Scottish Water is a public corporation, accountable to Scottish Ministers and parliament. It was created in 2002 by a merger of three regional water authorities. This contrasts with the privatised…Read more…
Pay justice fight
Bromley library workers are being balloted for strike action in the first stage of the campaign to give a big pay boost to workers employed by social enterprise leisure services’ giant Greenwich…Read more…
‘Groundhog Day’ safety row
Workers, who operate the Woolwich Ferry used by an estimated 2.6m passengers a year, are to strike for 10 days in a dispute over pay, health & safety, and lack of staffing. The 31 workers,…Read more…
‘Troubling trend’
One in five LGBTQ+ NHS staff and a third of ambulance staff say they have been assaulted at work, new figures show. More than 20 per cent of healthcare staff identifying as LGBTQ+ on the 2018…Read more…
Lyn Brown MP speech at Workers’ Memorial Day event 2019 – Remembering Lyra McKee as well as Godfrey Nicholson, Frederick Elliot, Robert Underhill and Thomas Pickett
“Thanks so much to John for organising this as he does every year, and to everyone who has attended today. It is always a powerful demonstration of how much the labour movement and our heritage means to us today.
On Worker’s Memorial Day every year w…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day 2019 – UNISON Wreaths at Clasping Hands Statue, Three Mills Green, Newham
Today we remembered four local workers who in 1901 selflessly lost their lives, while trying to rescue a colleague who had collapsed from poisonous fumes, whilst inspecting a ventilation shaft in what is now “Three Mills Green park”.
This annual…Read more…
Shareholders vs bill payers
I blogged last year that I thought the position of shareholders relative to other stakeholders was going to come into sharper focus in politics. Here’s a piece from my favourite newspaper this weekend to make the point:
It’s a pretty simple message:…Read more…
Remember the dead and the injured – and fight for the living
Keeping our members safe at work is one of the most important tasks that trade unions can do. Today, let’s remember how far we’ve come in that fight – and how much more there is to do.
The article…Read more…
‘Three Rs’ campaign
Unite has partnered with global union federations IndustriALL Global and UNI on a yearlong worldwide health and safety campaign in the pulp, paper, packaging and graphical sector that begins today…Read more…
‘I just thought he was running late’
Every year on April 28 on Workers Memorial Day, Unite joins workers across the world to pay tribute to those who have tragically died at work – many under unsafe working conditions. Today we…Read more…
Sri Lanka – United We Stand
“This morning we supported a community vigil on the steps of Newham Town Hall to remember those killed in the Sri Lanka terror attacks and show united we stand with Sri Lanka and all those affected.The vigil was followed by a silent walk to St Michael’…Read more…
USW Lock Out At Dow Deer Park, Texas
Here are details of the Dow Deer Park, TX Lock Out of the members of United Steelworkers Local 13-1 which is going on the 5th day. By Ben Lilienfeld, USW District 13 Sub-District Director. On…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections #UNEC19
Service Group Seats
Health – General Seat – James Anthony; Female Seat- Pat Heron; Female Seat – Jenny Forbes-Reid; Male Seat- Gordon McKay
Local Government – General Seat- Maggie Griffin; Female Seat- Maxine Rowden; Female Seat- Kati …Read more…
‘Skeletons in the closet’?
Unite today (April 26) held a demonstration at the troubled HS2, Costain/Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV) at Euston, as concerns grow about the treatment of the workforce. The Unite demonstrators,…Read more…
Public faith in the system ‘collapsing’
Public anger is at boiling point over sky-high fat cat pay packets, an influential group of investors has warned. People’s patience is wearing perilously thin with bosses awarding themselves…Read more…
‘Message of unity and hope’
Manchester City FC hosted anti-racism education charity Show Racism the Red Card’s annual School Competition Awards at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday (April 25). The awards event honoured…Read more…
What you need to know about government housing plans (England)
Plans to abolish ‘no-fault’ evictions are welcome, says union, but more needs to be done for private tenants
The article What you need to know about government housing plans (England) first appeared…Read more…
‘Lifeblood of local communities’
Unite has welcomed a new pledge made by Labour to restore swingeing cuts to bus services funding which have seen 3,000 routes axed under successive Tory-led governments. Announcing its pledge…Read more…
Police staff publish 5% pay claim for England and Wales
Unions publish joint claim which also calls for two lowest pay points to be deleted
The article Police staff publish 5% pay claim for England and Wales first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers Memorial Day – no more deaths at work from dangerous substances
Workers Memorial Day is an annual opportunity to remember those whose lives have been lost at workRead more…