Lessons must be learned and those responsible for failings held to account
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Lessons must be learned and those responsible for failings held to account
The article Families and the public need answers that only a public inquiry can give first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
A new report by pension specialists LCP argues that on current trends average men’s pensions will rise slightly for a couple of years then fall sharply by 20% over 2 decades.
The chief reason (my words not LCP) is that employers are simply not pa…Read more…
Carol Mochan, who’s standing to be a Scottish Labour Party candidate in the Scottish Parliament, may not be your usual career politician – but she’s not going to let that stop her.
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Labour councillor Ross Willmott, who’s standing as a Labour candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, has been a trade union member for most of his…Read more…
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Nikki Coles, a Unite Community member, who has lived in Fratton, Portsmouth for the past nine years describes herself as just an ordinary mum, but she knows first-hand the issues that people in her…Read more…
Ahead of tomorrow’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) workers are suffering a mental health ‘epidemic’, a UK and Ireland-wide survey of Unite workplace representatives has…Read more…
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
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Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
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Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we hear from Unite rep and chef Kevin Reynolds, who tells of the…Read more…
Tomorrow (Wednesday 28 April) on International Workers’ Memorial Day, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, will join Unite families who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 to walk the memorial wall…Read more…
This explains what we are about
On 6 May 2021 Newham Council will hold a referendum on how the Council should be run. Every Newham voter will get a vote on whether the Council should be run by a Directly Elected Mayor (the system we have now) or by a s…Read more…
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
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IWMD is on Wednesday 28 April and UNISON is asking everyone to observe a minute’s silence at 12 noon for all those who have died from COVID-19.Read more…
Ministers need to tighten up the legislation to stop chefs – one of the groups of employees most hit by Covid-19 – from being pressurised into working more than 48 hours a week.
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Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hotel sector, held socially distanced demonstrations today (26 April) outside the flagship hotels of Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) in Glasgow…Read more…
Unite today (Monday April 26) launched a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire.
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Many of our members are not looking for special treatment or favours – all we want is due process and proper negotiations that result in fair pay
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Helping less wealthy nations will beneift everyone
The article UK government must share vaccine intellectual property rights to prevent thousands of deaths first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Pay freeze should be on voters’ minds
The article UNISON campaign urges public to use votes to show support for public service staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…