New report shows horrific examples
The article Universities must do more to tackle shocking levels of racism, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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New report shows horrific examples
The article Universities must do more to tackle shocking levels of racism, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
NO STONE UNTURNED The story of two journalists who named suspects in the killing of six people. But the killers weren’t arrested – the journalists were. Watershed, 6.30pm, November 18, 2019…Read more…
This article appears in the current issue of Solidarity (23 October 2019). Click here to see the whole issue (PDF). Bernie Sanders has 100 days to change American politics forever. In a little more…Read more…
“Hi, honoured to have been shortlisted for Enfield North Parliamentary Seat today. Here is a short video that I would like to share with you on some of my values and priorities.
More details about the hustings and campaign to follow”
(Margaret h…Read more…
About 120 housing repair workers at Greenwich council are to strike for five days in disgust over the way they have been treated, Unite said today (October 22). Unite said its members had…Read more…
Two weeks before the recent Turkish invasion of North and East Syria, where 11,000 men and women from the UK-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) died defeating ISIS, a Unite delegation toured the…Read more…
Thousands of job losses could have been prevented if the government had taken action, MPs heard in the latest hearing of an inquiry investigating Thomas Cook’s collapse. Trade union leaders…Read more…
Most Compass employees earn minimum wage, yet work with NHS colleagues paid more for same jobs
The article Compass hospital workers take fair pay protest to company’s Surrey HQ, says UNISON first…Read more…
This evening I attended the Pension Committee in East Ham Town Hall during which Council officers reported that for the first time in living memory, the staff pension fund was 100% funded with a record £1.5 billion of assets.
This means that at this m…Read more…
UniversityHundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed workers.
The article Low-paid UCL workers celebrate…Read more…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans have been dealt another blow after the speaker of the house, John Bercow, ruled out MPs voting on the government’s deal today (October 21) after a majority used a…Read more…
A strike by library and museum staff in Bradford over ‘swingeing’ cuts was ‘solid’ leading to the closure of the libraries and disruption to the service Unite said today (October 21). Today’s…Read more…
Saving Thomas Cook with emergency funding could have cost far less than the hundreds of millions of pounds the government spent on repatriating stranded holidaymakers, a damning new report reveals….Read more…
NHS workers in Northern Ireland have only had a one-year deal of between 1.5 – 3% imposed last year, while other parts of the NHS were awarded three-year pay deals.
The article Health service…Read more…
UNISON says government should change the rules so levy money can be used on wages
The article Apprenticeship restrictions mean hundreds of millions of pounds of NHS funds going to waste, says UNISON…Read more…
Off message: Gill and I went for a great run/walk in Epping Forest today. We are both out of condition so walked uphill and ran down hill (also slowly) and on level paths. We started off near the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge in Chingford then followed…Read more…
A new study looks at the health and impact of the trade union movement in Wales.Read more…
The Labour Party Community Wealth Building Advisory Board now has its own Labour website (see link) and has sent its first newsletter (see below).
The picture to the left is from the successful CWB launch event at this years Labour Party Conference wi…Read more…
Parallels between the housing crisis in 1919 and today This pamphlet draws on original research into the Addison Act and … MoreRead more…