Dave Prentis in public appeal on relieving virus burden
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Dave Prentis in public appeal on relieving virus burden
The article Failure to social distance ‘insulting to health and care staff’, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Striking drug and alcohol rehabilitation workers in Wigan and Leigh in dispute over failed pay promises and staff shortages, halt campaign because of coronavirus
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Whatever comes next, we have to keep going. And I know we will
The article Blog: Our response is vital, impressive and truly humbling first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Working mothers are present in every workplace across the UK balancing their work with their share of child care duties. But Covid-19 is putting extra strain on working mothers across Wales as they…Read more…
The Department for Education Coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows: Phone: 0800 046 8687 Opening hours…Read more…
Off message but…
Happy Mother’s Day Mum! Lovely to speak to you on Facetime tonight and so sorry we cannot meet up at Easter due to virus.
Keep safe and well.
Lots of love
John & Gill xxx
(me with spade, big sister Helen and little sister Lucy…Read more…
Advice on the BBC web page confirms that it is still okay to go outdoors for exercise as long as you follow advice to stay 2m apart from others. This advice may change in the future.
Gill and I took advantage of the sunshine today to walk along the Ro…Read more…
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady appearing on BBC’s Question Time on Thursday told Tory health Minister Matt Hancock to “tell the truth” about the problems in the NHS in dealing with the…Read more…
Today I finally went to find the grave of Matchgirl strike leader, Sarah Chapman, in Manor Park cemetery. The Matchgirls strike of 1888 at the Byrant and May factory in Bow is an important event in trade union history. It was led by women and helped es…Read more…
I’m just a humble labour & corpgov wonk, so most of the time the kinds of things that interest me are buried in the business pages. But it feels like, as with the financial crisis, questions about who controls businesses and how, and in whose inter…Read more…
Update from the Mayor of Newham: Coronavirus update – an increase of confirmed cases at 42 (20 March 2020)
Today, there’s been confirmation of further increases of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Newham from 32 yesterday to 42.
Additionally, we h…Read more…
Following the announcement today (20 March) by the chancellor Rishi Sunak of measures to direct state money to millions of UK workers in order to fend off economic collapse, the leader of Unite the…Read more…
Amid the greatest public health crisis since the Spanish flu in 1918, the coronavirus pandemic has in many ways shown Britain at its best – and worst. As part of our rolling coverage on…Read more…
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A personal message from Unite GS, Len McCluskey
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Tens of thousands of retired nurses and doctors have been asked to answer the call to help tackle the coronavirus by returning to the NHS at a time of crisis. As 144 people have so far died…Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner with an update on discussions with the TUC, other unions and government.
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More must be done to ensure public service workers don’t miss out on food basics
The article Don’t push key workers and the vulnerable to the back of the queue, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
The post Ten things the government can do right now to prevent a Corona depression appeared first on IER.Read more…
UNISON’s dedicated welfare charity is still operating during the current health crisis and is asking branches for financial support
The article Coronavirus: UNISON helping members financially first…Read more…