Tomorrow members of the RMT union will be taking a second day of National strike action to support their claim for Fair Pay and Job Security. After years of wage restraint, the Railway employers are only offering a 2% wage increase this year, inc…Read more…
CNH tractor factory workers to strike
Production at Basildon’s biggest employer, the CNH Industrial tractor factory, will come to a standstill as workers take action for better pay, Unite said today (June 22). More than 500 workers,…Read more…
RCA members fight for fair pay
Unite members at the Royal College of Art (RCA) stood proudly on picket lines on Wednesday (June 22) as they took strike action for fair pay. They are currently taking industrial action over an…Read more…
Merseyside Stagecoach bus workers to strike
Bus passengers across Merseyside are set for severe disruption and delays beginning next week as a result of bus operator Stagecoach failing to make workers a fair pay offer. The dispute affects 370…Read more…
Runaway profits driving inflation
UK inflation has again skyrocketed to nearly 12 per cent, now reaching a 40-year record high, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS published figures…Read more…
Decent public sector pay rise is crucial as inflation climbs ever higher
New price-rise figures show illustrate need for pay boost
The article Decent public sector pay rise is crucial as inflation climbs ever higher first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“I’m proud to be backed by UNISON: Rachel Blake Cities of London and Westminister
“Thank you @unisontheunion for your backing in Cities of London and Westminster. The crisis in social care needs urgent investment in the workforce, I will stand up for workers in Parliament”
The critical decisions taken at UNISON Conference
I won’t post here a comprehensive overview of UNISON National Delegate Conference, having already written a brief such overview for Labour Hub which you can read online here. This post isn’t brief.
What I want to do here is look at some of the most con…Read more…
Statement by UNISON’s NEC
Statement made on 17 June after votes at national delegate conference
The article Statement by UNISON’s NEC first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Lessons learned from the pandemic for social care
I was in Stockholm this week speaking at a workshop looking at Europe-wide experiences of the pandemic on social care. The On the corona frontline – Lessons learned, promises broken? event was hosted…Read more…
UNISON NEC elects the union’s new presidential team
President Andrea Egan and her vice presidents were announced at national delegate conference
The article UNISON NEC elects the union’s new presidential team first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“What Happened at UNISON’s Annual Delegate Conference”
Hat tip the Social Review website. While they have got some things wrong and don’t really understand the existential threat to UNISON from its current majority NEC – but apart from that it’s worth a read.
To find out what really happen…Read more…
Caterpillar workers protest company’s investors
Unite has brought Caterpillar workers’ campaign to London offices of Vanguard, Blackrock and State Street, who hold more than a fifth of Caterpillar’s stock. Unite said that Caterpillar’s pay cut and…Read more…
‘Let our heroes be the collective’
Unite members joined tens of thousands of demonstrators at a TUC march and rally on Saturday, June 18, to send a loud and clear message — that ordinary workers will not be made to pay for the…Read more…
Why we marched in London at the weekend
Seven UNISON members tell us why they marched through London to ‘Demand Better’ on Saturday
The article Why we marched in London at the weekend first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON members ‘demand better’ on London’s streets
From the frontline to the breadline – thousands of UNISON members join other trade unions to protest the cost of living crisis
The article UNISON members ‘demand better’ on…Read more…
University of Leeds staff strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Five days of action begin over pay increase way behind inflation
The article University of Leeds staff strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Fighting for women – in and out of the workplace
Gender discrimination, domestic violence and the support of low-paid women were among the topics of a busy final day of UNISON’s national delegate conference
The article Fighting for women –…Read more…
‘The trade union movement must be reborn’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham gave a rousing speech on Saturday (June 18) after the TUC cost of living march, which culminated in a rally at Parliament Square. She called on the trade union…Read more…
Widford Circular Walk (Hertfordshire Walker)
Off message but to recover from UNISON Conference, Gill and I went for lovely relaxing 5.5 mile walk today in Widford, Hertfordshire, only 36 minutes by car from Forest Gate, Newham.
It was listed on the free site walking site https:/…Read more…