A lack of planning for a global pandemic left the UK and the NHS exposed like never before
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A lack of planning for a global pandemic left the UK and the NHS exposed like never before
The article Urgent action needed to address chronic undersupply of NHS staff first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The workers of Kyrgyzstan have had very little experience of trade unionism. Under tsarist rule, unions were generally not tolerated. The Bolshevik revolution allowed unions to exist — on paper. But…Read more…
UNISON’s Local Service Champions awards celebrate the invaluable contribution local authority staff make to our lives
The article Our champions of champions first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Greater London UNISON Labour Link are supporting this phone bank on Saturday. If you are a UNISON and Labour Party member please join this session.
“Dear all please join me this Saturday at 11am for phone banking dialogue session. I’m the Labou…Read more…
Reports that bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury will stop workers from taking summer holidays to thwart an overtime ban, starting on May 1, in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute has sparked…Read more…
Commenting on reports of texts between Boris Johnson and James Dyson in March 2020, Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said, “It is no surprise that Dyson’s ultimately aborted efforts to…Read more…
“Others who abuse their power must be held to account before the law”
The article UNISON responds to George Floyd’s murder case first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
I have been taking part in in a regular survey by the University of Oxford/Office for National Statistics (ONS). I had been randomly selected for this survey. Since October 2020, every 4 weeks, I have had a nurse visit my home for me to have Covid Swab…Read more…
Unite members at Jacob Douwe Egberts have voted for industrial action after the company has decided to go down the route of fire and rehire – where workers are forced to sign up to a new…Read more…
Unite is committed to fight to save as many jobs as possible, following the announcement that Argos intends to close its distribution centre in Bridgwater, Somerset. Unite understands that around 230…Read more…
In just two days’ time Unite GPs will be making a stand. The protest is against GP practices being taken over by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation – branded as ‘the accelerating…Read more…
The coronavirus pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on the jobs market, with about 800,000 people having lost their jobs since March last year, new figures reveal. The Office for National…Read more…
Company must reconsider job loss plans
The article Proposed job cuts at Cadent Gas are irresponsible and unnecessary first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
With democracy at the heart of everything UNISON does, general secretary stresses that voting for the next NEC ‘only takes a few minutes’
The article Election time – make sure you’re ready to vote…Read more…
UNISON and Mencap write to Boris Johnson urging investigation into sleep-in pay
The article Government must act over minimum wage laws affecting care workers, say UNISON and Mencap first appeared…Read more…
What a great taster video on why we desperately need change in Newham.
Vote for a Committee Model on May 6 in Newham Referendum & get rid of the Executive Mayoral Model.
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Another 24 hour strike is to be held by Plymouth tugboat crews in the continuing rostering dispute, which will again cause serious disruption to naval traffic in the docks, Unite warned today (April…Read more…
There should be a rapid independent inquiry into the growing lobbying scandal that is engulfing the NHS, Unite said today (April 19) Unite said the need for the inquiry was made more urgent by…Read more…
Vote for a Voice for Members Health Team, Pat Heron, James Anthony,Gordon Mckay and Michelle England. UNISON NEC elections. Ballot papers will be sent to home address of all members from May 4.
Vote Safely. Vote at Home. Vote by Post.
Signing up only takes 2 minutes. Get your Early Vote by 20 April. #VoteLabourhttp://earlyvote.labour.org.uk/tuRead more…