Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
My home town #Buckley finally makes the “News” due to apparent “bloodthirsty rampage”
“Rogue squirrel bites 18 residents of Welsh town in bloodthirsty rampage – locals hide away”Hat tip ExpressRead more…
Videos of the year – stay safe, join Unite
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Got over Covid (“Unvaccinated people are up to 60 times more likely to be admitted to intensive care”)
My self-isolation according to the NHS Covid app finished 23.59 yesterday. I double checked with this Lateral Flow Test (LFT) this morning which was negative. Previous tests had been positive. It was all a little confusing since NHS Track & Trace t…Read more…
Videos of the year – Unite GS on fire and rehire
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
“Factional Magical-Leninism – The Festive Quiz 2013”
Facebook reminded me to day that 8 years ago I had posted on a Festive Christmas Quiz on the website “Facing Reality” which described itself as a “Satirical view from the left”. The site has stopped publishing since 2015 which is a shame si…Read more…
Videos of the year – fighting fire and rehire at Weetabix
Every day over the festive season, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Remember to update your UNISON Membership details
Check out and update your personal and work details at https://www.unison.org.uk/my-unison/.
I have members complaining that they never hear anything from UNISON but when you check we have out of date email addresses, addresses and phone nu…Read more…
Fulbourn National Asylum Workers Union May 1918
Fulbourn branch of the National Asylum Workers Union (Cambridgeshire) established 14 May 1918 with 70 members
President: A. J. Case Vice President H. Coe
Secretary: G. Turner
Treasurer: A. F Minnett
Committee
MessrsW P Fox, …Read more…
Nadolig Llawen 2021!
Merry Christmas everyone!
(View on way up to to Snowden, Yr Wyddfa, looking back on the Watkins Path. Now looking forward to Easter 2022 climb). Read more…
Videos of the year – ‘Trucked off’
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
Merry Communist Christmas!
This is my traditional Christmas Eve Video. A little bit of Crimbo silliness that makes me smile at least.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
Hat tip Stroppybird! Read more…
Videos of the year – Scunthorpe scaffolders
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – critical care staff shortage crisis
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at an interview with Unite rep and ICU nurse Dave…Read more…
“Trade unions are more vital than ever – so why is the government attacking them?”
Hat tip Frances O’Grady – TUC General Secretary “PoliticsHome”
“As 2022 begins, a pandemic is raging, nearly a million workers are on zero-hours contracts, two million workers have no right to sick pay and five million earn less than the real living wa…Read more…
100 days – millions of pounds for our members
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has only been in office for a short few months but in her first one hundred days alone, the union, under her leadership, has won pay increases worth over £25m in…Read more…
Videos of the year – a time like no other
Every day over the Christmas break, we’re featuring a range of our top videos of the year that show Unite doing what it does best – advancing the jobs, pay and conditions of its members and fighting…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – climate change
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at UniteLive’s investigation into…Read more…
Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey
Findings show more than two thirds have experience burn out and three in five overwhelmed by long shifts
The article Health staff ‘wrung dry’ by pandemic pressures, says UNISON survey …Read more…
Bad Regulation = Bad Landlords
Hat tip “Nearly Legal” and check out this sobering report on the regulation of private sector renting by the National Audit Office.
There are 4.4 million privately rented “households” in England. Those who have bad experiences of such renting may “fi…Read more…