Public sector staff mustn’t see their pay slip further behind
The article “Out of touch speech” shows PM has no idea of the issues affecting ordinary families, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
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Public sector staff mustn’t see their pay slip further behind
The article “Out of touch speech” shows PM has no idea of the issues affecting ordinary families, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Pay strikes at Wigan plastic manufacturer Alpla UK could lead to bottle shortages for Coca Cola and Britvic, Unite warned on Tuesday (October 6). Nearly 150 factory workers, who are members of Unite,…Read more…
Responding to prime minister Boris Johnson’s conference speech on Wednesday (October 6), Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “For decades boardrooms have got away with ripping off…Read more…
As nearly 6m people face from today (October 6) a £20 a week cut to Universal Credit, just an hour before it was due to go into effect, the Tory welfare chief overseeing the cut was filmed…Read more…
Johnson appears incapable of recognising a real world event if it contradicts his opinion Many years ago Prime Minister Ted … MoreRead more…
If you own a smartphone, you’re almost certainly contributing to several big problems in the world. These include a negative environmental impact, the production of mountains of e-waste as perfectly…Read more…
Social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has been given ‘a reasonable timeframe’ to sort out the pay issues of its Lewisham leisure staff, such as failure to pay wages owed and redundancy…Read more…
The government has failed to conduct an impact assessment on the road safety implications of extending HGV driving hours, despite pushing through yet another extension to the daily limit for drivers….Read more…
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…
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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This month, UNISON is celebrating the Black health workers who are making history right now
The article Black History Month: health workers making history now first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
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…
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…
Move follows in-house trial that showed the positive impact of enhanced pay on recruitment and retention
The article Social care charity goes beyond the real living wage for frontline staff first…Read more…
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…