Unite and other unions are demanding safety, justice and equality for women after Sarah Everard’s murder has reignited a national conversation about violence against women. Earlier this month, Sarah…Read more…
“Uber treating their drivers as workers must set a precedent for the rest of the gig economy” TUC Frances O’Grady
Hat tip I “Late on Tuesday, Uber announced that it would pay the national minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay to drivers.
Now Uber drivers and trade unions are celebrating. A long legal battle and patient organising has paid off….Read more…
Don’t be fooled, Uber is still dodging the minimum wage
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Clarion Cycling Club – Established – 26th February 1894
Founding of the Clarion Cycling Club first Branch Birmingham Clarion Cycling Club Monday 26th February 1894
Tom Groom – Clarion Cycling Club
Ribble Valley Clarion House
Clarion Movement
Westminster government out on its own on NHS pay, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says Boris Johnson must commit now to funding proper salary increases
The article Westminster government out on its own on NHS pay, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The fight for dignity and security for older workers
Increasing numbers of people are working into later life but too many are being forced out of work due to ill health and consigned to poverty. We cannot allow this to continue and change needs to…Read more…
Support the Myanmar workers putting their lives on the line
As the violence and the number of deaths in Myanmar increases, the international trade union movement is asking for funds to support workers
The article Support the Myanmar workers putting their…Read more…
More must be done to protect care homes from infection spread
Sick pay issues and heavy-handed employers increasing problems
The article More must be done to protect care homes from infection spread first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
BREAKING: Lord Tebbit reveals that he received spycops intelligence about union activists
Lord Tebbit has revealed when he was Secretary of State for Employment in the Thatcher government (1981-83), he received reports from senior Special Branch officers about union activists, which…Read more…
Mayor Sadiq Khan speaks to London UNISON Labour Link
It was great to have this supportive video from Sadiq at our Greater London Labour Link regional forum today.
Many thanks to all our speakers including Labour GLA report by Assembly member Len Duvall; National Labour Link by Julian Cooke and TULO…Read more…
A 1% increase is neither a pay rise nor the way to treat NHS staff
Matt Hancock should stop trying to defend the indefensible
The article A 1% increase is neither a pay rise nor the way to treat NHS staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Blog: This worrying attack on free speech and the right to protest
The point of a demonstration is to be heard and to have an impact – the explicit aim of the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill seems to be to minimise any impact
The article Blog: This…Read more…
Blog: The importance of Black people standing up for their rights
The UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reminds us all of what is at stake in the fight against racism
The article Blog: The importance of Black people standing up for…Read more…
TUC Pension conference 2021: Day 1 Minister Guy Opperman MP & panel discussion on Just Transition
I joined the start of the virtual conference today. It was interesting to hear pension minister, Guy Opperman MP speak positively about defined benefit pension schemes. I wanted to ask him why then does the regulator appear to want to treat…Read more…
Jacobs Douwe Egberts coffee workers vote for strike ballot
Workers at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) site in Banbury, Oxfordshire have voted to proceed to an industrial action ballot over plans to ‘fire and rehire’ nearly 300 workers at the coffee factory….Read more…
‘Profound concern and alarm’
The fundamental freedom to protest is under grave threat, Unite has warned, as new draconian legislation significantly expanding police powers over public demonstration is being rushed through…Read more…
‘Missed opportunity’
Unite, representing over 70,000 bus workers, has warned that the government’s new national bus strategy, published today (Monday March 15) will go nowhere near reversing a decade’s worth of cuts to…Read more…