We want to hear from reps right across the movement about the work they do and the support they need to deliver for members now and in the future.Read more…
Everyone deserves the right to work flexibly – it’s time for Flex for All
Today we’re joining the Flex for All campaign to give every worker the legal right to flexible working from day one in the job.Read more…
‘Business as normal’
This week (September 6) marks 600 days since the collapse of Carillion on January 15, 2018 when the construction and outsourcing giant was forced into compulsory liquidation with liabilities of £7bn…Read more…
School uniform supplier must show it doesn’t profit from sweatshop labour
Supplier challenged over ethical concerns
The article School uniform supplier must show it doesn’t profit from sweatshop labour first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON National Executive Council members at NDC 2019
The elected lay members of UNISON who have been on its National Executive Council 2017-2019 at our National Conference. Read more…
Review: Nein! Standing up to Hitler, 1935-1944, by Paddy Ashdown
This was a surprising book. I expected an account of the numerous small-scale attempts by individuals and tiny groups of decent Germans to oppose the Nazi regime, such as the famous White Rose group….Read more…
Great street picture of rock icon Freddie Mercury in West Ham
Newham Alternative PEACE Exhibition
We’re saying #NO to #DSEI2019 taking place in Newham’s Royal Docks between 10th and 13th September. Come and show solidarity at our free Alternative #PEACE Exhibition for a evening of protest, talks, exhibitions &…Read more…
The tyranny of hospital car parking charges
UNISON believes that health workers should not be charged to park at the hospital they work at. That’s why we’re asking all NHS trusts in England to make parking free for all staff within two years….Read more…
Newham Free School Uniform competition – cute picture alert!
“Hoorum and Diya wearing their new school uniforms. Their families won a full uniform pack by completing their school applications online. 2020 eAdmissions open 1 Sept. #Newham #BackToSchool2019”. Hat tip Cllr Julianne Marriott, Cabinet Member for Ed…Read more…
Give us a break
London bus drivers descended on City Hall in the capital today (August 29) to demand action from Transport for London (TfL) and private bus operators after the publication of a shock new report into…Read more…
‘Face-to-face’
Manufacturing reps met with Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove today (August 29) to sound the alarm over the catastrophic impact a no-deal Brexit will have on their industries. Unite and GMB…Read more…
‘Fatal delays’
Health unions have demanded that the government rule out a no deal Brexit, saying it could “devastate” the NHS and result in “fatal”medicine shortages.
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Blog: This should send a chill down the spine of everyone who cares for democracy
The planned closure of Parliament, at a time of constitutional crisis, is the sort of manoeuvre more suited to a corrupt tin-pot dictatorship
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This will be ‘catastrophic’ for working people
UNISON joins over 80 civil society organisations in writing to the PM, arguing that the price of a no-deal Brexit is too high
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UK Unions Warn: ‘This Is A No Deal Coup’
”The claim that the government is considering proroguing parliament in September in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely false.’’ Government statement to the Observer newspaper.’…Read more…
No-deal will leave NHS gasping for breath
Commenting on the statement from the TUC and health unions on the threat posed to the NHS by a no-deal Brexit, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Boris Johnson is setting a timebomb for the…Read more…
Brexit and suspending Parliament: What just happened? (in 100 & 500 words words from BBC)
In a dramatic move on Wednesday morning, Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson set in motion the suspension of the UK Parliament – which means MPs have much less time to debate Brexit, the process of the UK leaving the European Union.
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Leaked document reveals government ‘concern’ over teaching assistants
UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’
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‘High noon’ meeting
Workers from some of the UK’s biggest manufacturers will warn the government against a no deal Brexit coup and demand detailed answers over jobs and future investment when they meet Michael Gove…Read more…