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UNISON is the biggest union in the UK – because public service workers like you have put your trust in us to stand with you.
The article Your union will always be there to stand up for you, every…Read more…
Happy New Year Everyone! Could not resist posting this picture of Tigger who was our “host” at the cottage in Wales that we rented for Christmas. My first ever social media “Cat” picture I think. Read more…
Off message but spent Christmas in North Wales visiting family. In between visits (and eating and drinking lots) Gill and I had some fantastic walks. We hired a cottage near Llanwyfan which is about 4 miles from Denbigh. There use to be a large TB hosp…Read more…
“Working families won’t be sorry to see the back of the 2010s. It’s been a decade of austerity and pay stagnation – putting real pressure on family finances, the NHS and the public services we all rely on.
Looking to the next decade, we face big chal…Read more…
Hat tip The Guardian. This is NOT a good thingRead more…
I watched “The Death of Stalin” on Netflix last night. It is billed as a comedy. While there are some comic moments it is not for the faint hearted.
An account of a gangster state changing its leadership. I wonder how accurate it is? Strange to s…Read more…
Democracy and Civic Participation Commission – tell us what you think. To join the conversation online, and for full details of all events visit: https://www.newhamdemocracycommission.org/
#NewhamDemocracyCommission
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This is history on a grand scale. James Holland has limited himself to the war in the west, covering the period up to the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941. So in terms…Read more…
An early Christmas present were these historic Labour Party cuff links. My cousin is friends with an elderly Labour supporter in Dolgellau, North Wales who wanted me to have have them. Which is very kind of him.
What is particularly fascinating is tha…Read more…
If recent events tell us anything, it’s that voting matters… With that in mind this is a quick post on something that caught my eye this year: sharp changes in voting turnout at a number of companies. Some of the more striking examples have been at c…Read more…
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“Volunteers are hard at work putting the final festive touches to the rough sleepers Christmas Shelter which opens today in Stratford at 2pm. It’s the second year #Newham Council has supported the project run by Stratford Seventh Day Adventist Church a…Read more…
Hap tip free markets think tank CPS for this article by Glen O’Hara.
The real reasons Labour lost
Labour should not have lost this election. Only once before has any modern British government going for a fourth term won the approval of the vote…Read more…
As the year comes to a close we relive some of the many highlights UNITElive has covered.
The post Pick of the bunch appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Hat tip my libel pal David Osland’s (seen here with me and his partner Cllr Stroppy) article in last weeks Telegraph.
“For the hard left – and yes, I’m proudly part of it – it’s time to wake up and smell the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign organic fairt…Read more…
A government desperate to brand itself as on the side of working people has delivered a Queen’s Speech that offers a fig-leaf of reform coupled with an attack on the best organisations to protect…Read more…
No more excuses – the new government must boost living standards for working families, rebuild our public services and invest in communities.Read more…
You wouldn’t believe a landlord would tell a family that they need to be evicted so s/he could hold a Christmas party?
Hat tip Nearly Legal
“The new government’s Queens Speech confirmed that there will be a Bill that will involve the ending…Read more…
Major concerns about new Canada, US, Mexico trade deal for Canadian aluminium industry. From the @steelworkers in Quebec Canada, December 19th, 2019. Aluminum workers from the United Steelworkers…Read more…
On Wednesday there was a post general election meeting of the UNISON National Executive Committee at our headquarters in Euston. I hold one of the two elected NEC seats for UNISON members who work in the UK Voluntary Sector and Housing Associations.