Unite has welcomed government plans to provide financial assistance to student nurses but said they are not enough to end chronic shortfalls in NHS health professional numbers.
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Unite has welcomed government plans to provide financial assistance to student nurses but said they are not enough to end chronic shortfalls in NHS health professional numbers.
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The government must abolish tuition fees
The article Grant reversal not enough on its own to boost student nursing numbers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite health members in Northern Ireland joined thousands of other NHS workers on picket lines across the region today (18 December) in a dispute over pay and patient safety.
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Two new reports again highlight the problems facing social care in Scotland but offer few indications that a credible solution is on the horizon.
The Accounts Commission annual overview of…Read more…
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity. Click here to download as a PDF. Bernie Sanders has a proud record both of supporting Israel and of being critical of its government. He…Read more…
Do you remember when the phone plugged into the wall had its own table in the hall? When the dial had letters as well as numbers? Were you one of those who liked mystery and went ex-directory? …Read more…
This morning I went on a visit to Martha Jones House, which is a 50 bed high needs hostel in Vauxhall, run by Thamesreach, a London based charity helping homeless and vulnerable people. I had been invited with my fellow Deputy Mayor (Tower Hamlets not …Read more…
Costain/Skanska labelled Scrooge employers as ‘Turkey truce’ offer given ‘the bird’ at fresh HS2 protest
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Rise still leaves the NHS short of what’s needed
The article Register increase good news, but hard line on immigration could damage numbers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite Community activists have teamed up with other trade unionists in Doncaster to help flood victims – raising nearly £10,000 – after the government’s indifference response. Secretary of…Read more…
This evening I took part in a 3 hour plus Newham Council Local Development Committee (LDC) meeting (small scale planning). There were 20 applications to consider.
There were 3 applications by Newham Council regeneration team for new build developments…Read more…
Climate campaigners from around the world have hit out angrily at UN climate talks in Madrid failing to deliver for the people and the planet.
Civil society organisations representing trade unions, environment NGOs, youth, indigenous peoples, women and many other campaigners made a series of highly critical statements as the talks, known as COP 25, ended on Sunday.
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Digital change projects are only partly about making sure a new bit of technology works. Even the best specified new tech tools won’t be any use if people don’t agree to change their current…Read more…
Photographer Martin Jenkinson, a former steelworker, was commissioned by many unions including the TGWU/Unite and National Union of Mineworkers and was responsible for some of the most striking…Read more…
Last month I was on a panel at a seminar on “social impact investing” in property. In my capacity as a pension trustee seeking long term financial returns and as the lead member for Housing in a Council with a desperate housing crisis.
While the …Read more…
Dear Colleagues,
I am very pleased to report that, having enrolled on a Professional Doctorate in Researching Work at London Met Univ in Sep 2011, I have now been awarded my doctorate.
I have a journal article based on my findings appearing shortly i…Read more…
JOURNALISM students at the University of the West of England heard about the benefits of being part of the world’s largest union for media workers when Bristol branch’s chair and…Read more…
“Get help with winter fuel billsMembers living on a low income constantly struggle to make ends meet – and this can be particularly acute in the winter when the cost of heating homes rises as the outside temperature falls.But it’s not all bad news – he…Read more…
Congratulations to Lyn and Stephen for their “Landslide” victories for Labour in West Ham and East Ham (both in the London Borough of Newham).
However, as soon as I saw the exit poll on the 10 O’Clock news last night I knew that Labour nationally was …Read more…
New government must deliver on health service promises
The article A&E waiting times show NHS ‘on its knees’, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…