Unite members in health sent a clear and unequivocal message that they will not accept the government’s ‘grossly inadequate’ pay offer, with 90 per cent voting to reject the government’s three…Read more…
Clarion Cafe Manchester – An Ideal Cafe
Hastings SDF – Clarion Cycling Club
Ragged Trouser Philanthropist
Social Democratic Federation (SDF) cycling into town to spread the gospel of socialism
A tactic pioneered and used wildly by the Clarion Cycling Club
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Black History Month: health workers making history now
This month, UNISON is celebrating the Black health workers who are making history right now
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Unite Statement on ACC Arms Fair
Unite acknowledges the concerns which have been raised by many in Liverpool and beyond in relation to the Arms Fair being held at ACC, shortly before Unite’s own conference takes place there. We have…Read more…
Norwich Miners Gala 1984 – Miners Strike Norfolk
What does the new normal look like for union online learning?
I work in TUC Education digital learning, part of the team that runs rep training programs and designs training materials that are traditionally delivered by our network of tutors, attached to…Read more…
Social care charity goes beyond the real living wage for frontline staff
Move follows in-house trial that showed the positive impact of enhanced pay on recruitment and retention
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The Battle of Ridley Road 1947
The Battle of Ridley RoadChallenge September 13th 1947- By Mick Noble – Recently de-mobbed from the forcesRIDLEY ROAD—Saturday.Thousands of East London house-wives fill this famous market, buying…Read more…
Why haven’t the UK “top” Companies report on their workers deaths from Covid? PIRC report
A shocking report from PIRC. Does anyone really believe that no shop workers in major UK supermarkets caught Covid while at work?
It is surely clear that thousands of workers caught Covid at their workplace (and many died) but hardly any U…Read more…
‘True meaning of solidarity’
Unite heritage union hero Robert Somerville, who sadly passed on Thursday, September 30 at the age of 85, was among the Rolls-Royce workers who took a brave stand against Pinochet’s regime, as…Read more…
How solidarity saved lives
This week UniteLive pays tribute to Robert ‘Bobby’ Somerville (pictured above, left), a Unite heritage union hero who was among the Rolls-Royce workers who took a brave stand against Pinochet’s…Read more…
Improve local government pay offer or face strike action, says UNISON
Ballot on action expected to begin next month
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Greensted Essex Walk – start at “oldest Wooden Church in the World” (& Tolpuddle Martyrs connection)
Today, Gill and I went on a superb autumnal walk, starting off from one of my very favourite locations, Greensted Church near Chipping Ongar, Essex. Which is not only the “oldest Wooden Church in the World” but was also the local church of many of the …Read more…
Custom House doorstep on Labour National Campaign Day
I was out today with comrades in Custom House ward, West Ham. It was a little wet but using the Labour Party Doorstep app on our smartphones meant that we didn’t have soggy and disintegrating paper canvass sheets to record information upon. However, a …Read more…
Review: Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It, by Oliver Burkeman
Oliver Burkeman is a recovering “personal productivity” addict. I feel his pain. He’s a writer who knows his Pomodoro Method, his GTD, even his ‘First Things First”. And…Read more…
Commemoration of Battle of Cable Street march and rally Sunday 3 October 2021 @ 1pm – 5pm
Commemoration of Battle of Cable Street march and rally Sunday 3 October 2021 @ 1pm – 5pm The march assembles at 1pm at the junction of Cable Street and Leman Street and will move off at 1.30pm towards the Cable Street mural for the rally….Read more…
‘Metrolink workers deserve fair pay’
Over 300 drivers and supervisors on Manchester’s Metrolink tram network – members of Unite – will stage a one day strike on Sunday, October 10, the day of the city’s marathon….Read more…
UNISON urges MPs to act amid surging school COVID-19 cases
Education unions have sent an urgent letter asking MPs to call the government to action
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‘Knee-jerk response’ to lorry driver crisis
Unite the union, which represents tens of thousands of lorry drivers, has greeted the news that the government will further extend the relaxation of lorry driver hours with anger and dismay. The…Read more…