Jenny Harvey is a member of UNISON’s trans network, part of the West Midlands regional LGBT+ group and a member of UNISON’s health service group executive. Here, she explains why reform of the Gender…Read more…
Fighting on so many fronts
While so many people have stayed at home – UNISON members have been on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19. And while you’ve been fighting coronavirus to keep communities going, UNISON has…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you a new list of heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES Unite’s Davy Kettyles and actor Adrian…Read more…
SURVEY – COVID-19 and gender-based online violence
“This survey by Glitch and the End Violence Against Women Coalition aims to document the online experiences of women and non-binary people during COVID-19. For safeguarding and ethical purposes, this survey should only be completed by participants…Read more…
Ryanair deal secured
Unite, the principal aviation union, has secured an agreement with Ryanair which will result in no job losses among cabin crew at the airline. The union has hailed the airline’s…Read more…
Britain, we need our steel
Britain’s three steel unions, Unite, GMB and Community, today (July 9) launched a joint campaign for the future of the steel industry in the UK. Through the ‘Britain, We Need Our Steel’ campaign, the…Read more…
More aerospace job losses in Derbyshire
On a grim day for UK workers with thousands of job losses being announced, Unite says that it will fight to minimise job losses at aerospace component manufacturer Trelleborg Sealing Solution. The…Read more…
‘A reckoning will come’
For nearly 150 years the Durham Miners’ Gala has been admired all over the world as a carnival like no other, with beautiful banners, brass bands and voices lifted together in song, we fill the…Read more…
2,000 Rolls-Royce jobs to be shed in August
The number of workers being shed by Rolls-Royce is a stark reminder of the lack of comprehensive financial measures to help British manufacturing through the coronavirus pandemic, Unite said today…Read more…
Urgent investigation call
One woman has died and four others people injured after a crane collapsed in Bow, east London on Wednesday (July 8), a tragic incident that has highlighted the dangers people face in and around…Read more…
My NEC report to the UNISON Community Service Group Executive (SGE) meeting 8 July 2020
(Love this pic. The 1.3 million members of UNISON are split into “Service Groups” according to their occupation and employer. Community comprises of members employed by the Voluntary Sector (Charities and Housing Associations). While we have our moment…Read more…
Vital health staff must feel valued and supported
Government promises to overseas nurses must honoured
The article Vital health staff must feel valued and supported first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Money for public services would mean a quicker recovery
Proper investment would power a return to a more prosperous time
The article Money for public services would mean a quicker recovery first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Prime Minister should take responsibility and not blame others for care home failings
Poor government decision making at the heart of problems
The article Prime Minister should take responsibility and not blame others for care home failings first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Serious questions’ over national security
Serious questions involving national security and corporate motivation need to be answered over plans to close the LeBronze Alloys plant in Ipswich, Suffolk, Unite, said today (July 8). Unite…Read more…
Nissan pensions protest
Nissan workers will attend a socially distanced rally in Sunderland on Saturday (July 11) in response to the firm’s ‘disdain and disregard’ for workers impacted by plans to close its defined benefits…Read more…
‘Instead of a budget we have a slogan’
Before the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his statement there was as usual Prime Minister Question Time with Boris Johnson delivering his, as usual, non-answers. Keir Starmer asked him to…Read more…
‘Bleak day for Britain’s workers’
In his much anticipated ‘summer economic update’ speech today (July 8) chancellor Rishi Sunak left the millions of people worried about their jobs sorely disappointed after announcing a series of…Read more…
Lighthouse Financial Advice By Telephone 27-29 July 2020
Lighthouse Financial Advice are offering free half hour telephone advice appointments for branch members during 27-29 July 2020. Help can be obtained on: Protecting you family income Passing on your wealth to loved ones in a tax efficient way Understan…Read more…
NHS car parking charges may resume
The government confirmed that NHS car parking charges, waived in late March as the lockdown came into force, will resume as the coronavirus pandemic eases. Although no timeline has been announced,…Read more…