Workers deserve decent pay rises as prices spiral
The article Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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Workers deserve decent pay rises as prices spiral
The article Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite is streets ahead, winning giant pay rises for our members – as Chris Jarvis of Left Forward Forward wrote on the site’s webpage yesterday (June 14). He writes, Trade unions have already shown…Read more…
General secretary Christina McAnea brings national delegate conference to its feet with a rousing speech in Brighton
The article The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise! first appeared on the…Read more…
After a positive start to UNISON National Delegate Conference yesterday morning, I’m not sorry that my health precluded my hanging around to watching person the bear garden that was Tuesday afternoon.
I have, however, had the benefit of detailed report…Read more…
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
The article Blog: Working with UNISON on the cost of living…Read more…