New forecasts showed unemployment rising by 13 million across advanced economies. The OECD calls for “heightened policy activism” to address this challenge: this must mean a renewed emphasis on…Read more…
Don’t repeat the mistakes of Test and Trace by outsourcing the Covid-19 vaccine programme
Here are five steps to ensure effective take up and delivery of the vaccine.Read more…
Making our workplaces in Wales a better, fairer place
Making our workplaces in Wales a better, fairer place
It’s never been more important for workers and employers to be aware of their workplace rights and responsibilities.Read more…
Improving your video call presence – a how to guide
Since the lockdown, video conferencing has become second nature for our team meetings and one to one calls. And more of us are giving presentations online…Read more…
Teaching assistants balloted for strike action
Plans to axe more than half the teaching support staff at two east London primary schools has prompted Unite the union to ballot its members for strike action. Unite has 10 members at the Colvestone…Read more…
Liverpool DHL workers stand up against ‘poverty pay rates’
Workers employed by DHL Supply Chain in Liverpool, who undertake the Burton Biscuits and AB World Foods delivery contract, have voted for industrial action in a dispute over low pay, victimisation of…Read more…
Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on global labour rights
A new report from UNISON reveals that the pandemic has had a negative affect on ethical procurement
The article Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on global labour rights first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“Why my council is refusing to help the Home Office deport rough sleepers” Emine Ibrahim
Hat tip to an excellent article in the Guardian by my UNISON comrade and Housing Lead for Haringey Council, Cllr Emine Ibrahim. I am sure that Newham Council will support this but I was not allowed to bring this issue up at last weeks Cabinet meeting w…Read more…
All Labour Councillors should follow Haringey and resist the deportation of homeless people.
Solidarity with Haringey Council, who have made clear that they won’t be sharing data with the Home Office to facilitate the Government’s disgraceful policy of deporting any non-UK nationals who are rough sleepers.This is a cause which Labour Party mem…Read more…
BA cargo workers vote to strike
Cargo workers at British Airways have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the bitter dispute over the company’s plans to fire and rehire its entire workforce and re-employ them on…Read more…
Unite GS Len McCluskey in warning shot over Brexit deal
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has urged the Labour Party to avoid sitting on the fence on a Brexit deal after Labour has in recent days refused to rule out abstaining on a forthcoming…Read more…
Sainsbury’s ‘acting like Scrooge’
Unite has accused Sainsbury’s of ‘acting like Scrooge’ by insisting that staff come in on Boxing Day after working extended opening hours in the run to up to Christmas. Sainsbury’s has agreed to…Read more…
Wigan and Leigh rehab workers win long-running dispute
We Are With You staff will now be paid in line with NHS pay rates until at least 2022 – and the company has also recognised UNISON
The article Wigan and Leigh rehab workers win long-running dispute…Read more…
Huge back pay victory for refuse workers
Unite has secured a huge pay victory for forty refuse workers winning them substantial back pay. The refuse workers, employed by employment agency Templink and engaged by Serco on Sandwell…Read more…
NHS members can help green the service in England
UNISON is helping work toward making the NHS in England meet its net zero target – and wants to hear from members working in the service
The article NHS members can help green the service in England…Read more…
The costs of loyalty
I’ve blogged a couple of times previously about the peculiar messaging around consumer ‘loyalty’. The repeated used of the phrase ‘loyalty penalty’, and the message that ‘loyalty doesn’t pay’ from both consumer groups and regulators feels very odd to m…Read more…
The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tomorrow and Tuesday I am taking part in a UNISON ERA (Employment Rights Act) refresher training n zoom.
As part of the preparation for the courses the Tutor from (conel.ac.uk) has asked us to watch beforehand this marvellous video of the wr…Read more…
Can our unions resist a national pay freeze?
One thing about having been blogging here for so long is that I can look back ten years and see that, in the run up to Xmas 2010 our movement was just beginning to gear up for action against the (then) threatened austerity measures of the new Coalition…Read more…
Post 2nd Lockdown circular walk around Little Baddow, Essex
Off message and hat tip to “Walking in Essex” by Peter Aylmer but today Gill and I went for a lovely 5 mile walk around Little Baddow, Essex, which is around 45 minutes drive from Forest Gate. The full walk is 10 miles but we split it in two.&nbs…Read more…
Labour must support the Bolivian people
Yesterday some of us managed to have a very enjoyable Xmas social organised by Brighton Pavilion Constituency Labour Party (CLP). This got me thinking about what socialists should be doing in the Labour Party in the coming year.
We very much ne…Read more…