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…
Rugby GE Steam strikes could worsen
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…
UNISON demands school meals workers are brought in-house
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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Have your say on how Social Work England regulates social workers
UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May
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‘Rest in peace Jimmy Nolan’
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…
Twelve years ago on this blog – trade unionists must support our Labour Party though it does not support us
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…
Canning Town South, West Ham & Canning Town North Sunday Canvass
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…
Next week – let’s find our voice through the ballot box
Use the elections on 5 May to send a message to the Tories about partygate and the cost of living crisis
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Health debates turn to equalities
Domestic violence, sexual harassment and racism at work and disability equality were among the issues debated in a busy session of UNISON’s 2022 health conference
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‘This is genocide,’ Ukrainian union leader tells health conference
Service group executive statement says: ‘Sometimes you need to pick a side. Sometimes you need to do the right thing’
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UNISON must be ‘proactive’ in greening the NHS, delegates agree
Delegates discuss a trio of motions, with a sense of urgency at the scale of the problem facing the planet
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Health staff risk being driven out by unfair mileage rates and new parking charges, says UNISON
This is not a good time to be an NHS worker struggling on a budget.
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“Health members energised on the first day of Health Conference and inspired by Christina McAnea”
Hat tip James Anthony at https://www.in-unison.org/post/health-members-energised-on-the-first-day-of-health-conference-and-inspired-by-christina-mcanea
“The first day of health conference started with a real buzz, health workers together in the real w…Read more…
Ten years ago on this blog – exposing today’s UNISON hypocrites
10 years ago to the day I blogged here about the failure of our trade union satisfactorily to assess the equality impact of proposed settlement of the public sector pension dispute which had led, five months before, to the largest strike action of my w…Read more…
The pandemic efforts of health staff are being undermined by political choices, says UNISON
Most worked extra hours and took on more intense workloads.
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Reading hospital security guards in pay win
The long-running dispute involving the security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading has been settled, Unite the union said today (April 25). The 20 guards first started taking industrial…Read more…
Whirlpool faces strike ballot
The repair, installation and maintenance of the UK’s household appliances, such as washing machines, could be thrown ‘into a spin’ as staff employed by Whirlpool get ready to hold a strike ballot…Read more…
Rugby street cleaners and refuse workers to strike
Bin collections and street cleaning in Rugby will grind to a halt from Tuesday (April 26). Members of Unite are taking strike action to demand a significant pay increase as spiralling price rises…Read more…
NHS staff ‘undermined by political decisions’, says McAnea
General secretary tells health conference that deliberate Conservative choices have created the cost of living crisis
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Blog: Why it’s vital police staff have their say this week
UNISON has pushed to get the best possible pay offer for 2021 and 2022 – but we now need a high turnout in our consultative ballot
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