Union had urged the government to cut VAT weeks ago, as care homes struggle to fund and access protective equipment for staff
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Union had urged the government to cut VAT weeks ago, as care homes struggle to fund and access protective equipment for staff
The article UNISON welcomes move to pause VAT on PPE first appeared on…Read more…
But while we may not be marching, your contribution to the nation’s well-being has never been more evident. It is workers like you who are best serving our nation at this time. For your sacrifices…Read more…
This is an important legal ruling that effectively stops the UK £300 billion Council pension funds being told they cannot decide where to invest unless it is pleases the current foreign or defence secretary. Well done to Greater London UNISON act…Read more…
Denis Goldberg, who has sadly passed away, was a freedom fighter, an inspirational politician and an honorary member of UNISON
The article Blog: Denis Goldberg – a tireless campaigner for justice,…Read more…
Another world is possible – it’s up to us all to make it happen when this is all over. Please celebrate each day and enjoy the simplest things in life – the sun or rain on your face, a beautiful…Read more…
Home Office grants automatic extensions to health and care workers – and indefinite leave to remain to family of healthcare workers who die of COVID-19
The article UNISON welcomes visa extension…Read more…
Court overturns LGPS regulations banning investment decisions which aren’t in line with government foreign and defence policy
The article UNISON welcomes Supreme Court decision on ethical LGPS…Read more…
Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton wants the transport secretary to urgently investigate how the £60,000 life assurance payment, can now be extended to these key bus workers….Read more…
This is a company that only a few weeks ago sent an internal email urging pilots and cabin crew to come into work and help repatriate thousands of UK citizens despite the chronic lack of on-board…Read more…
Society needs to look at how it treats care
The article Care home death figures are shameful, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The shock announcement by British Airways that it is to make 12,000 UK workers at the airline redundant without any consultation has been denounced as ‘unlawful and immoral’ by Unite, and should be…Read more…
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…
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…
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UNISON recommends two-year pay offer to members in English colleges in online consultation that closes on 15 May
The article Sixth form staff in England consulting on pay first appeared on the…Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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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