On Monday evening I went to the launch of the “Newham Word Festival” with the Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and my fellow Deputy Mayor Charlene McLean. It was a lovely launch and great to meet lots of Newham residents who are so passionate about literature, art …Read more…
‘Staggering findings’
A shocking two-thirds of NHS workers have become ill from stress on the job in the last year, a new staff survey has found. The poll of nearly half a million workers at more than 200 NHS…Read more…
Carney ‘no deal’ warning
There is no way the UK can prepare for a no deal Brexit, and growth is “guaranteed” to fall if the country crashes out of the EU, the governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told MPs yesterday…Read more…
Keeping the wheels on the road
Last week’s announcement from car manufacturer Honda, which said that it was planning to close its only European factory in Swindon sent shock waves throughout the UK. It was the latest in a series…Read more…
Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period
‘Simply put, Parliament needs more time to avoid chaos,’ writes UNISON general secretary
The article Dave Prentis urges MPs to extend Article 50 notice period first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Lift off’ for strike action
About 400 lift engineers, employed by Otis Ltd, have pressed the button on six weeks of strike action over the next three months after rejecting ‘a paltry pay offer’ of 1.5 per cent. Unite…Read more…
London United
A campaign to tackle the alarming surge in far right extremism in the UK and across Europe will be launched by trade unions and party members at the London Labour regional conference this weekend…Read more…
Tell David Gauke to make probation public again
UNISON backs petition launched by We Own It for probation services in England and Wales to be brought back in house
The article Tell David Gauke to make probation public again first appeared on the…Read more…
‘Unite is not going away’
Unite is today (February 27) launching a campaign to end the mistreatment of construction workers operating on the High Speed Two (HS2) project. To coincide with the campaign’s launch Unite…Read more…
Unite pledges to drag key blacklisting boss Cullum McAlpine before the courts
A construction boss who played a pivotal role in orchestrating a blacklisting scandal that targeted union safety activists will face the courts, the union Unite has pledged. The union said it “is…Read more…
Blacklisting dispute looms at Crossrail
The Crossrail project could face industrial action over the firing of a well-regarded union safety activist. The looming dispute centres around Birmingham electrician Martin Overy, a former Unite…Read more…
Police staff now less representative of communities, says UNISON
The proportion of police staff from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds (BME) employed by police forces in England and Wales has fallen dramatically, says UNISON research published today…Read more…
VOTE John Gray & Denise Thomas for UNISON Community NEC seats
Many thanks for all the branches that have supported us. If all goes well and we are accepted as candidates voting will start on 15 April (ballot papers sent to home addresses of members). Read more…
‘Homelessness crisis’
Homeless deaths are more than nine times higher in the poorest areas of England than in the richest, new data shows. Fatalities of homeless people were recorded by 156 local authorities in…Read more…
‘Goodwill gesture’
Unite has rescheduled tomorrow’s (February 26) intended Birmingham bin strike as a ‘gesture of goodwill’ in a bid to break the deadlock. Three days of peace talks, hosted by the conciliation…Read more…
Doctors feel the pain
In today’s papers (February 26) we read about a single GP in Shropshire who is covering night-time home visits for a population of half a million – a workload that was shared by eight GPs ten years…Read more…
End Brexit uncertainty call
Tory Brexit tactics are destroying the UK’s world-class manufacturing base, workers’ representatives from leading companies have warned. Unite workplace representatives from factories…Read more…
No-deal Brexit ‘sheer folly’
A number of EU tariffs designed to block dumping of cheap, inferior goods from countries such as China will be maintained in the UK post-Brexit, the government announced this week. Cheap…Read more…
Survey shows NHS staff deserve some much-needed attention
Commenting on the annual NHS staff survey out today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “While the government is consumed with Brexit, ministers are paying scant attention to growing…Read more…
Tech bros and ‘win win’
Another couple of snippets from Winners Take All. This first quote is from a tech writer called Greg Ferenstein who interviewed lots of technology founders and tried to distil their ideas into a *cough* philosophy.
“The basis of old government is the n…Read more…