As the coronavirus epidemic rages on, workers across sectors who cannot work amid the lockdown eagerly await to see if their employer will take up the government’s job retention scheme, where the…Read more…
Rest peacefully Rob Rogers (3/10/38 – 29/4/20)
You could read this blog for years (if you were daft enough) and get very little of what you might call personal content – and now you are subject to the second such post within a month!
My father, Kenneth Ernest Robert (“Rob”) Rogers died today at the…Read more…
Private sector care providers and the grey zone
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Sixth form staff in England consulting on pay
UNISON recommends two-year pay offer to members in English colleges in online consultation that closes on 15 May
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Len McCluskey: It’s Time For A New Deal For Workers – No Going Back To Business As Usual
There can be no going back to business as usual Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has said in his May Day message. In a message of solidarity to workers Len says that it is time for a new deal…Read more…
Unite: Join the Covid-19 ‘manufacturing army’
Following Nissan’s ‘outstanding’ efforts in re-purposing its facilities to produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of much needed personal protective equipment (PPE), Unite today (Wednesday April 29)…Read more…
‘Heartless decision’
Reacting last night (April 28) to the British Airways announcement that it is to make 12,000 staff redundant, Unite slammed the move as a ‘heartless decision’ and entirely at odds with the course of…Read more…
Time for a new deal
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has a message of solidarity for all workers today ahead of May Day on Friday (May 1). Watch in the video below:
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Newham Council joins minutes silence in honour of fallen key workers
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence.Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence to honour the frontline NHS …Read more…
Labour Leader Keir Starmer’s Workers’ Memorial Day Message
Heroes of the year – care workers
This week, on the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, UNITElive is featuring some of the top stories we have covered on the pandemic and our members’ contributions, concerns and…Read more…
NHS ‘running to catch up’
On International Workers’ Memorial Day today (April 28), Unite remembers those who have died but equally just as important fights for those living. That’s why personal protective equipment (PPE) for…Read more…
‘National collective effort’ needed for post Covid-19 economy
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (April 28) called for “a coherent blueprint” for economic recovery to be drawn up for when the Covid-19 crisis ends and business resumes.
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Remembering our key workers
“It was incredibly moving to see the entire nation fall silent and pay its respects”
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Farm and agriculture workers feel Covid-19 pressure
“It is interesting to see how key to a functioning society many ‘unskilled’ workers really are, from farmworkers, to pack house workers, to delivery drivers and shop workers.
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Country falls silent to remember all workers who’ve died during pandemic
Moving moment as people are united in reflection
The article Country falls silent to remember all workers who’ve died during pandemic first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Honour lives lost’
International Workers’ Memorial Day today (April 28) will hit hard for many key workers like bus workers, who’ve risked their lives transporting other essential workers like NHS staff to and from…Read more…
Resolve confusion now call
Unite is urging the government to resolve a major discrepancy within the government’s job retention scheme – which could prevent thousands of workers from being furloughed.
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Test workers – or risk virus spreading
Construction workers must be included in the government’s targeted Covid-19 testing of key workers in order to help halt the disease’s spread, Unite said today (April 28).
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Workers Memorial Day 2020 – A one minutes silence of pictures
Pictures from trades unions via TUC and from last year’s Newham/ UNISON eventRead more…