Allowing proper recovery time important too
The article Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don’t help, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Review: The Hitler Conspiracies: The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination, by Richard J. Evans
The German army would have won the First World War, except that it was “stabbed in the back” by Socialists and Communists. Hitler was convinced by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,…Read more…
‘This is not going away anytime soon’
The government faces mounting pressure from professional footballer Marcus Rashford, now with the backing of the Labour party, to extend free school meals into the Christmas holidays and beyond. Amid…Read more…
‘Epidemic of ill health’ at Heathrow
A confidential survey of workers at Heathrow Airport has revealed an epidemic of mental and physical ill health, linked to working at the airport. The findings of the survey, which was compiled by…Read more…
The exit payment cap in local government – it gets worse
The long-awaited exit payment cap is now upon us, undoing the automatic right of local government workers made redundant above the age of 55 to an unreduced pension. Under cover of a hue and cry about large pay-offs to senior officers, the Governme…Read more…
UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund
Union says the move to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England makes ‘no sense’
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Blog: We must save union learning
Decision to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England is all about an ‘ideological distaste for trade unions’
The article Blog: We must save union learning first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary: “A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party”
“A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party. Her brilliant leadership has shown how important it is to have women in power”
Christina…Read more…
‘Shocked and angry’
Unite is warning that the prospect of industrial discontent on construction sites across the UK in the coming months has greatly increased, as a result of employers blocking a pay increase. The…Read more…
‘Short-sighted and self-defeating’
Plans to axe the Union Learning Fund, which has helped thousands of people to gain new skills for the workplace, has been branded as ‘short-sighted and self-defeating’ by Unite today (October 19)….Read more…
‘The most visible, tangible benefit’
Unite has joined the TUC, other trade unions and several major employers in a new campaign to save the Union Learning Fund (ULF), which was suddenly scrapped by the government without any…Read more…
Let’s make future Black history a positive one
This year, more than any other, shows that Black history should be taught and discussed all year round, not just for one month
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The ballot to elect UNISON’s general secretary
UNISON is in the process of electing a successor to Dave Prentis who retires as the union’s general secretary on 31 December 2020. Details of the election, including candidates, relevant dates…Read more…
Cllr Frederick (Frank) Matthews – my Great Grandfather
There is a lot of really nasty and unpleasant stuff on the internet and social media but there is also many positive things.
This week I was contacted by a long lost relative Graham via this blog who had searched the internet for his great…Read more…
Local lockdowns require local furlough schemes
The government needs to move swiftly to safeguard jobs in areas facing stricter local lockdowns.Read more…
GDP recovery takes a set back
New figures released today showed the pace of the recovery slowing into August, just as more local lockdowns and further restrictions seem likely.
Eat out to Help out in August has exaggerated…Read more…
How to resist the ‘resilience’ narrative – and organise for less stressful work
If we want to combat harmful work-related stress, we need to start by changing work, not ourselves.Read more…
What can we do about Amazon’s treatment of its workers?
If Amazon will not do better for its workers, then unions and governments at all levels must work together to make sure they do.Read more…
Protest outside Warehouse K – Oppose the hostile environment and there is no place for hate in our borough
Yesterday evening I walked from Newham Dockside along Royal Docks to join Councillor colleagues and local residents protesting outside the historic Warehouse K which is the site of a proposed Immigration detention centre.
Local Newham Coun…Read more…
Len McCluskey tells Johnson “Stop playing politics with jobs and lives”
Responding to the prime minister’s statement today (Friday 16th October) that the country should ‘get ready’ for the prospect of no trade deal with the EU, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite,…Read more…