When meat processing worker ‘Alex’ tested positive for coronavirus, he was forced to stay off work for a number of weeks, along with the colleagues he shares a house with. The housemates were…Read more…
Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the age of COVID
Julia O’Connell, the vice chair of UNISON’s national women’s committee, explains what’s it like to be pregnant – and working – during COVID-19
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Care home death toll highlights urgent need for reform, says UNISON
Sick pay for staff essential to limit spread
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Organise 2020: TUC’s free festival launches next week
The TUC’s festival of ideas runs from 9-11 July – and there are plenty of remote events to sign up for
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Turn appreciation and applause for NHS staff into an early wage rise, say health unions
Public want health pay rise straight away
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Heroes of the year – Unite Community members
Every day over the festive period here on UniteLive, we will highlight a different ‘hero of the year’. Today, we pay tribute to Unite Community members, who have been absolutely pivotal in helping…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we highlight a number of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite Community Cambridge branch Across the UK, Unite…Read more…
Heol yn Arwain at y Fferm / Road to the Farm by Kyffin Williams
Gorffennaf / July 2020 Calendar by Welsh Landscape Artist, Kyffin Williams. The National Library of Wales
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We need £150bn by 2024, not £5bn, to match Roosevelt’s New Deal
Boris Johnson’s proclamation is a far cry from Roosevelt’s new deal.Read more…
Join us for Organise 2020
Join us for Organise 2020, an online festival of ideas around union organising.Read more…
Halt ‘rash’ GKN Auto redundancies
GKN Automotive must use the government’s job retention scheme ‘properly’ and halt plans to make 185 staff at its Birmingham factory redundant, Unite said today (July 2). Unite, which represents…Read more…
‘Was that it’?
Our ‘Build Back Better’ club acquired an application from a new aspiring member this week: welcome, Prime Minister. I hope that you will take some time to familiarise yourself with the rules of the…Read more…
‘1930s figures of unemployment’
Speaking on the Jeremy Vine show today (July 2), Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner highlighted the ‘tsunami of job losses’ that are expected in the coming months if the…Read more…
Show your appreciation and thoughts for the NHS and key workers
UNISON joins /Together coalition to reconnect society
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Councils need much more to deal with coronavirus funding shortfall, says UNISON
Authorities face massive funding gap
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Staffing, safety and vulnerable children must be priority for schools’ return, says UNISON
Jon Richards says test and trace must improve, teaching assistants mustn’t become substitute teachers and vulnerable pupils should be priority
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‘Not a moment more to be lost’
As Unite launches its campaign to save UK aerospace today (July 2), the union highlights the existential threat the sector faces amid the coronavirus crisis and is calling on the government to step…Read more…
‘PM, do not abandon working people now in their hour of need’
There’s rising panic being felt in homes across the country right now. The last 24 hours have seen a jobs bloodbath with over 10,000 lost.
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Frontline care and health workers face thousands of pounds of government visa charges
It’s perverse that ministers ignore the contribution of care and NHS support staff
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Review: Hitler’s Hangmen: The Secret German Plot to Kill Churchill, December 1944, by Brian Lett
Brian Lett is the author of a number of excellent works of military history and I looked forward to this one, not least due to the intriguing title. Unfortunately, the title may be a bit…Read more…