Unite is warning that petrol shortages and delays to flights are likely to occur if tanker drivers employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK Limited based in Ellesmere Port take industrial action in a pay…Read more…
MoD asbestos scandal deepens
Unite is demanding decisive action as further information of the asbestos contamination at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) base at Ashchurch in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, has emerged. Last…Read more…
‘Honest approach’
In a bid to rule out a disastrous no deal Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has put forward plans to make himself a caretaker Prime Minister after forcing out Boris Johnson with a no confidence vote when MPs…Read more…
Why I’m voting yes – part 3
In the third of our series of first-hand accounts from Unite members at St Mungo’s on why they’re voting for strike action, we meet two more members* who share their stories: Since joining St…Read more…
Vote Wendy Nichols for UNISON National Labour Link Committee representing Yorkshire & Humberside
Wendy is a superb working class, life long trade unionist. We need members like her putting UNISON values at the heart of the Labour Party. Read more…
‘Raising concerns’
Reports emerged today (August 14) that Turkish army pension fund Ataer Holding may be announced this week by the Official Receiver as the preferred bidder to buy British Steel. But Unite…Read more…
City Council Budget Proposals August 2019
If you are affected or potentially affected by the August 2019 City of Stoke-On-Trent budget, please do not hesitate to contact the convenor below for your workplace area, who will be more than happy to answer any questions, discuss any … Continu…Read more…
‘Worrying signs’
Joblessness is on the rise as the number of people on zero-hours contracts skyrockets, according to the latest employment figures published this week. Data from the Office for National…Read more…
“Catastrophically damaging for manufacturing”
Donald Trump’s national security advisor has said the US supports a no deal Brexit after a meeting with Boris Johnson. John Bolton also said the UK will be “first in line” for a trade deal…Read more…
Heathrow ballot update
The ballot on the revised pay offer made by Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) to over 4,000 security, airside operations and passenger services personnel who work across the airport’s five terminals…Read more…
Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers
UNISON calls for government to replace the thousands of police staff axed since 2010
The article Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
St Matthews public meeting on Crime and ASB
A lovely picture from last Friday evening when Councillors and officers met Residents and Police to discuss how to tackle jointly crime and anti-social behaviour in the area (Forest Gate South ward adjacent to Romford Road).
The meeting was Chaired by…Read more…
Zygmunt Bauman, again
I read this recently, which is worth checking out. Here are a few quick chunks that feel very relevant (all from Bauman):
“[T]he mistrust of all and any order, synchronic and diachronic alike; questioning of the idea of ‘order’ as such; the tendency t…Read more…
Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union
General secretary Dave Prentis takes inspiration from visit to Southampton District branch
The article Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Their whole way of life will be gone’
On his first visit to Wales as prime minister in late July, Boris Johnson was warned that “civil unrest” could breakout if he plunged the UK into a “catastrophic” no deal Brexit on 31 October. …Read more…
Blog: A brilliant branch building on their many strengths
Today I saw people from different backgrounds with different talents and different skills coming together to support public service workers. These activists were professional, loyal and committed – a…Read more…
Green UNISON Day 20 Sept – solidarity with school climate strikers
On 20 September hundreds of thousands of young people will take
part in the latest of the climate strikes
inspired by Greta Thunberg, the
Finnish school student who decided to strike in protest at the lack of action
and urgency by governments on climate change.
Several of these school student climate strikes have taken
place this year in Scotland with protests organised
in GeorgeRead more…
Bradford hospital members to strike again
indefinite strike planned from 26 August if there is no resolution to outsourcing dispute
The article Bradford hospital members to strike again first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Student Nurse Margaret Matthews circa 1960
Off message but marvellous picture of my Mum, Margaret Gray (nee Matthews) when she was a student mental health nurse aged 18 in Denbigh, North Wales around 1960 (she is on the left).
It was originally in a local newspaper (?) and our family had thoug…Read more…
Ford Dagenham contractors win
A second pay victory for contract workers employed at Ford Dagenham has been notched up by Unite. More than 300 workers assembling engines, employed by Lineside Logistics at the Dagenham…Read more…