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…
Local government delegates discuss how to improve organising
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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Conference affirms there should be no profiteering from social care
Local government delegates debate motions on social care and the importance of bringing the entire sector back in-house
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Energy conference: ‘Be proud of what you have achieved’
Conference debated the energy crisis, net zero, diversity in energy and much more
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Thirteen Housing Group workers to strike
Workers at major housing association Thirteen Housing Group, which has over 35,000 properties in the North East and Yorkshire, will be striking for over three weeks in a dispute over an ‘insulting’…Read more…
Victory for Unite Lloyds bank workers
Unite, the union representing staff at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has today (June 13) confirmed that staff across the bank will be awarded a £1,000 bonus to help them to deal with the cost of living…Read more…
Gatwick pay win
Over 300 workers at Gatwick airport will benefit from a 21 per cent pay increase thanks to Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union. The workers are employed by Wilson James on the mobility contract at…Read more…
Delegates agree: ‘If our pay doesn’t rise, we will’
Local government conference passes motions on private contractors’ pay, reasonable adjustments and sexual harassment
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UNISON Conference and motions 10 and 11
Yesterday, the first day of UNISON’s annual Local Government Conference at the Brighton Centre was greeted, in appropriate local style, by the annual naked bike ride.
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LG conference: fighting climate change and misogyny
“As a trade union, we need to lead from the front.”
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Conference applauds the Local Service Champions
Award winners named before local government delegates get back down to the debates
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Delegates reveal that it’s not all doom and gloom
Conference hears of successful insourcing campaigns – and agrees to learn new ways of getting messages out to members and the public
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WET conference tackles fair pay and protecting our environment
Delegates hear speeches from Christina McAnea and Labour peer Maggie Jones before busy schedule of debates
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Social workers at breaking point with half at risk of quitting, warns UNISON
Unacceptable levels of pressure on social work teams will end up costing lives.
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Frost bite in Gallipoli
Last week I was in Malta on holiday with Gill staying in a rented house in Pieta, a suburb of the capital Valletta. I will post another time on what a truly wonderful place Malta is to visit.
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Local government staff deserve better from ministers
General secretary warns that we’ll all lose if public services are decimated
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COVID dominates start of UNISON local government conference
First morning of conference in Brighton also highlights how wealth inequality in the UK has been highlighted by the pandemic
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‘Let’s show the government our anger – and our strength’
General secretary Christina McAnea tells UNISON’s local government conference to get their branches ‘strike ready’ and ensure a big turnout at the TUC demo on 18 June
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Ministers are provoking a fight with unions to serve their own ends
The government should focus on helping the country through the cost-of-living crisis
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UNISON Service Group Executive Election Results 2022
Yesterday I was really pleased to get an email from the elections office confirming that I had been elected unopposed to the UNISON Service Group Executive (SGE) for Greater London Community (alongside I believe the one and only, Lola Oyewusi).&n…Read more…