISON
A strike across the NHS this winter isn’t inevitable.
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World Cup travellers facing Heathrow flight woe
Unite members employed by Dnata and Menzies at Heathrow will take three days of strike action beginning on Friday November 18, in a dispute over pay. The strike action will begin in the early hours of Friday and it will be completed in the early hours of Monday November 21. It will lead to disruption, cancellations and delays at […]
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Retained EU Law Bill: UNISON gives expert evidence in Parliament
Head of legal services, Shantha David, presented UNISON’s submission, telling the committee that the bill “will strip out some very basic employment rights.”
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Unite leader to join Muller Stonehouse picket
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham will be joining striking Muller workers at the firm’s Stonehouse site from 10.30 am this Saturday, November 12. Nearly 70 HGV drivers and shunters employed by the German dairy giant and who are responsible for delivering milk products to supermarkets nationwide have been on strike since August. The dispute is over imposed […]
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Profiteering risks empty Morrisons supermarket shelves
It looks like shoppers in the north of England face empty Morrisons supermarket shelves over the holiday season – as the offer of a real terms pay cut has prompted hundreds of drivers employed by Wincanton PLC on the Morrisons contract, to begin voting on strike action. The supermarket chain across the north now faces […]
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Coffin strikes on as Acas talks breakdown
Unite confirmed on November 4 that further strike action will take place at Coop Funeralcare in Govan, from Monday November 14 concluding at 07.54 on Monday November 21 – after talks at Acas to resolve the current Co-op coffin factory dispute failed. The meeting broke up without agreement and with no further talks planned continued […]
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