Pivotal roles should be recognised and rewarded
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Pivotal roles should be recognised and rewarded
The article Education catch-up plans won’t work if teaching assistants and other support staff are ignored first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Nearly six in ten workers (58 per cent) report that their employers have never provided them with safe transport home after work, a new poll for Unite the union reveals today (March 28). The poll…Read more…
Trade unionists gathered in Coventry on Saturday (March 26) to stage a rally in support of Coventry’s striking refuse drivers. They are standing up against the shameful tactics of an anti-union…Read more…
When hotel worker Caitlin Lee left for home after a late Friday night shift last year, she knew it would be another struggle to find safe transport. Not only are taxis in Glasgow hard to come by so…Read more…
Trade unions representing thousands of workers in the UK steel industry have welcomed the agreement reached between the UK and US governments on the partial lifting of tariffs on British steel…Read more…
Paramedics are driving 1,000 miles to deliver 10 ambulances to Ukraine health workers and relief goods to refugees
The article London ambulance staff lead humanitarian convoy to Ukraine first appeared on the UNISON National site.
It’s a shame on the whole sector that higher education members are struggling to survive on their university pay packets.
The article Blog: ‘Warm words don’t pay the bills’ for university staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Solidarity sisters and brothers! I am humbled to stand with you today in Coventry. A city with a proud union history. I’m also privileged to be sharing a platform with Unite members…Read more…
Report reveals Amazon and Aldi among those offering wages that exceed NHS lowest hourly rates
The article NHS facing stiff competition for staff from high street firms, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
If you like big skies, bird song, isolation and spring blossom, then this 8 mile energetic circular walk is for you. Gill and I drove down from East London in around 51 minutes (sorry, public transport is not great for this walk) and parked in the RSPB…Read more…
Dear John, When I was elected as your general secretary, one of my key pledges was establishing a UNISON college. And now this pledge is starting to take shape. The past year has seen work happening to…Read more…
The Chancellor needs to learn the lessons of the pandemic, and act now to support workers from threats beyond their control. That’s the best way to protect working families and the economy.Read more…
P&O Ferries’ attempt to bypass employment laws in its dismissal of 800 seafarers is the product of many of the same woeful UK labour rights that allow fire-and-rehire.Read more…
The theme of this year’s UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was ‘voices for action against racism’. Now that we have raised our voices, what actions can the trade…Read more…
In the midst of the biggest wages and bills crisis in living memory, Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement has failed families who need help now.Read more…
This Mother’s Day mums across the country will wake up to breakfast in bed and bouquets of flowers from their little ones. But although the recognition from family members is appreciated, the fact is…Read more…
“I am writing on behalf of Love E15 to invite you to our first ever Love E15 Willis Road Play Street and Street Party. Please see the attached flyer. When? Sunday 27thMarch, 1pm-4pm Where? Willis Road, E15 (off Holbrook Road) Kind regards, Rebecca and …Read more…
Unite is calling on the government to invest in community-based debt advice in response to the cost of living crisis which is creating financial misery for millions. Unite is calling for the…Read more…
Unite is delighted to announce that Nick Randall QC and John Carl Townsend have been appointed to investigate the possible collusion by union officers in blacklisting. Over the past months, evidence…Read more…
This is the last, for the time being, extract from my memoirs (which you can purchase at https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/an-obscure-footnote-in-trade-union-history). This concerns a little remarked upon overlap between vampire lore and UNISON …Read more…