The ballot on the revised pay offer made by Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) to over 4,000 security, airside operations and passenger services personnel who work across the airport’s five terminals…Read more…
Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers
UNISON calls for government to replace the thousands of police staff axed since 2010
The article Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
St Matthews public meeting on Crime and ASB
A lovely picture from last Friday evening when Councillors and officers met Residents and Police to discuss how to tackle jointly crime and anti-social behaviour in the area (Forest Gate South ward adjacent to Romford Road).
The meeting was Chaired by…Read more…
Zygmunt Bauman, again
I read this recently, which is worth checking out. Here are a few quick chunks that feel very relevant (all from Bauman):
“[T]he mistrust of all and any order, synchronic and diachronic alike; questioning of the idea of ‘order’ as such; the tendency t…Read more…
Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union
General secretary Dave Prentis takes inspiration from visit to Southampton District branch
The article Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Their whole way of life will be gone’
On his first visit to Wales as prime minister in late July, Boris Johnson was warned that “civil unrest” could breakout if he plunged the UK into a “catastrophic” no deal Brexit on 31 October. …Read more…
Blog: A brilliant branch building on their many strengths
Today I saw people from different backgrounds with different talents and different skills coming together to support public service workers. These activists were professional, loyal and committed – a…Read more…
Green UNISON Day 20 Sept – solidarity with school climate strikers
On 20 September hundreds of thousands of young people will take
part in the latest of the climate strikes
inspired by Greta Thunberg, the
Finnish school student who decided to strike in protest at the lack of action
and urgency by governments on climate change.
Several of these school student climate strikes have taken
place this year in Scotland with protests organised
in GeorgeRead more…
Bradford hospital members to strike again
indefinite strike planned from 26 August if there is no resolution to outsourcing dispute
The article Bradford hospital members to strike again first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Student Nurse Margaret Matthews circa 1960
Off message but marvellous picture of my Mum, Margaret Gray (nee Matthews) when she was a student mental health nurse aged 18 in Denbigh, North Wales around 1960 (she is on the left).
It was originally in a local newspaper (?) and our family had thoug…Read more…
Ford Dagenham contractors win
A second pay victory for contract workers employed at Ford Dagenham has been notched up by Unite. More than 300 workers assembling engines, employed by Lineside Logistics at the Dagenham…Read more…
Drug crime soars in rural areas
Drug crime has significantly increased in towns and villages over the last five years, driven in part by a practice known as ‘county lines’, or drug trafficking in rural areas. A new analysis…Read more…
British Steel buyer hopes raised
A Turkish pension fund is preparing to enter talks over buying British Steel with a plan to invest nearly £1bn in the firm, according to reports. Sky News reports that Ataer Holding, which is…Read more…
Real pay cut for millions of people in working class jobs
While working class jobs may have changed with the shift to a service economy, the experience of poor pay, long hours, and class discrimination that the union movement has fought against remains all…Read more…
Almost half the self-employed are on poverty pay
Almost half of self-employed adults aged over 25 are earning less than the minimum wage, according to new analysis by the TUC, that punctures the myth of a growing army of wealthy entrepreneurs.Read more…
Review: Spook Street, by Mick Herron
Let me start by saying that having now read the first four books in the Jackson Lamb/Slough House series, I think we can pretty well give up on any expectation that the plots are going to get any…Read more…
Top 10 Country GDP Ranking History (1960-2017)
Fascinating video chart. The hegemony of USA, the rise and relative fall of Japan and now the rise of China.Read more…
Vote Pete Hannell for London National Labour Link elections – ballot papers out now!
Vote for a London NHS worker to represent you in UNISON’s National Labour committee
I am a front line NHS health worker, a paramedic in the London Ambulance Service, working shifts while still being an active UNISON steward, representing and defending …Read more…
Why join a union?
“Everyone deserves fairness, equality and justice at work. That’s what trade unions stand for. When you join a union, you join a movement that’s 6 million strong.
Working people are stronger when they act together. And together, we can make the workin…Read more…
Why I’m voting yes – part two
In the second of our series of first-hand accounts from Unite members at St Mungo’s on why they’re voting for strike action, we meet a member* who says that “sensible people know that you don’t make…Read more…