He said, “As we meet here the bus industry is in the second year of a nationwide strike wave. Over 40,000 bus workers have been involved in over 150 disputes in every corner of the UK.
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‘The time to be bold’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham moved a motion on public ownership of energy at the TUC Congress on Monday (September 11). Opening her speech to vast applause, she thanked “many of you taking action for the very first time. We stand with you – victory to the strikers – solidarity”. She then paid tribute to […]
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Top 5 ways to help planet Earth this week
From webinars to WhatsApp messages, how to prepare and get involved in Green Week, which starts this Friday
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Top 5 ways to help planet Earth this week
From webinars to WhatsApp messages, how to prepare and get involved in Green Week, which starts this Friday
The article Top 5 ways to help planet Earth this week first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Not an optional extra
“This motion from Women’s Conference sets out concrete steps that should be taken when this motion is passed in tackling sexual harassment in our movement and in our workplaces to make us better and more effective at tackling sexual harassment in society
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Equality reps ‘must have full legal protection’
Moving a motion on equal work, voice and pay, Unite delegate Angela Duerden highlighted the vital role of equality reps on Monday (September 11) at TUC Congress. “The need for equality reps in preventing discrimination and advocating on behalf vulnerable people has only grown stronger in the past 13 years of Conservative rule,” she told […]
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Measure for measure
Unite regional secretary Sarah Carpenter, seconded a motion on the government’s measures to increase medical students on behalf of Unite.
Addressing the conference she said, “As our health service buckles in the face of chronic overwork, burnout and the crisis of staffing levels, Doctors in Unite will of course welcome commitments to double medical school places.
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‘Excessive work and dwindling support’
Unite delegate Alan Dobbie spoke in support of a composite on working hours and burnout on the second day of TUC Congress on Monday (September 11). Alan, a health worker, highlighted how he had begun work at the North Middlesex Hospital 26 years ago, and how as a frontline equalities rep, he’s seen the impact […]
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Five ways Labour can win
Labour’s recent reshuffle has sent a clear message. They want to take us back to the 90s. The trouble is, times have changed. Tinkering around the edges is not enough. To fix our broken economy we need intervention. Not politicians who are scared stiff of doing anything other than stand on the sidelines as profiteers […]
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TUC 2023: Unite out and about
Unite delegates were out in full force on the first day of the 155th TUC Congress in Liverpool on Sunday (September 10). You can view highlights from the day in the photos below.
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‘Path to pay justice’
Unite delegate David Agbley spoke in support of a composite on pay review bodies at TUC Congress on Sunday (September 10). David told Congress that “over the last 12 months the mask has slipped and the failure of pay review bodies has been exposed”. He highlighted “the fallacy that public sector pay can be depoliticised […]
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Labour is becoming a Nineties tribute act
In 1997 Labour came to power during what many described as an economic boom. Without having to do much except keep their hands firmly on the tiller, the cash available to the exchequer grew.
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Thirteen years of Conservative austerity have left public services reeling
Christina McAnea outlines damage to TUC and urges investment from next government
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Thirteen years of Conservative austerity have left public services reeling
Christina McAnea outlines damage to TUC and urges investment from next government
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TUC Congress 2023: Day One
This year I am in Liverpool for the 155th annual TUC Congress as a UNISON NEC delegate. I travelled down from London by with Regional delegate (and Convenor) Yvonne Green. When we arrived in Liverpool we went into a meeting of all UNISON delegates…Read more…
‘Rebuild our public services’ call
Unite delegate Bridie McCreesh gave a rousing opening speech in support of funding for public services at the 155th TUC Congress on Sunday (September 10). She told Congress that for well over a decade now, delegates’ speeches from the rostrum “have charted the ruination of our public services”. “First, we warned of the lethal impact […]
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“didn’t we have a lovely day the day we went to Walton” (-on the -Naze)”
Off message but the hot weather today reminded me of a glorious sunday last month when Gill and I took the train from Forest Gate to the Essex seaside resort of Walton-on-the-Naze. We met up with Gill’s sister Carol, her husband, her son an…Read more…
Trade Unions and the Authoritarian State: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 and the Proposed Code of Practice
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Green steel deal must not axe thousands of jobs
Green steel deal must not axe thousands of jobs
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Clarion sends “fire & rehire” dismissal letters to long serving staff breaking their pension promises and futures.
Check Clarion UNISON Facebook page “The dismissal letters sent out by Social Mission Clarion also contain inaccurate and even untruthful information. If we do not consent to the loss of our pension we will be sacked without compensation. The…Read more…