This winter we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of workers’ taking industrial action – or striking – to defend their pay and conditions. These are individual disputes, and it’s important to understand the details in different workplaces. But there is a co…Read more…
Unions and the World of Work: essential lessons on workplace rights for students across Wales
When the students of today enter the workplaces of tomorrow they need to be armed with the knowledge to keep them safe from exploitation and harm. This is the only way to enable them to have the rewarding careers they deserve.
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“Newham Voices” Support meeting 17.12.22
Yesterday I went to Stratford Library to attend this meeting, celebrating 2 years of “Newham Voices” but also a call to arms for local residents, organisations and businesses to get involved and support it for the next 2 years and beyond. I missed…Read more…
Winter Dawn in Wanstead Flats
This picture was taken during a run around Wanstead Flats on Thursday. It was very cold but I had on multiple layers, tights, hat and gloves as well as running shoes with studs because of the ice. A great way to start the day but I had to drag my…Read more…
Review: Ghost Country, by Patrick Lee
Three weeks ago I read the first of the Travis Chase novels (The Breach) and in my review, I said that I would not be continuing with the series. But I lied. I’ve now completed…Read more…
The West Ham 3 John’s go for a Bulgarian
Picture of a semi outdoor meal at the relatively new Rodina restaurant in Stratford High Street on Tuesday evening. I was with former Newham Councillor (and Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum) John Saunders and my West Ham Ward Councillo…Read more…
Workers’ Bill of Rights for an Age of Crisis
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Keir Starmer Must Promise to Scrap Tory Anti-Strike Laws
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Court permits UNISON challenge on law allowing strike-breaking
The union is challenging government regulations that undermine the right to strike
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UNISON secures £29m in personal injury settlements for members
The vast majority of these cases were work-related personal injury claims
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‘Don’t waste the weekend’ call
‘Don’t waste the weekend’, says Unite chief as ambulance workers set to join striking nurses on December 21. The general secretary of Unite the union, Sharon Graham, has today (December 16) called on the Conservative government not to ‘waste the weekend’ but to convene NHS pay talks or see the strikes spread. Unite’s members across […]
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Rolls Royce car workers win record pay deal
Unite’s new fight for jobs, pay and conditions wins bumper deal out of company’s bumper profits. Around 1,200 workers at the iconic Rolls Royce Motor Cars at Goodwood, West Sussex, have won the largest single pay deal in the history of the plant, worth up to an inflation busting 17.6 percent. It means a typical […]
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Unite secures huge pay rises for Wincanton tanker drivers
Unite has secured a huge pay increase for workers employed by Wincanton on the Valero contract. The 150 tanker drivers undertake fuel deliveries to Valero petrol stations across the UK. The workers had overwhelmingly voted for industrial action. Strike dates were then set, at which point last ditch negotiations were held and a deal was […]
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Workers overlooked in egg industry crisis
Dramatic headlines in the newspapers and reports on the radio tell stories about forthcoming egg shortages and price rises, and the impact on farmers and consumers. But they fail to mention how the workers looking after poultry will be affected. Unite the Union is naturally concerned about the way in which our members are being […]
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Archbishops must honour real living wage pledge for church school staff, says UNISON
UNISON writes to Church of England and Catholic Church urging them to practice what they preach on fair pay
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Only direct talks will end NHS dispute, says UNISON
Reopening pay review body evidence is not the answer
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Pensioners Convention extends solidarity to UNISON members
Letter from national pensioners’ organisation says its members understand strains on services, adding that they will, where possible will support pickets
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UNISON seeks urgent meeting with environment secretary
General secretary Christina McAnea calls for discussions on ‘insulting’ pay offer to staff working for the Environment Agency
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“Military housing: Families say they’re living in damp, mouldy conditions” Will Gove tell Wallace to Resign?
Check out on this daming BBC report and pictures on the dreadful conditions that so many of our military families live in. While I am broadly supportive of the often justifiable criticisms that Secretary State, Michael Gove has made of socia…Read more…
Inflation latest: workers face ‘bleak midwinter’
The rate of inflation easing only slightly according to the latest figures will be cold comfort for millions who are still struggling to make ends meet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported on Wednesday (October 14) that the CPI rate of inflation fell from 11.1 per cent in October to 10.7 per cent last […]
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