The Jamie Oliver restaurant group today (May 21) collapsed into administration – with all but three of the restauranteur’s outlets now closed, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs. …Read more…
‘In the national interest’
Unite has called for British Steel to be taken under public control if a deal cannot be reached between owners Greybull, its lenders and the government that avoids the threat of the company…Read more…
Walkers out?
The prospect of a crisp ‘famine’ in the North West of England has become a stark possibility as corner shops, pubs and supermarkets face supply shortages amid a strike threat from lorry drivers on a…Read more…
Mears Cats at Dockside
This evening there was an action outside Newham Dockside by the People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH) led by Mears Cats.
Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, was at a Youth Board meeting in Stratford and asked me to go and speak to the prot…Read more…
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. See what insurance based healthcare costs American workers per month
Nigel Farage wants you to think he’s on the side of working people. He isn’t. Don’t forget to use your vote this Thursday
Hat tip CNBC
…..Currently, Americans pay $3.4 trillion a year for medical care (and, unfortunately, don’t get impressive…Read more…
More Luton Airport strikes on horizon
Security guards employed by London Luton Airport will step up their campaign against ‘heavy-handed’ shift changes with 12 consecutive days of strike action, including the bank holiday weekend. …Read more…
‘Deeds speak louder than words’
Troubled outsourcing giant Mitie has been accused of sabotaging an anti-bullying campaign being undertaken at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria. Unite has been distributing literature and…Read more…
Back UK steel charter call
Unite threw its full weight behind the industry body UK Steel’s steel charter which is being launched today (May 20) in Parliament, urging the government and big firms to buy British to boost UK…Read more…
‘Service worth investing in’
As the latest Royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is due to receive a first visit from his health visitor, now is a good time to highlight the continuing travails of the health visiting…Read more…
Bradford hospital workers balloted over strike action to fight ‘backdoor privatisation’
Staff at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust will vote on whether to take industrial action after the announcement of the privatisation of some of its services. The UNISON ballot opens today…Read more…
Keep Britain afloat
Unite is again calling on the government to support British jobs and build the next generation of Naval support ships in the UK as it ramps up its Keep Britain Afloat campaign and celebrates a…Read more…
Probation given some vital medicine – but it’s not cured yet
The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
The article Probation given some vital medicine – but it’s not cured…Read more…
Personal Injury Payments April 2019
For April 2019 members in the West Midlands Region received £178,764.57 in compensation payments for personal injuries. There was nothing for members of this branch but it always pays to be a Unison member. AdvertisementsRead more…
FE pay ballot results
UNISON members working in 14 Further Education colleges in England have voted in a disaggregated ballot for a pay rise. Although members voted in favour of strike action in 9 of these colleges,…Read more…
Stop the far right call
A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (May 23) European elections is being launched today (May 20) across towns and cities in the North…Read more…
The disability pay gap: Warm words just won’t cut it
Voluntary reporting isn’t enough – we need mandatory action nowRead more…
“Helping you stay in your home”
“Becoming homeless is often the end of a downward spiral that can include health problems, job losses or relationship break-ups. Newham Council is helping residents tackle such issues before they find themselves without a home.
The council’s debt adv…Read more…
All The World’s A Stage, by Boris Akunin
I read this book in the wrong order as it precedes Akunin’s Black City, which I recently completed. And it does set the stage (sorry – couldn’t resist) for the latter book, with…Read more…
Workers on boards: high-risk inaction
Over the past few weeks there has been quite a lot of interest in the extent to which UK companies are giving employees a say in corporate governance. As most people will know, the revised UK Corporate Governance Code that came into force this year enc…Read more…
Unite launches advertising campaign to boost turnout and stop the far right in EU elections
A major advertising campaign aimed at boosting voter turnout to stop the far right in this Thursday’s (23 May) European elections is being launched today (Monday 20 May) across towns and cities in…Read more…