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Ministers must delay school reopening by a fortnight, says UNISON

Jan 2, 2021By Dave Prentis blog

Goverment must act immediately for primary schools

The article Ministers must delay school reopening by a fortnight, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Jan 2, 2021Dave Prentis blog

An Awful New Year Day Calamity

Jan 1, 2021By John's Labour blog

 

This morning my Councillor colleague, John Whitworth and I, went to West Ham Cemetery to lay some flowers at the memorial to 26 boys who died in a fire exactly 131 years ago. The boys lived in a massive workhouse for children nearby in Forest …Read more…

Jan 1, 2021John's Labour blog

Top 10 most read UniteLive articles of the year

Jan 1, 2021By UNITElive

On New Year’s Day today (January 1), UniteLive highlights our most read articles of 2020 — and what a year it’s been. From holding bad employers to account, to likewise calling out…Read more…

Jan 1, 2021UNITElive

Video of the year – Who are the real heroes?

Jan 1, 2021By UNITElive

Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from May, when Unite first began its campaign to ensure a decent pay rise for…Read more…

Jan 1, 2021UNITElive

‘Now I can open the curtains’

Jan 1, 2021By UNITElive

Sometimes it take a full-blown crisis to reveal just how badly our institutions are failing those who need them most. First introduced in 2013, Universal Credit, the Tory government’s flagship…Read more…

Jan 1, 2021UNITElive

Looking back – and forward – with hope

Jan 1, 2021By Jon's union blog

 
This could have been the worst year just gone. It wasn’t just the global pandemic which took my father’s life. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2018 and nearly dying of sepsis in 2019 I was told in 2020 that my cancer was now advanced and th…Read more…

Jan 1, 2021Jon's union blog

Happy New Year / Blwyddyn Newydd Dda: Despite Covid, Brexit & Boris – Let’s raise a toast to a better 2021

Dec 31, 2020By John's Labour blog

Photo from the Fyfield village bridge across the River Roding overlooking the 13th Century Mill pond. 

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Dec 31, 2020John's Labour blog

New Year’s Dishonour

Dec 31, 2020By Jon's union blog

It being New Year’s Eve I am intending to attend the Labour Grassroots online party in order to look back at one very minor aspect of the awful year now passing, associated with one rather minor petty bureaucrat who brought a little tedium and, in some…Read more…

Dec 31, 2020Jon's union blog

NHS employers must “dig deep” to avoid spiral of exhaustion for health workers

Dec 31, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Staff must not be left to burn out

The article NHS employers must “dig deep” to avoid spiral of exhaustion for health workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Dec 31, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Video of the year – Durham Miners’ Gala

Dec 31, 2020By UNITElive

Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from July, when we heard from Unite general secretary Len McCluskey about the Durham…Read more…

Dec 31, 2020UNITElive

Heroes and zeroes of the year

Dec 31, 2020By UNITElive

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, UniteLIVE has regularly highlighted the ‘heroes and zeroes’ of this crisis. Today we present you the top heroes of the year, alongside the worst zeroes, in no…Read more…

Dec 31, 2020UNITElive

A time like no other, a union like no other

Dec 31, 2020By UNITElive

It has been a year like no other. From the moment the coronavirus hit our shores, this union was on the front foot. Unite was always going to have to go into hand-to-hand battle against this…Read more…

Dec 31, 2020UNITElive

Lola 4 Kent PCC

Dec 30, 2020By John's Labour blog

My branch UNISON member, Lola Oyewusi, is standing for election as the Labour & Co-operative candidate to be the next Kent Police Crime Commissioner. Her campaign launch is on Sunday 10 January 2020. 
 
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Dec 30, 2020John's Labour blog

Reopening delay is sensible to make school mass testing work, says UNISON

Dec 30, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Primary opening should also be held back

The article Reopening delay is sensible to make school mass testing work, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Dec 30, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Pte: EDGAR JOHN MARKILLIE – 7th FIELD AMBULANCE – KIA GALLOPILI 1915

Dec 30, 2020By COHSE

PRIVATE EDGAR JOHN MARKILLIE
Service Number 944 Australian Infantry A.I.F 13th Battalion Killed in Action9 August 1915
 Age 24 years Son of John Adam & Frances Julia Markillie 110 Dalmeny Avenue, Norbury 
Buried 7th FIELD AMBULANCE C…Read more…

Dec 30, 2020COHSE

Oxford vaccine approval is welcome news, says UNISON

Dec 30, 2020By Dave Prentis blog

Approval will allow priority for NHS and care staff

The article Oxford vaccine approval is welcome news, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…

Dec 30, 2020Dave Prentis blog

Video of the year – Our proud rural history

Dec 30, 2020By UNITElive

Every day on UniteLIVE during the festive period, we highlight our videos of the year. Today, we feature a film from July, where Unite general secretary Len McCluskey sends a message about…Read more…

Dec 30, 2020UNITElive

Health warning – crony-virus goes pandemic

Dec 30, 2020By UNITElive

It’s an ill wind which blows nobody good, as they say. But when the government is happy to reward their ‘mates’ with lucrative contracts, while at the same time refusing to give our public sector…Read more…

Dec 30, 2020UNITElive

Cycling to Cutty Sark

Dec 29, 2020By John's Labour blog

 Off message. I decided to try and ditch my “fair weather only” cycling reputation by biking in the winter gloom and cold to the Cutty Sark in Greenwich. My favourite route to the south of the borough is via West Ham Park and the Greenway. Across …Read more…

Dec 29, 2020John's Labour blog

Campaign for Zero Covid in the New Year?

Dec 29, 2020By Jon's union blog

Your humble blogger has added my name – for what it’s worth – to the campaign for Zero covid. Labour movement activists cannot remain simple spectators as we head towards the second year of a global pandemic which has cost tens of thousands of lives an…Read more…

Dec 29, 2020Jon's union blog
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