Over the past few weeks there’s been reports of people being forced back to their workplaces without proper consultation, even as Covid-19 cases remain high.Read more…
The mobile gaming business hits new records
Mobile gaming has become one of the most popular things for people to now be doing with online casinos being busier than ever before. Now that you can play games from the palm of your hands the…Read more…
New social care levy shows government priorities are all wrong, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says government wrong to focus on funding before reform
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Blog: Still in solidarity, two decades later
As American unions come together to mark the 20th anniversary of that horrifying day, we recommit ourselves to the campaign for peace across the world
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Vote Anu Prashar – UNISON Labour Link London seat
Check out and share Anu’s campaign twitter https://twitter.com/Anu4LabLink and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Anu-Prashar-For-Unison-Labour-Link-108483351572575/
Ballot papers start to be delivered at UNISON Labour Link members from t…Read more…
Get set for Green UNISON Week
Green UNISON week will give activists the opportunity to publicise the union’s work on green public services, and build awareness for Cop26 in November in Glasgow
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‘Keep our families fed’ call
A group of Universal Credit claimants, members of Unite Community, will stage a protest outside parliament on Wednesday, September 8 from 10:30am to urge Tory MPs to back Labour’s push to cancel the…Read more…
Thamesmead drivers vote to strike
The threat of severe disruption to deliveries to more than 1,500 convenience stores in London and the south east has moved a step closer after 40 drivers, employed by Booker Retail Partners at its…Read more…
Springfields nuclear fuel facility must be protected
MPs will debate the future of Westinghouse Springfields tomorrow (September 7), the UK’s only facility suitable for making fuel for nuclear power generation. Trade unions Unite and Prospect have…Read more…
‘Ill health making driver shortages even worse’
A nationwide lorry driver shortage continues unabated, with news stories every day highlighting the consequences of an estimated 100,000 HGV driver shortfall. From increasing reports of gaps on…Read more…
Edward (Ted) Nolan – socialist, soldier, trade unionist and tenant activist. RIP comrade
I was saddened to hear of the death of Ted. He was a good age (87) and had battled ill heath for decades but I have lost a good comrade. Ted was “old school” East End. He lived in West Ham ward but if you asked him if he was local, he would be ta…Read more…
UNISON Labour Link elections 2021 – ballot papers out from 7 Sept
Labour Link is the name of the UNISON political fund that supports the Labour Party. Elections for the National Labour Link Committee (where there are contested regional seats), starts this Wednesday (when ballot papers to start to drop at members home…Read more…
Solidarity with Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes is one of the most dedicated – and decent – trade unionists I have ever met. He is the long standing Branch Secretary of one of UNISON’s largest branches ( Kirklees large by virtue of a high UNISON density rather than the size of th…Read more…
Ministers must end jab compulsion to prevent care home catastrophe
Action needed immediately to stop staffing crisis
The article Ministers must end jab compulsion to prevent care home catastrophe first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Adapting to the new normal for trade unions
The last 18 months have been a time of drastic change. Along with the rest of society, unions have had to adapt to the pandemic and the effects of the response to it. We had to work quickly to get…Read more…
Review: A Slow Fire Burning, by Paula Hawkins
I really liked The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins’ first best-selling thriller, and approached this book with caution. One should always be prepared for disappointment following blockbuster…Read more…
Bexley bins victory
Bin strikes in Bexley, South London, have officially ended following the ratification of a pay deal between refuse collectors and their employer Serco, Unite said today (September 2). The deal…Read more…
UNISON wins outsourcing battle at London medical university
UNISON members at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine are celebrating after it was announced that they will be brought back in house
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UniteLive’s stories of the year – Battle of Stockton remembered
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 a story from September, when Unite members…Read more…
Review: The Invisible Land, by Hubert Mingarelli
Hubert Mingarelli was a brilliant writer of short fiction and this is the third novel of his I read this year. His previous books, set during the Russian Civil War and the Second World War,…Read more…