Former workers from Premiere Handling, which collapsed last year, have secured an excellent new trade union recognition deal with their new employer Stobart Aviation Services with the help of Unite….Read more…
The return of the exit payment cap – an attack on many local government workers
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Bombardier Derby workers ready for change
Bombardier workers at Derby’s Litchurch Lane Works plan for Alstom handover.
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Lords must help stop hundreds of millions of pounds leaving the NHS
Government apprenticeship levy scheme is failing the health service
The article Lords must help stop hundreds of millions of pounds leaving the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Another Flutter
I’m finding this mildly mesmerising. just Capital’s long position (based on TR1 disclosures) versus the total *public* short in Flutter (based on the FCA register).
My Labour Leadership & NEC by election choices
I have just voted on line:-
LeaderKeir Starmer 1Lisa Nandy 2
Deputy LeaderAngela Rayner 1Dawn Butler 2Rosena Allin-Khan 3NEC By ElectionsJohanna Baxter …Read more…
Tory “spiv’s charter” threat to trade unions?
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Letter to the Morning Star
Letter on behalf of UNISON’s presidential team and general secretary regarding the shocking, vile, transphobic cartoon that appeared in the Morning Star last week
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Tower Hamlets bin strike
Tower Hamlets residents are facing the prospect of ‘overflowing bins and piles of rubbish’ following the announcement of strike action by Veolia refuse workers over unsettled holiday pay arrears,…Read more…
‘Stop passing the buck’
Unite, which represents thousands of cabin crew, is demanding airlines take immediate action to stop aerotoxic fume events occurring during flights. Unite, which is taking several major…Read more…
‘Something has gone badly wrong’
Life expectancy in the UK has stalled for the first time in a century, spurred on by yawning health inequalities under a decade of austerity. While women have historically seen steady…Read more…
‘Systematic sexism’
Unite has welcomed the news that a spy cops victim is one step closer to justice after an internal police investigation has found ‘credible evidence’ she was duped into an intimate sexual…Read more…
A proud, strong and growing union
Hard work by our activists and stewards, branches, regions and staff is paying off – we grew again last year, for the second year running
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NEC by-elections
Nomination period for East Midlands, Greater London and South West reserved seat ballots opens on 3 March and closes on 17 April
The article NEC by-elections first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
United, we are unstoppable | Keir Starmer for Leader of the Labour Party (and Angela Rayner for Deputy Leader)
Ballot starts today but I have not received anything yet except this email below from the Party. Will post next in support of Angela.
Dear John,
The ballot for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections as well as the NEC elections and…Read more…
United, we are unstoppable | Keir Starmer for Leader of the Labour Party (and Angela Rayner for Deputy Leader)
Ballot starts today but I have not received anything yet except this email below from the Party. Will post next in support of Angela.
Dear John,
The ballot for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections as well as the NEC elections and…Read more…
CITB college sale latest
Unite, which represents workers at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is seeking urgent answers following the announcement that the organisation is planning to sell its construction…Read more…
CLASS is hiring!
Looking for a job in support of a progressive cause? CLASS (Centre for Labour & Social Studies), whose offices are based at Unite’s headquarters in Holborn in London, is seeking a highly…Read more…
Review: To Jerusalem, by Count Folke Bernadotte
This is the diary of Counte Folke Bernadotte, the United Nations Mediator sent to manage the truce between Israeli and Arab forces during the War of Independence and also to make progress toward a…Read more…
Union Energy – important announcement
Union Energy will stop being a UNISON Living endorsed offer for members on Sunday 8 March
The article Union Energy – important announcement first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…