For 2023 Carers Week, we have sought views from a variety of perspectives to look at the issues facing Carers and work. In this blog we hear from Stuart Perry, an Organiser in the Social Care Sector for the GMB Union, Bernie Huntingdon from Forward Car…Read more…
Newham Voices June 2023: The Black Lion in “Something Brewing”
I enjoyed reading the latest version of the free community newspaper “Newham Voices” https://www.facebook.com/newhamvoices/ over the weekend. The historic Black Lion pub in Plaistow is one of my top 5 favourite pubs in Newham. It definitely …Read more…
Hope and Despair
‘Hope and Despair’ is the appropriate title of Neil Findlay’s new book covering the last few years of his time as an MSP. It was politically tumultuous from the aftermath of Brexit and Theresa May in 2017 to Boris Johnson in 2021. As a Scottish L…Read more…
Howe Street & Great Waltham, Essex Country walk
Gill and I went for this lovely 6.5 mile circular walk on Monday in Essex about 1 hour drive from East London. A fairly easy walk at this time of the year since it was pretty flat, cool, sunny and lush. Essex looking at its best and comparatively…Read more…
On the knocker for Sofia Patel in Boleyn
This morning after my Councillor surgery in West Ham, I cycled over to the Champions Statute in Boleyn ward. There I joined the canvass team supporting our excellent candidate, Sofia Patel, who was born and brought up in Newham and lives in the w…Read more…
“Labour Pension Plan will bring Relief and Happiness” 1937
Hat tip @LondonNurse2015. I do not know what this Labour Pension Plan was in 1937. I am sure it was good at the time. Anyone know? What posters should there be about Labour Pension Promises for next general election. I have some views. Read more…
£300,000 in back pay for council and schools workers in Bolton
UNISON sets the record straight after hundreds of workers’ holiday pay was miscalculated by Bolton council
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£300,000 in back pay for council and schools workers in Bolton
UNISON sets the record straight after hundreds of workers’ holiday pay was miscalculated by Bolton council
The article £300,000 in back pay for council and schools workers in Bolton first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Shared ownership can become ‘financially unsustainable’ for buyers over time, report warns
“Shared ownership risks becoming “financially unsustainable” for lower-income buyers over time due to its “upward-only” costs and a system that requires them to buy as much as they can afford at the outset, a new report has warned” (Inside Housin…Read more…
Blog: Proud to welcome in Pride
June marks the start of Pride season. Let’s be proud of our achievements over the years on LGBT+ inclusion, and make sure we keep equality at the heart of everything UNISON does.
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Trustee workshop: How can pension funds advance the ‘S’ in ESG and raise labour standards?
This year is the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse disaster. Over 1100 workers died and many more injured. Register https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/trustee-workshop-how-can-pension-funds-advance-s-esg-and-raise-labour-st…Read more…
How to build a better bank contract – June 2023
The 2023 pay round has highlighted some campaigning, organising and bargaining opportunities around bank contracts. This guidance is aimed at UNISON branches and organisers to help them have informed conversations with members who work on an NHS-operated bank as their primary contract (rather than those employed via NHS Professionals or a private agency). It covers […]
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EA workers renew strike mandate
For the second time in this dispute over the 2022/23 pay offer, members at the agency voted to take industrial action
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The numbers behind council and school pay
What does the employers’ offer actually mean for council and school workers?
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Cambodia: Union leader jailed – international solidarity needed now
Six months ago, a woman trade union leader from Cambodia was on her way home from Melbourne, where she attended the world congress of the International Trade Union Confederation. Chhim Sithar, the leader of Labor…Read more…
Care workers in Wales win 15% increase and Foundation Living Wage
After four months of collective action, support workers received £780 back pay alongside the pay increase
The article Care workers in Wales win 15% increase and Foundation Living Wage first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite will not accept ‘jam tomorrow’
Commenting on Labour’s energy plan, which includes proposals to halt new oil and gas production in the North Sea, Unite general Secretary Sharon Graham said, “Grabbing the headlines is easy, developing a serious plan for more renewable energy is not. “When Keir Starmer decided to let the world know that he would halt new oil […]
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Newham Labour: Boleyn and Wall End by-Election candidates chosen
Hat tip Newham Labour “Local campaigners Sofia Patel and Stephanie Garfield have been selected by Labour to stand as the party’s candidates for the Boleyn and Wall End by-elections.Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz said: “Sofia and Stephanie are grea…Read more…
Review: The Last Dance, by Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham was taking a real risk writing this book. After two decades of turning one excellent crime novel after another featuring North London’s Tom Thorne, he’s now put that series aside (he says temporarily)…Read more…
Review: ‘Big Bill’ Haywood, by Melvyn Dubofsky
Melvyn Dubofsky wrote one of the great books about the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and followed it up with this short biography of the IWW’s most famous leader, ‘Big Bill’ Haywood. It’s a…Read more…