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…
Remembered and honoured
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…
We’re voting for change – Newham Referendum 6 May 2021
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…
Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices
Fire and rehire has been described by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey as being a ‘disease that’s ripping through our workplaces’.
The post Outlaw ruthless ‘fire and rehire’ practices appeared…Read more…
International Workers Memorial Day 2021
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 in soup over pressures on chefs
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.
The post Ministers…Read more…
Hotel workers say no to ‘fire and re-hire’
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…
End ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire fight launched
Unite today (Monday April 26) launched a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire.
The post End ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire fight launched appeared first on…Read more…
Blog: Voting for fair pay on 6 May
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
The article Blog: Voting for fair pay on 6 May first…Read more…
UK government must share vaccine intellectual property rights to prevent thousands of deaths
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…
UNISON campaign urges public to use votes to show support for public service staff
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…
UNISON Voice for Members in London
I will be voting for Eddie, Sonya, Eunice and Clara – as the voice for London candidates for UNISON’s NEC.
They are all experienced UNISON London activists. Eddie is an ambulance worker, Sonya is a council worker, Eunice is a hospital worker and Clara…Read more…
Review: Not Saying Goodbye, by Boris Akunin
Anyone who read through all the previous 11 Erast Fandorin novels by Boris Akunin has been waiting for this moment. Those novels chart the career of the master detective during the final decades of…Read more…
International Workers’ Memorial Day: Tues 28th April
Dear Colleagues,
IWMD this year has an additional poignancy and sense of anger in the shadow of the vast number of workers who have lost their lives needlessly during the pandemic. Whilst the government hopes that a public inquiry will provide sufficie…Read more…
A Day in the Life of a Labour Movement Activist
A busy but satisfying Saturday. Started off with being a UNISON delegate to the virtual TUC London and South East Regional Council AGM.
During which we were reminded that today was the 8th anniversary of when the Rana Plaza factory building in D…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day: Wednesday 28 April 2021
Workers Memorial Day Wednesday 28 April 2021. Remembering all those killed while at work or who have died of work related diseases. It is also a campaigning day to fight for the living.
Check out this physical and FaceBook live comme…Read more…
Pushing for a global workers’ agenda through international solidarity
Last week the TUC held an event on ‘Building back a better world’ highlighting how trade unions are working together internationally to counter the race to the bottom caused by trade agreements and…Read more…
Flexi-job apprenticeships must not lead to exploitation
The government has announced a consultation on a new flexi-job apprenticeship scheme involving apprentices experiencing their employment and training with a number of different employers.Read more…
Our Streets
With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone
women gathered to pay their respects.
Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
The post Our Streets appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Win for Sheffield University Students’ Union workers
Members of Unite employed by the Students Union at Sheffield University have won a significant victory on zero hours and sick pay following a year long campaign. Hundreds of student workers, on…Read more…