Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature our May Day film, where Unite general secretary Len McCluskey called for a new deal for…Read more…
PLOUGH MONDAY – (first Monday after the feast of the Epiphany)
Plough Monday – 11th January 2021
Held on the first Monday after the feast of the EpiphanyThe day traditionally saw the resumption of agricultural work after the Christmas period in Northern Counties and the East of EnglandA light was kept burnin…Read more…
‘Come fly with me’?
At the beginning of this year, no one could have foretold how the aviation industry in the UK – a huge contributor to the economy, supporting nearly 1m jobs – would have so suddenly been brought to…Read more…
Video of the year – ‘My one wish this Christmas…’
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today we feature a film promoting Unite Community’s Universal Credit online day of action earlier this month,…Read more…
Video of the year – Let’s keep our industry flying
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a Unite film from August about the aviation industry and what the union is calling on the…Read more…
Unite’s ‘food warriors’
It is true to say that this Christmas certainly won’t be like any other – but for all the wrong reasons. We see the adverts every day. While the shiny families enjoy idealised Christmas Days, and the…Read more…
Nadolig Llawen: Happy Christmas!
Hat tip my favourite Welsh artist, Kyffin Williams and his painting “The Gathering” and in a 2021 post Covid world (fingers and toes) I hope to climb to the top of this same mountain Glyder Fach in Snowdonia.
Strike Map – making it easier to support workers in struggle
As an Xmas present to regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) here is a link to an excellent new site – Strike Map.
This is an excellent initiative to collate in one place online information, submitted by workers, on strike action being ta…Read more…
Communist Christmas
Its Christmas Eve! Hat tip StroppyRead more…
Any deal better than the catastrophe of no deal
Working people and public services still face huge uncertainty
The article Any deal better than the catastrophe of no deal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Review: The Pale Horse, by Agatha Christie
In many murder mysteries, the question of ‘who did it’ is less important than ‘how they did it’ – and that is certainly the case with this book. I came to read it…Read more…
Why can’t we have a “nation state law” over here?
Keir Starmer fails to condemn the racism of the Israeli state or to challenge far right racist views of an … MoreRead more…
‘Now is not the time to batten down the hatches’
Over the last decade the importance of organising workers has been critical to building real workplace density. That means the union is heard and, crucially, workplaces can be strike-ready, vital to…Read more…
Video of the year – Len’s message to striking Optare workers
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we hear from Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, who earlier on this month sent a message of…Read more…
Happy Birthday Trev
Yesterday was the birthday of my Tower Hamlets Housing UNISON colleague, Trevor Dean. Normally we would have gone out for drinks and a curry at Aromas to celebrate. Instead we will have a virtual curry next month on Montrose Matty’s birthday whic…Read more…
Schools committee raises issues over English testing plans
UNISON meets Department for Education and NHS test and trace officials to discuss the end-of-term announcement about mass testing in English schools in January
The article Schools committee raises…Read more…
Schooling the politicians?
It is some years now since your blogger was the parent of school aged children, but I remember all too well the challenge of arranging leave commitments and finding childcare to cover school holidays and closures.
Nevertheless, given the accelera…Read more…
Review: Hitler: His Life and Legend, by Walter C. Langer
At the height of the Second World War, Allied intelligence services grew increasingly interested in the personal life of the German Führer, Adolf Hitler. The British Special Operations Executive…Read more…
Stepping up to the plate
The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged sectors across the British economy, with not a single industry spared. Manufacturing took a massive hit, with hundreds of thousands of jobs lost since March and many…Read more…
Video of the year – ‘Don’t get bullied into working longer’
Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we’re highlighting our videos of the year. Today, we hear from Unite national officer Adrian Jones, who explains changes to driver regulations,…Read more…