A joint-union letter, signed by UNISON, calls on the government to take an urgent interim step and increase eligibility
The article Unions call for expansion of free school meals provision first…Read more…
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A joint-union letter, signed by UNISON, calls on the government to take an urgent interim step and increase eligibility
The article Unions call for expansion of free school meals provision first…Read more…
‘While there is lots to celebrate and be proud of, we can’t forget the discrimination and harassment LGBT+ people continue to face’
The article Blog: Happy Pride season first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
As Unite prepares for the TUC’s national cost of living demonstration on June 18, the union is mobilising like never before to get the message out there that ordinary families deserve better. We…Read more…
Working long shifts with few or no breaks and little or no food is never acceptable.
The article ‘No breaks, no food’ culture leaving NHS staff hungry and affecting care, says UNISON first appeared…Read more…
Not long before she became general secretary of Unite the Union, a chief executive in the construction industry told Sharon Graham that if he never saw her again it would be too soon. She took…Read more…
Amid an unprecedented cost of living crisis, no one has been left untouched by the rising cost of literally everything as inflation soars to record-breaking levels. This is why Unite is urging…Read more…
Love it – Hat tip @LondonNurse2015
“The Labour Party’s ‘new theme song’ entitled ‘Let’s Go With Labour’ released ahead of the 1964 general election. The 45 rpm disc says the lyrics are by Dave Carey from an idea by Bessie Braddock”.Read more…
Unite has today (May 30) confirmed it has served notice to all thirty-two Scottish local authorities that strike ballots are imminent in an escalating pay dispute. The trade union has confirmed that…Read more…
As far as I can tell, there are only three books by Georgian author Dato Turashvili available in English — and this is the third. It’s a short book, a collection of vignettes some of…Read more…
As far as I can tell, there are only three books by Georgian author Dato Turashvili available in English — and this is the third. It’s a short book, a collection of vignettes some of…Read more…
With FTSE 100 CEO pay now back at pre-pandemic levels at a median of £3.6 million, the leader of Unite the union has called out the governor of the Bank of England for failing to speak up on the need…Read more…
Unite is balloting its members employed as check-in staff by British Airways at Heathrow airport for industrial action in a dispute over pay. The workers who are employed in the company’s ‘A scales…Read more…
Unite the union has secured an improved pay deal for ICTS hold baggage screeners based at Glasgow Airport, the UK’s leading aviation trade union, confirmed today (May 30). Up to 50 ICTS hold baggage…Read more…
‘Appalling’ offer from Association of Colleges falls far short of the joint union pay claim
The article FE unions reject pay offer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
As the worst cost of living crisis in generations ravages the UK, hitting millions of ordinary families from all walks of life, Unite is preparing to take the streets at the TUC’s national…Read more…
What an incredible story about Joseph (Julius to his family) Stephen, a super brave public service worker who was murdered in West Ham station while challenging a IRA terrorist. Hat tip Newham VoicesRead more…
What got my attention and led me to read this book was a citation that seemed to show that Oded Galor had discovered the writings of the forgotten German Communist Karl August Wittfogel. It turns…Read more…
What got my attention and led me to read this book was a citation that seemed to show that Oded Galor had discovered the writings of the forgotten German Communist Karl August Wittfogel. It turns…Read more…
If I asked you what you like about your job, I hope you’d be able to come up with a few things. But if I asked you what you don’t like about your job, would that be a longer list?Read more…
In recent months, the Runnymede Trust has been sounding the alarm about the situation facing Britain’s Black and ethnic minority communities.Read more…