Shadow secretary of state for climate change tells energy conference that the cost of living crisis can’t deflect from the challenge of creating a fairer, greener economy
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Shadow secretary of state for climate change tells energy conference that the cost of living crisis can’t deflect from the challenge of creating a fairer, greener economy
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Passionate speeches open debate on the first morning of national delegate conference
The article UNISON at 30 – delegates pass first motion at NDC in Brighton first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Urgent reform of care is the answer
The article Care bosses taking home 13 times wages of workers, says UNISON report first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A busy first day of UNISON conference in Brighton. I managed to go for a short slow jog along the prom this morning. It was a beautiful sunny morning.
Conference was supposed to start at 10am but started late. I was expecting some trouble about …Read more…
Strike action involving refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract has been called off after workers accepted an improved pay offer. Strikes were due to begin this…Read more…
Conference delegates charged to channel their anger, ‘to fight and defend our members’
The article Paul Holmes opens national delegate conference with call to arms first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
General secretary Christina McAnea led a roundtable which included Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, and charity leaders
The article UNISON host cost of living summit first appeared on the…Read more…
30 years ago, I attended my first trade union conference as a delegate. It was NALGO’s penultimate conference, in Bournemouth. I attended the last NALGO conference the following year, and from 1994 onwards I was present at every UNISON conference as ei…Read more…
The only problem with the new Slough House title by Mick Herron is that now we have to wait a whole year for the next book in the series.
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The only problem with the new Slough House title by Mick Herron is that now we have to wait a whole year for the next book in the series.Read more…
Victor Serge is one of the great anti-Stalinist writers of the twentieth century, a man who paid a heavy price for his opposition to totalitarianism. One hesitates to criticise him for that very reason. And…Read more…
Victor Serge is one of the great anti-Stalinist writers of the twentieth century, a man who paid a heavy price for his opposition to totalitarianism. One hesitates to criticise him for that very…Read more…
The proposal to allow employers to bring in agency workers to fill in for striking workers, is a shameful outcome for a government that only a few years ago promised to “protect and enhance” workers’…Read more…
Rather than the Chancellor’s belated, half-hearted support package, we need real change. A decent pay rise for public sector workers. Fair pay agreements. A £15 minimum wage. And the Employment Bill…Read more…
A commitment to provide members with materials to counter the ‘gender critical’ narrative is agreed
The article UNISON votes unanimously for trans equality in local government first appeared on the…Read more…
Dan Jarvis, the Labour MP for Barnsley Central – and a UNISON member – on working with the union to tackle the cost of living crisis
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This evening UNISON National Delegate conference 2022 in Brighton started off with Regional briefings for delegates and visitors. Greater London met in the Holiday Inn chaired by our ace Regional Conveyor Yvonne Green. Our new Regional Secretary, Jo Ga…Read more…
Moves agreed include devising a new UNISON training course for activists on how to organise industrial action ballots and win disputes
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Local government delegates debate motions on social care and the importance of bringing the entire sector back in-house
The article Conference affirms there should be no profiteering from social…Read more…
Conference debated the energy crisis, net zero, diversity in energy and much more
The article Energy conference: ‘Be proud of what you have achieved’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…