Government must act soon to avoid winter disaster
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Union research shows major support for shorter hours, including 4-day working week
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The Forced Labour Bill
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Help ensure MPs understand the reality of the cost of living crisis
Next week’s lobby of Parliament gives members the chance to tell MPs how the crisis is affecting ordinary workers – and tell them that further cuts are not the answer
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Blog: Vote ‘yes’ for your futures and the future of our NHS
The current health secretary says nurses can like it or lump it on the below-inflation pay offer, but that’s not good enough. NHS staff – and the service itself – need much better
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No one voted for this.
Well said. Johnson withdrew probably because the economy is in such a mess and Truss is well gone but let no one forget that while Rishi is thankfully competent, he is a right wing rich posh boy. We need a General Election now but since Turkeys do…Read more…
Review: Hide and Seek, by Ian Rankin
A dead junkie is found in an Edinburgh squat, the victim of an overdose. To most cops, that’s barely worth a mention. To John Rebus, it looks like a crime. I didn’t love the first…Read more…
Police staff receive £1900 pay increase, matching officers
The original award was reopened due to a clause ensuring police staff did not ‘suffer any detriment to their officer colleagues’
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Xmas Fox’s Biscuit shortages threat
Shoppers will struggle to buy Fox’s Biscuits this Christmas as engineers, employed by the company at its Batley factory, take strike action in a pay dispute. The dispute involves 36 engineers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union. They have been offered an increase of five per cent (with strings attached). The offer […]
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Appointment of new PM ‘changes nothing for workers’
Commenting on the appointment of Rishi Sunak as new prime minister, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “Changing the leader of Conservative Party, changes nothing for workers and communities who are being lined up for Austerity Mark Two. Yet again, workers and communities are paying for a crisis not of their making. The economy is […]
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‘The days of pay secrecy are over’
They say knowledge is power – and Unite members at IT firm Fujitsu in Manchester stand ready to wield it after a key win earlier this year. For years, Fujitsu has withheld vital information on colleagues’ pay across the company. Not only has this made it nigh on impossible to have effective pay negotiations, but […]
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Climate change workers get Unite on their side
Climate change campaigners have joined Unite in a further demonstration that the union’s clear focus on jobs, pay and conditions is resonating with workers. Hope for the Future is a climate charity with offices in Sheffield, London and Liverpool. It works to equip communities, groups and individuals with the tools they need to communicate the […]
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No more leadership musical chairs, it’s time for a general election
Tories are no longer fit to govern
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Shadow police minister: ‘We need a proper workforce plan for policing’
Sarah Jones MP outlined her vision for policing after speaking at UNISON’s annual police and justice service group conference
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Greater London UNISON Regional Council Meeting – Key Note speaker David Lammy MP
Last week I had to “last minute” chair the virtual Regional Council meeting of UNISON Greater London Region. Our Regional convenor, Yvonne Green, was on holiday in the Caribbean and had tried to join the meeting to chair (despite being silly O’Clock ov…Read more…
Labour Housing Group Policy Day – “Fighting for the Housing Standards we Need & Deserve”
Today I travelled to Birmingham to attend a policy day organised by the Labour Housing Group. There was a number of excellent speakers including Shadow Secretary of State, Lisa Nandy MP. She pledged that a future Labour Government will introduce a Pr…Read more…
Review: The Figure in the Carpet, by Henry James
This novella (or short story) is the first thing I’ve read by Henry James and it was … interesting. At first the style is a bit heavy, with very long sentences, but over time one…Read more…
Delegates pass key motions to protect probation workers
Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation
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Working a day every week for free at the Environment Agency
UNISON members at the agency have seen pay fall since 2011, but now these vital workers are balloting for industrial action – and three explain why they’re voting ‘yes’
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UNISON general secretary writes to the chancellor on civil service pay
In the letter, Christina McAnea calls on Jeremy Hunt to review the guidance which governs pay for EA, FSA and CQC members
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