Wymondham branch of the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Smallholders Union Established 1910
RADICAL NORFOLK
*Later known as National Agricultural Labourers & Rural Workers Union
National Union of Agricultural Workers
Daily Herald 1926
James Keir Hardie – 120 Years since his election as 1st ever Labour MP (booklet from 2012)
I was really pleased that I was recently able to respond to a request by the Keir Hardie Society (via a former UNISON colleague) for a pdf copy of the booklet issued in 2012 to mark the 120th anniversary of Keir Hardie’s election. He was elected …Read more…
Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says exhausted staff need morale boost now
The article Cruel to make NHS staff wait months for pay rise, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Urgent Appeal To Help War Graves Workers
Solidarity means helping each other out which is why your support for Unite members in industrial struggle is needed. Workers who maintain and care for our commonwealth war graves in France and…Read more…
Labour supporting Reparations
Yesterday it was a pleasure to chair a meeting of the General Committee (GC) of Brighton Pavilion Labour Party which had been convened (by earlier decision of the GC) to work through a backlog of motions submitted by branches over recent months…Read more…
‘Fair day’s pay for fair day’s work’
Members of the Unite and GMB unions employed at International Paint in Gateshead have announced strike action and an overtime ban beginning early next year in a dispute over pay and national…Read more…
Heathrow fire safety concerns
Unite, which represents thousands of workers employed throughout Heathrow airport, is warning that Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) contingency plans during the ongoing strike action have failed to…Read more…
‘The forgotten key workers’
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
The struggle for workers’ rights cannot be separated from the struggle for equality for discriminated groups
Ministers should move away from ‘divide and rule’ – and tackle socio-economic inequality in all its forms.Read more…
Newham Covid Dashboard 16.12.20 & Get tested to keep your loved ones safe (even if you don’t have symptoms)
This is not good news Newham. Please get tested even if you don’t have symptoms. My wife Gill had common cold symptoms on Sunday and wanted to get checked. We booked on line a drive thru appointment for the same day in East Ham. It took around 20 minut…Read more…
BAE systems apprentices recruitment drive
Unite has welcomed the announcement today (December 17) that BAE Systems will recruit 1,250 new trainees in 2021 as much needed positive news for the UK’s aerospace sector, The trainees will be…Read more…
‘A fight for our lives’
If the common saying is anything to go by, you’d think lovers and fighters were mutually exclusive categories — but Unite member and health and safety campaigner Hilda Palmer is in fact both….Read more…
UNISON responds to COVID testing plans for English schools
National schools committee describes UK government’s announcement, made on the last day of term, that some secondaries will be expected to start next term online, as “jaw-dropping”
The article…Read more…
John McDonnell – GLC Poster
‘Social solidarity is what Unite is all about’
Big-hearted car workers belonging to the Unite the union’s Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Solihull branch have raised £50,000 for five charities in the Birmingham region, as thousands in the city face a…Read more…
Lemmings cleared to build third runway to cliff edge?
The Supreme Court decision to clear the way towards a third runway at Heathrow can’t really be legally wrong. That is rather the point of having a “supreme” court – and what the word “supreme” means in this context (as opposed to any other context).
Th…Read more…
How a ruling in South Africa shines a light on the UK’s weak protections for domestic workers
The post How a ruling in South Africa shines a light on the UK’s weak protections for domestic workers appeared first on IER.Read more…
Ports congestion warning
Unite has responded to a call by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) for an investigation by parliament into the congestion at Britain’s ports, to warn that…Read more…
Laid bare: The scandal of expendable workers before, during and after Covid
The post Laid bare: The scandal of expendable workers before, during and after Covid appeared first on IER.Read more…