I am no longer in the Local Government Service Group for London but if I was, I would vote to nominate Sonya and Clara!
“Dear Branches
We are writing to you to request your branch nominations in the upcoming 2022 SGE Elections
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A semi-permanent austerity regime continues in local government
The National Audit Office did a report on local government financing in November of last year. It provides and overview … MoreRead more…
Threats to Heathrow flights in HGV drivers row
About 100 HGV drivers at premium aviation catering firm DO & CO at Heathrow are being balloted for strike action over pay and employment conditions, following scrutiny of its stewardship of…Read more…
Coventry bin strikes latest
The failure of Coventry council to tackle low pay rates for its refuse collection drivers has resulted in an escalation in strike action. It has been announced today (January 17) that strikes will…Read more…
Economic forecasters to strike
Economists and researchers at the world famous NIESR (National Institute of Economic and Social Research) will stage a two week strike in a row over two years of below inflation pay offers. The…Read more…
Mark this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day with a focus on ‘one day’
The Holocaust Memorial Trust has produced free guides and resources to help your UNISON branch organise events and activities
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Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) in England – UNISON Branch advice
Background In late 2021, new regulations were agreed by parliament making it unlawful for an employer delivering Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated activities, to deploy an unvaccinated worker…Read more…
Essendon & Little Berkhamsted Walk – Zeppelins, Albino Wallaby, Goats, Llamas, Donkeys & Commando’s
Gill and I went for a favourite walk in Essendon and Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Only 4.5 miles but lots of ups and downs with varied views. 45 Minutes by car (public transport access not great) from East London.
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West Ham Ward doorstep 15.1.22 (Yes, they all hate Boris)
This afternoon we were out “on the knocker” with our local MP Lyn Brown (and Cara – the Labour attack dog).
We had 98 contacts, who were not only overwhelmingly Labour but I can honestly report that I have never heard so much anti-tory comments …Read more…
Your future pension plan? “Keep calm and work till you drop”
This is a motion submitted by my trade union branch to Greater London Regional Council. Unless we get decent pension provision for all workers, you will indeed have to “work till you drop”. UNISON must review and investigate what do do to tackl…Read more…
Introducing the year of disabled workers
Why 2022 is ‘an exciting opportunity to showcase the skills, experience and qualities that disabled people bring to the workplace and to society’
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Health and care bill latest
Unite the union is calling on members of the House of Lords to back amendments to the Health and Care Bill that would remove some of the worst aspects of legislation that will destabilise and…Read more…
‘Excellent’ pay win
More than 400 Nottingham bus drivers are celebrating an ‘excellent’ pay win negotiated by Unite. NCT wages will now increase by £1 an hour, meaning drivers will see their pay rise between 8.3 per…Read more…
Carillion five years on
Exactly five years ago, Carillion – a giant construction and services empire built on hoovering huge government contracts – spectacularly collapsed, with a debt pile of £7bn and only £29m left in the bank. More than 3,000 directly employed workers were made redundant, with many more in the supply chain losing their jobs; construction companies […]
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NHS staff-shortage crisis needs more than a quick Omicron fix, says UNISON
Employers are using desperate measures to cope with desperate times. But stretching dwindling numbers every thinner cannot solve this staffing crisis.
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A wake up call for a realistic energy policy
This month, I returned to familiar territory when asked to write an overview of UK energy policy as part of a wider European project. Energy policy can be quite parochial, particularly in…Read more…
Unite blasts OVO energy bosses
With one in four jobs at stake, Unite demands company bosses must ‘open the books’ before any negotiations can take place. Union chiefs say OVO bosses have precipitated the crisis by “blundering and…Read more…
inUNISON – launch of brand new blogspace created by UNISON Activists for UNISON activists
“inUNISON is a brand new blogspace created by UNISON Activists for UNISON activists. We aim to be a one-stop site, providing news and view’s on all things UNISON, but we also hope to do more than that. Over the last couple of years, due to the p…Read more…
Ovo job cuts devastating for staff and worrying for consumers, says UNISON
Hard-working staff across the company will be devastated as they anxiously await their fate
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The end of Boris Johnson
In the spring of 2020, as I blogged is here at the time, my father died.We had his funeral, such as it was, on the 19th of May 2020.
A dozen of us were allowed to be there. We couldn’t have a wake.
Not everyone who should’ve been there to c…Read more…