Making mask wearing optional back in the summer was a mistake
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Making mask wearing optional back in the summer was a mistake
The article Don’t wait until it’s too late to bring back mask wearing and social distancing first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Following Keir Starmer’s speech at TUC congress, today, September 14, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham responded by saying, “Unite is now focused on defending our members’ Jobs Pay and…Read more…
Low pay, precarious contracts and minimal sick pay have no place in the modern world of work
The article A new deal for employment would make a huge difference first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey has been accused of failing to understand Universal Credit and the implications of the impending £20 a week cut that will leave 6m households more than…Read more…
Every year in June, representatives of the world’s governments, employers and workers come together for the International Labour Conference in Geneva. This has been happening more or less since…Read more…
Every year in June, representatives of the world’s governments, employers and workers come together for the International Labour Conference in Geneva. This has been happening more or less since…Read more…
TUC LESE Race Relations Committee FREE invite to visit:
“Black History Education” Exhibition: West Indian Soldier @ National Army Museum – Royal Hospital Rd, London SW3 4HT Wednesday 6 October 2021 @ 4pm Group visit -&nb…Read more…
Labour’s opposition debate on the controversial cut, which is earmarked for after Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) this Wednesday, comes just days after work and pensions secretary, Therese Coffey…Read more…
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite delegates moved and supported a series of motions on a variety of pressing industrial issues. Here are some of today’s highlights….Read more…
Members of Unite employed at the GKN Drivelines factory in Erdington Birmingham, have announced that they will begin an all-out continuous strike action later this month, as part of their ongoing…Read more…
Covid has had a profound effect on public service staff
The article A new post-pandemic deal is needed for public services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Newly elected Unite general secretary Sharon speaks out against this ‘abhorrent practice’.
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With the 153rd annual TUC congress underway, UNISON vice president Andrea Egan spoke of the need for a proper investment in public services
The article UNISON calls for proper investment for public…Read more…
On the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 13), Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland highlighted the importance of union equality reps and the pressing need for their statutory…Read more…
“Our priority must be to co-ordinate a fightback at the work place. We have all shown that fire and rehire can be beaten. At British Airways, we stopped the worst of the cuts. At Go North West, the…Read more…
It was early morning at a factory on Humberside. My campaign team were handing out leaflets as workers made their way in to work. One worker told the team: “I voted for the best candidate for the…Read more…
Greater Manchester is facing severe traffic disruption beginning later this month after Metrolink tram drivers voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over pay. The 300-plus drivers and…Read more…
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a clerical fascist regime. It is essentially no different from the fascist regimes we know from history – Mussolini’s Italy, Franco’s Spain and most infamously,…Read more…
A great 9 mile walk courtesy of Essex Country Council only 30 minutes by car (nearest bus stop 20 minutes I am afraid) from Forest Gate, East London.
We cut a little bit off around Tan House since we had started late but the beginning…Read more…
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 TUC president and Unite assistant general secretary…Read more…