Honouring the memory of George Floyd – and so many others – demands that we recommit ourselves to the fight against racism in all its forms. And I promise, your union will continue to play a leading…Read more…
‘Disgraceful’ actions
There’s no doubt that local authority workers are finding life tough right now – with little or no recognition for putting their safety at risk in the war against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The post…Read more…
Help There for You be there for them
Our members are in need – and branches can help by making a donation
The article Help There for You be there for them first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Essex Way (and a Badger)
Off message. A glorious circular walk today, firstly along the Essex Way then self guided way back to starting point at Millers Green, Ongar. The weather was warm and sunny but with a lovely breeze.
On way back we saw a young badger running up a ditch…Read more…
Denis Goldberg: Making life better for people. Is that not what the revolution was about?
Tributes poured in across the world last month on the news of the death
of veteran anti-apartheid campaigner and honorary UNISON member Denis
Goldberg.
UNISON Scotland had a long friendship with…Read more…
Review: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy
OK, I’ll confess: I don’t get it. The illustrations are lovely. The message is nice. It might work as children’s book, but for adults? I’m not so sure. And yet the book is…Read more…
Review: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy
OK, I’ll confess: I don’t get it. The illustrations are lovely. The message is nice. It might work as children’s book, but for adults? I’m not so sure. And yet the book is…Read more…
Murdoch closes regional and local titles – Microsoft replaces journalists with robots.
The mantra that post Covid19 “the world will never be the same again” has been repeated a million times. This last week we saw the effects, not just of the virus pandemic but a move away…Read more…
Midnight Cowboy
Off message but “lock down” for me has meant more time for watching classic films on Netflix.
Last week I watched film noir thriller “Vertigo” directed by Hitchcock, which I think I have seen before but no idea when.
Tonight I watched “Midnight …Read more…
No return to austerity – cancel local authority debt
A campaign initiated by the Labour Campaign for Council Housing calls for the government to cancel local authority debt held … MoreRead more…
50th Anniversary of Equal Pay with Angela Rayner MP & Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Hat tip Labour Unions “The Equal Pay Act was fought for and won by women organising through their unions & a Labour Government taking action, but 50 years on we still don’t have equal pay. We shouldn’t have to wait another 50 years.That’s why women…Read more…
Chancellor announces changes to furlough scheme
Responding to the chancellor’s changes to the Job Retention Scheme (JRS) announced today, the leader of the country’s most influential union, Unite, said that he was pleased that unions…Read more…
When
Do you remember when
the phone plugged into the wall
had its own table in the hall?
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Heroes and zeroes
Each Friday on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the devastating crisis we’ve been thrust into, countless people have managed to…Read more…
Lighthouse Financial Advice During Coronavirus
Lighthouse Financial Advice is still offering financial advice to members. Telephone and webinars are available – Lighthouse – Financial Advice During CoronavirusRead more…
Now it is time to fight for jobs
People and markets make the decisions and what actually moves them must be our focus, otherwise we will be left bitterly disappointed. We must remember that tactics without strategy is often the…Read more…
British car production plummets
British car manufacturing has taken a massive hit amid the coronavirus epidemic, after new figures reveal that in April, production figures plummeted by 99.7 per cent. The latest data represents the…Read more…
Angela Rayner chats to UNISON carers
This week, the deputy leader of the Labour Party sat down to listen to care workers about their working conditions and concerns
The article Angela Rayner chats to UNISON carers first appeared on the…Read more…
BA betrayal: customers and partners alerted
This week campaigners have been alerting companies including HCL in Surrey, Barclays in Glasgow, Vodafone in Newbury, Microsoft, in Reading, GSK in Ulverston and Publicis in London, about BA’s…Read more…
Union legend Sarah Chapman’s grave under threat
But such a vital piece of trade union history could be erased to posterity after it has emerged that Sarah Chapman’s grave is now under threat. The Manor Park Cemetery in Newham, London, home to…Read more…