50 years of pride in London celebrated on Saturday
The article UNISON out in force at London Pride first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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50 years of pride in London celebrated on Saturday
The article UNISON out in force at London Pride first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“I was really pleased that I was recently able to respond to a request by the Keir Hardie Society (via a former UNISON colleague) for a pdf copy of the booklet issued in 2012 to mark the 120th anniversary of Keir Hardie’s election. He w…Read more…
Hat tip “Harry’s Place” 2008 “Today is the day when the British freed themselves from a despotic monarchy and declared independence.
Unfortunately, they were unable to liberate their homeland of the British Isles, but those Britons will…Read more…
Instead of trying to provide education on the cheap, the government must improve funding for the sector
The article Staff changes will create risks to children and drive staff out of early years…Read more…
UNISON’s very own holiday resort wins 5* rating and celebrates with an increased member discount
The article Enjoy our 5-star holiday resort this summer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
TUC calls for more support for LGBT staff on the first day of the union body’s annual LGBT+ conference.Read more…
The post Warning from history: On the 50th anniversary of the jailing of the Pentonville Five appeared first on IER.Read more…
The post Breaking strikes using agency workers is recklessly gambling with public safety appeared first on IER.Read more…
Over the past couple of years, the Labour Party, of which I have been a member for more than four decades, has been brought into disrepute by the blatant abuse of its disciplinary processes to settle political differences.
I have generally refrained fr…Read more…
In the run up to the We Demand Better rally on 18 June, the TUC tested new ways to spread the word amongst union activists and potential marchers. As well as a series of local “road show” events, we…Read more…
A giant US business, Baker Hughes, is being accused of `laying waste to Scottish jobs’ through fire and rehire by Unite. Baker Hughes, which is one of the world’s biggest oil field services company,…Read more…
In the first test of public opinion since British Airways check-in staff announced that they will take strike action to have their pay restored to the pre-pandemic rate, more than seven in ten (73…Read more…
At the back end of 2020 I wrote something about the impact of the merger arbitrage trade and some of the stewardship issues related to it. Looking back, one rather fundamental stewardship issue that I hadn’t considered was the impact on voting tur…Read more…
Unite the union representing staff at Barclays has today (Thursday 30) won a ‘cost of living’ increase for staff from 1st August. Following calls from the Union and discussions with management to…Read more…
Bus strikes affecting Stagecoach Merseyside’s entire operation are set to go ahead next Monday (July 4) as the workforce takes a stand against low pay. The action will involve 370 members of Unite,…Read more…
Royal Mail faces UK-wide strikes this summer over plans to remove 542 frontline delivery managers alongside a redeployment programme to bring in worsening terms and conditions, after managers voted…Read more…
“With the recent rail strikes and the TUC ‘Demand Better’ demonstration, unions are in the news a lot, and it’s not always positive. But don’t believe the noise. Join us. Stand Together. Because we know it can be better than this.
Great UNISON video. B…Read more…
Around 300 taxi drivers working at Gatwick Cars Ltd are being threatened with `fire and rehire’ and forced onto a vastly inferior zero hours contract, which will dramatically cut their pay. Gatwick…Read more…
Bin collections in Bexley, in South London, will halt during summer pay strikes, Unite said today (June 29). More than 100 workers, employed by Bexley council contractor Countrystyle Recycling, will…Read more…
Supplies of Coca Cola are under threat this summer because bosses are attempting to force through a below inflation pay deal. The workers are furious about an abysmal pay deal alongside management…Read more…