The latest round of job losses announced today (July 15) by the BBC in response to the coronavirus pandemic has been deplored by Unite. The BBC said that increased financial pressure, as a result of…Read more…
‘Stay upbeat and determined’
Every year we celebrate our union’s history at rural trade union festivals all around the country – the women Chainmakers, Tolpuddle, Burston and others. We come together in lanes, fields and tents…Read more…
Vote of no confidence in easyJet executive
Unite , which represents thousands of workers at easyJet, has begun a ballot of no confidence in the company’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Bellew. The ballot of Unite’s membership at easyJet is in…Read more…
PM grilled over British Airways’ fire and rehire plans
British Airways workers and their supporters were delighted to see prime minister Boris Johnson today (July 15) grilled by Labour leader Kier Starmer over the airline’s appalling fire and rehire…Read more…
Napier staff to be balloted over planned redundancies
UNISON also calls on the Scottish government to ensure its fair work standards are applied at the Edinburgh university
The article Napier staff to be balloted over planned redundancies first…Read more…
HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze
Executive members ‘angered, dismayed and disappointed’
The article HE executive rejects employers’ proposed pay freeze first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘We will overcome’
This year’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival 2020 starts Friday, July 17 and runs through till Sunday July 19. The festival is for many the highlight of the trade union year, and has special resonance for…Read more…
Be smart – wear a Unite-branded face covering
Unite has welcomed the government making face coverings in shops in England mandatory from July 24 in the same way that they have been required on public transport since June 11. Unite-branded face…Read more…
Blog: Let’s have an informed discussion about working from home
Graeme Ellis and Tansaim Hussain-Gul are co-chairs of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee. Here, they look at how COVID-19 has disproved myths about home working being unproductive
The…Read more…
‘Nervous, sceptical and divided’
Government measures intended to support workers have failed to boost public confidence as the jobs retention scheme recedes, according to a major poll commissioned by Unite, issued today (July 15)….Read more…
Women Chainmakers Festival – slavery statement
During the planning of this event, the issue of Birmingham and the Black Country’s relationship with the transatlantic slave trade was raised. Read more…
Dychwelyd i Weithleoedd Diogel yng Nghymru
P’un a ydych chi’n gweithio gartref, eisoes yn ôl yn y gwaith neu’n paratoi i ddychwelyd, rydyn ni i gyd yn wynebu cyfnod heriol. Mae agor siopau, busnesau ac ysgolion yn golygu nid yn unig bod angen…Read more…
Creating safe workplaces is more urgent than ever
The number of deaths at work is still shockingly high in some industries. Insecure work is part of the problem.Read more…
The chancellor must set out a bold plan to save jobs
The chancellor must act decisively to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
Far more needed to protect the UK against mass unemployment
The chancellor’s statement on jobs doesn’t go far enough to avoid mass unemployment.Read more…
How to make the new Kickstart programme work for young people
The Chancellor’s Kickstart programme could help prevent avoid mass youth unemployment. But we need to make sure it delivers real jobs with training opportunities.Read more…
Government support is being stripped away when it’s needed more than ever
An overhaul of our social security system, not more temporary government measures, is what we need to create a real safety net.Read more…
A better recovery for the West Midlands
A better recovery for the West Midlands’ sets out a roadmap to ‘build back better’ and prevent mass unemployment with secure jobs and decent pay for working families.Read more…
As GDP shrinks, mass unemployment looms
July’s GDP figures reveal that the government needs to take urgent action to avoid a wave of job losses.Read more…
“Health inequality and the impact on Newham”
Join the Newham Fabian Society this Saturday for debate and discussion on health inequalities. We’ll be joined by Dr Martin Edobor and Cllr James Beckles who, along with Newham Fabians Vice Chair Cllr Mumtaz Khan, will lead a discussion on health inequ…Read more…