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Blog: Unions are the solution, not the problem
The TUC have already reported a surge in membership interest with online enquiries into trade union membership increasing by 700%
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Care staff begin strike over fire and rehire plans
Staff have been left with no option but to take action
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Health workers in Lancashire strike in dispute over lack of sick pay and unsocial hours payments
OCS workers do the same jobs as many NHS colleagues but they miss out on sick pay when they’re ill, are paid less when they work unsocial hours
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If Labour doesn’t support workers defending their living standards “…you wonder what the purpose of the party is”
“Labour must support those fighting to defend their living standards when, in effect, they face a pay cut of up … MoreRead more…
Attack on right to strike
Unite has condemned moves by the government to change a law which will now allow employers to bring in temporary agency workers to break strikes, branding it a “political stunt”. The government…Read more…
Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action
The outsourced workers delivered a resounding ‘yes’ to strike action against a pay offer that fails to keep track with the cost of living
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Latest pay offer for college staff is ‘simply not enough’
UNISON’s FE committee will recommend that members reject the offer, when colleges reopen in September
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Dunstable Downs Walk
Off message but yesterday Gill and I went on a lovely circular 4.5 mile around Dunstable Downs, Chilterns. Superb views across the Vale of Aylesbury. One hour drive from East London.
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Stagecoach Merseyside bus strikes off
A strike of bus workers employed by Stagecoach on Merseyside scheduled for this Thursday (June 30) has been suspended after workers received a revised pay offer. The dispute involves 370 members of…Read more…
Abortion is a trade union issue
The reversal of Roe v Wade shows clearly that women’s rights must be constantly defended
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‘Workers can and should demand a pay rise’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham writes for the forthcoming Unite Landworker magazine*. She says: As I write this column, we are in the midst of a cycle of crisis. And once again the rich and…Read more…
Tories’ online voting block makes digital more important for strike ballots, not less
This weekend, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng signalled in the Telegraph that the government would finally rule out allowing unions to use online voting in strike ballots. This is annoying to see…Read more…
My Week 20.6.22-25.6.22
A really busy but interesting week. It was my first day back at work after almost 2 weeks holiday (Malta then UNISON conference in Brighton) so lots of tenancy and trade union issues to try and sort out (not helped by major IT/server problems).&n…Read more…
“Get help with school clothing costs this summer” UNISON “there for you” (Apply ASAP)
School Clothing Grant 2022Important: Before starting your application, please ensure you carefully read the ‘How to Apply Guide’. We cannot accept applications that do not include a membership number and all supporting documents. …Read more…
‘Unions are setting the agenda’
A recent surge in Google searches for joining a trade union has been matched by rising membership numbers across the union movement. iNews reported today (June 24) that Google searches for ‘join a…Read more…
2022 school clothing grants
Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available
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UK’s biggest exam board AQA failing on pay
AQA workers being balloted over low pay and new contracts
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“Thank you for your support UNISON” KAM RAI for Chingford & Woodford Green
“Proud to be backed by my union @unisontheunion to be Labour’s candidate for Chingford and Woodford Green.
With the Tory cost of living crisis hitting workers hard, I’ll always stand with the trade union movement to fight for fair pay and c…Read more…
Review: Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler
This is one the great works of anti-Stalinist literature. It is an attempt by the ex-Communist Koestler to imagine how Soviet interrogators squeezed confessions out of men like Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin — men who…Read more…