This week, colleagues from 10 TUC unions came together at a Digital Lab office hours session to share thoughts on digital campaigning. Here’s a note of some of the points we discussed….Read more…
Proper action needed for Black workers in health and care
Lofty words mean little without decisive action to back them up
The article Proper action needed for Black workers in health and care first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Care home fire and rehire threat will drive staff out of the sector
Ministers need to make good on promise to clamp down on unscrupulous bosses
The article Care home fire and rehire threat will drive staff out of the sector first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON wins major insourcing battle in Lanarkshire
The jobs of 400 workers at University Hospital Wishaw will be transferred from private contractor Serco onto NHS contracts, with no job losses
The article UNISON wins major insourcing battle in Lanarkshire first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Moy Park shamed amid strike
Unite are workers now on their fourth day of strike action at Randalstown plant. Unite has determined that Moy Park is paying its workers there £5,000 a year less than workers at other company sites….Read more…
Bexley council urged to sort out contractor
Bexley council, in South London, has been called on to sort out one of its contractors amid a bin strike ballot over pay and ‘appalling’ treatment by management. Unite said that more than 100 of its…Read more…
Major Unite victory protects workers’ rights at Ineos
In a major victory for Unite the union and workers employed at the Ineos Grangemouth site, a tribunal has ruled that an employer cannot impose a pay offer – and that Ineos must now compensate workers…Read more…
Strikes to hit London’s transport network
Strikes will hit the capital’s transport network this month as Unite members at Transport for London (TfL) and London Underground (LU) take action to defend pay, pensions and jobs. On Tuesday, June…Read more…
‘Shame on Wabtec’
Unions declare ‘shame on you’ to Wabtec’s breaking of proud history. Members of Unite and the RMT unions employed by rail maintenance firm Wabtec in Doncaster will strike over ‘abhorrent’ fire and…Read more…
Red Funnel ferry workers to strike
Strike action could shut down all Southampton to Cowes ferry services, Unite said this week. In a dispute over poverty pay, around 120 customer service staff, shunters and ratings, who work on Red…Read more…
Review: The Little Polish Book of Tbilisi, by Brendan Jackson
Brendan Jackson is a British-born artist, photographer and writer who has compiled an extraordinary little book here. Published by the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, it looks at the city through Polish eyes – over a…Read more…
Review: The Little Polish Book of Tbilisi, by Brendan Jackson
Brendan Jackson is a British-born artist, photographer and writer who has compiled an extraordinary little book here. Published by the Polish Institute in Tbilisi, it looks at the city through Polish…Read more…
A stronger social partnership
The Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill has been published today, opening a new chapter in the relationship between unions, government and employers.
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Employers MUST carry out individual risk assessments for pregnant workers and new mothers
Thanks to union advice and organising the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance making it clear that employers must carry out individual risk assessments for pregnant workers and…Read more…
‘Zero confidence’
Unite has broadly welcomed a new review into health and social care leadership, but has warned that the government will fail to bring about any meaningful change if it doesn’t address more central…Read more…
“Local party members should select their candidates for every election” Keir Starmer
Doina Cornell, the Labour leader of Stroud council, has been deemed “not suitable” to be included on the long-list for … MoreRead more…
Protest At Your Own Peril
Book Review: Matt Foot & Morag Livingstone – Charged: how the police try to suppress protest By Adrian Weir The odious current Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is widely despised and derided…Read more…
Better pay key to solving NHS staffing crisis
Ministers must do their bit and put NHS pay right
The article Better pay key to solving NHS staffing crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Robert Blatchford at Heacham – Norfolk
At Heacham, on the north Norfolk coast, Robert Blatchford friend Harry Lowerison kept a co-educational school (Ruskin School, Station Road)
Outside the school grounds stood a small cottage which had been a shop. It had a big garden, and for thirty year…Read more…
Exxon Fawley refinery workers in pay win
Strikes at the Exxon Fawley oil refinery near Southampton have ended after Unite secured a deal for around 100 workers. The workers, employed by Trant Engineering Limited, Veolia Services and Altrad…Read more…