Off message – During Easter Gill and I went to North Wales to see my Mum and our family. We went on some wonderful walks.
This 7.5 mile circular orange walk “Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur” from our ancient (make sure you buy the modern ver…Read more…
All the union news that's fit to blog...
Off message – During Easter Gill and I went to North Wales to see my Mum and our family. We went on some wonderful walks.
This 7.5 mile circular orange walk “Penycoddiau & Moel Arthur” from our ancient (make sure you buy the modern ver…Read more…
Check out this report in https://www.in-unison.org/
“The afternoon session of Day 2 of UNISON Health Conference concentrated on pay, terms and conditions. Conference agreed motions on moving to a 35 hour week and to campaign for an increase …Read more…
Unite members at Chep based in Trafford Park in Manchester are celebrating today (April 27) after voting to accept an inflation-beating pay deal and to end their long running strike. The workers will…Read more…
Business ranges from support for migrant healthcare workers to ambulance uniforms
The article Health conference takes on a packed final morning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Care employers are losing people in droves to warehouses, supermarkets and online retailers able to pay more for less stressful work
The article Ministers must adopt Migration Advisory Committee…Read more…
Covid spread like wildfire as untested but positive patients were discharged from hospitals.
The article High Court rules that government orders to discharge untested Covid patients into care homes…Read more…
Workers with the condition are returning to work early because they’re afraid of losing their jobs
The article Staff with long Covid will feel forced out of the health service if managers don’t…Read more…
Ambulance employees work in all sorts of situations and weathers.
The article Ambulance uniforms not fit for purpose and may put staff at risk, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Flexible working and a 35-hour work week were debated in Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon
The article Pay tops the agenda at health conference first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
I love a good time travel story – and I loved this one so much that I finished it in two days. (To be fair, it’s a short book.). The author works with two well-worn…Read more…
I love a good time travel story – and I loved this one so much that I finished it in two days. (To be fair, it’s a short book.). The author works with two well-worn…Read more…
Health Group Conference began its second day with an emotional and powerful speech from Iryna Shvets of the Ukrainian Health Workers Union of Ukraine describing the attacks on bombing of over fifty hospitals in Ukraine, including maternity and children…Read more…
NHS bank rates and on-call rates also debated as UNISON health conference hears that workers are being exploited
The article Delegates back a range of motions on mileage and other rates first…Read more…
Refuse workers employed by Veolia on the outsourced Croydon council contract are to begin balloting for strike action in a dispute over low pay. Unite is balloting around 100 refuse workers employed…Read more…
The first strikes in 45 years at Rugby’s 120-year-old GE Steam turbine factory could worsen as the company uses outside consultancy firm Shape Associates to ‘undermine’ union organisation. Unite is…Read more…
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
The article UNISON demands school meals workers are brought in-house…Read more…
UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May
The article Have your say on how Social Work England regulates social workers…Read more…
On behalf of the Waterford Branch of Unite in the Community we offer our sincere condolences to family, friends and comrades on the sad passing of Jimmy Nolan. Jimmy was a docker, an internationalist…Read more…
12 years ago to the day, I wrote a blog post here in the run-up to the 2010 General election in which, with a more or less heavy heart, I advocated support for Labour under the leadership of Gordon Brown.After four General Elections, and four Labour le…Read more…
A busy day on Sunday. Starting off with canvass in Canning Town South in the morning. We meet outside Morrisons. Our MP Lyn Brown, was there and gave a quick, no nonsense speech to activists about how important it is to get a good result on May 5…Read more…