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Clarion UNISON AGM 2021
Yesterday evening was the AGM of UNISON members who work for Clarion Housing Association. It was a “hybrid” meeting held physically in Clarion headquarters in London Bridge and virtually on MS teams. We have members in 22 UNISON branches i…Read more…
Tales of real working class heroes
Brian Reade is one of the finest, and rarest, journalists of our time. He exposes the nature of our class system and the inequalities and injustices it’s riddled with. His opinion pieces in the Daily…Read more…
Scunthorpe scaffolders to strike
Scaffolders employed by contractor Actavo (UK) Limited and working on the British Steel site in Scunthorpe, have announced all out strike action in a long running dispute over pay. The 60 plus…Read more…
Pay lorry drivers more
A strong majority of the public backs pay rises for lorry drivers as UK consumers face continued gaps on supermarket shelves amid a growing lorry driver shortage. A new survey by pollsters Survation…Read more…
Anu Prashar “I’m voting for Anu…She’ll be a strong voice for London”
By now UNISON members who are part of Labour Link (the political fund that supports the Labour Party and fights to bring UNISON values and priorities into the Party) should have received their ballot form by post to their home addresses (and email if t…Read more…
Save Springfields nuclear jobs call
The Unite and Prospect unions, which represent workers at Springfields Nuclear Fuels near Preston, have called for the government to look at changing the ownership model of the site. In a joint…Read more…
Inside the gas crisis – and how it’ll affect you
UNISON’s national officer for energy explains how we got here, how it affects members and what needs to change
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GKN strikes off
Planned strike action at the GKN Automotive factory in Birmingham has been suspended. The workers at the factory in Chester Road were due to begin strike action next week (September 27), in…Read more…
National Express warned over Stagecoach takeover bid
Unite has warned National Express that its bid to takeover Stagecoach comes at a time of industrial unrest amongst the target firm’s staff. Members of Unite are currently involved in around 20…Read more…
Manchester Stagecoach bus drivers to vote for strike action
Bus passengers in Greater Manchester could be facing severe disruption to their journeys if drivers employed by Stagecoach, vote for strike action in a dispute over pay. Stagecoach, which operates as…Read more…
Bring back mandatory masks on public transport call
Concerns have been raised over a significant fall in mask-wearing on public transport after the government dropped the requirement earlier this summer. New figures from Network Rail have shown that…Read more…
COVID pandemic has ‘shone a light on inequalities’ in the NHS
UNISON health conference calls for the recovery from the pandemic to include an end to staff discrimination
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‘Members in dispute must be my first priority’
Sharon Graham, the recently elected General Secretary of Unite, says current union industrial disputes will have to take priority over attendance at next week’s Labour conference in Brighton. Unite…Read more…
Hong Kong: Silence is not an option
When the question of trade unions in China would come up, some of us were fond of saying that there is an independent, democratic trade union movement in the country. It is called the Hong…Read more…
Back to East Ham Town Hall
This evening I went inside East Ham Town for the first time since pre lockdown for a Crime & ASB Scrutiny Commission meeting. I only went to make sure that there was the minimum quorum of Councillors present, since I had an emergency tr…Read more…
Are we Turkeys to vote for Christmas?
Labour’s leader has chosen to take the tired old path of demonstrating his leadership credentials by picking a fight with the left of the Party at this year’s Conference. One part of this project is a proposal to change the system for electing Party Le…Read more…
Scottish Ambulance Service funding ‘welcome’ but ‘not enough’
Unite Scotland has responded to the announcement by the Scottish Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, stating that extra investment and resources for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is ‘welcome’ but…Read more…
Manchester Metrolink strikes off
Planned strikes on the Manchester Metrolink tram system this weekend have been suspended after workers received a greatly improved pay offer. Members of Unite had overwhelmingly voted for industrial…Read more…
Keep our families fed
Unite Community members were joined by Labour MPs last week for a Universal Credit demonstration outside Parliament. Together they sent a loud and clear message to the government to cancel the £20 a…Read more…