The Spanish government has signed into law a historic agreement with trade unionsRead more…
Further industrial action at Sandwell Leisure Trust
UNISON members set to take to the picket lines for a sixth time in continued fight against their employer’s fire and rehire tactics
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Children with special needs feeling the brunt of staffing shortages, UNISON survey reveals
‘Support staff have stepped up to the plate as staff shortages in schools bite’
The article Children with special needs feeling the brunt of staffing shortages, UNISON survey reveals first appeared…Read more…
‘More questions than answers’
OVO owner, Stephen Fitzpatrick, was quizzed by MPs on the business select committee on Tuesday (February 8) about £17m furlough money paid to OVO, and payments and loans topping £40m, made from OVO…Read more…
First Manchester bus pay win
Strike action that has affected the entire First Manchester bus service has ended after drivers accepted a vastly improved pay offer. The 300 plus drivers, who are members of Unite, have accepted an…Read more…
Establishing the first ever train driving apprenticeship for Wales
Emma Penman tells us how ASLEF successfully campaigned for the first ever Train Driver Apprenticeship for WalesRead more…
UK Nurses Strike 1974 – COHSE
1974 Nurses Strike8 May 1974
Eleven COHSE nurses at Storthes Hall Hospital, Huddersfield, strike for one hourThree wards closed.
For the first time, nurses have taken industrial action — ‘The possibility’, (said the Guardian of 13 May) of strikes by n…Read more…
NHS and social care reform ‘doomed’ without staff or funding to deliver, says UNISON
This is yet another government policy without substance.
The article NHS and social care reform ‘doomed’ without staff or funding to deliver, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Abandoning Covid isolation rules early goes too far too soon, says UNISON
Everybody wants to get back to normal, but Covid risks haven’t disappeared.
The article Abandoning Covid isolation rules early goes too far too soon, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Review: The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life, by David Robson
Science journalist David Robson makes something very clear early on in this book: this is NOT going to be one of those books (like Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling The Secret) that insists you can…Read more…
Review: The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life, by David Robson
Science journalist David Robson makes something very clear early on in this book: this is NOT going to be one of those books (like Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling The Secret) that insists you can…Read more…
Joe Rogan, Neil Young and Me
Let me start by declaring my ignorance. I never heard of Joe Rogan until a few weeks ago. When Neil Young recently announced that he was pulling all his music off Spotify, I took an…Read more…
Joe Rogan, Neil Young and Me
Let me start by declaring my ignorance. I never heard of Joe Rogan until a few weeks ago. When Neil Young recently announced that he was pulling all his music off Spotify, I took an…Read more…
Today BP announce their highest profits in 8 years (Tax ’em)
Makes perfect sense to me
“Today BP announce their highest profits in 8 years – just as many people’s energy bills hit the roof. It’s time for the Chancellor to back Labour’s plans to cut energy bills, by bringing in a one-off windfall tax on North S…Read more…
Eight Week Strike at Clarks – Street – Somerset
Academy orders issued to schools in Hallam Diocese ‘unlawfully’, say education unions
Trying to force through mass changes to academy status is not only wrong-headed, it’s a complete distraction.
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Ofgem blasted as ‘useless’
Unite has blasted the energy regulator Ofgem as ‘useless’ after it admitted allowing the energy market to be flooded with financially precarious companies, 30 of which have since collapsed due to the…Read more…
Duke of Edinburgh Awards staff in fire and rehire threat
The Duke of Edinburgh Award’s (DofE) ‘fire and rehire’ plans to scrap its car fleet and force regional operations workers to buy their own has been slammed by Unite. The Royal charity has told…Read more…
Luton Airport pay win
Workers employed by Luton airport have secured a substantial pay increase following negotiations led by Unite. The pay deal is worth £1,800 per worker and will be paid to the 600 strong workforce who…Read more…
Let’s extend collective solidarity to all
As a cost of living crisis engulfs the UK, with food and energy prices soaring and the government failing to take any meaningful action, public anger is building. On Saturday (February 12),…Read more…