Unite has secured OCS Group workers based at Glasgow Airport a one-year pay deal, the UK’s leading aviation trade union confirmed today (May 20). Up to 100 workers are set to benefit from a 10.2 per…Read more…
Hackney council strikes intensify
Strikes at Hackney council will escalate in the coming weeks, Unite has warned, with 70 parking services workers now joining more than 200 of their colleagues in a dispute over pay. Staff working in…Read more…
GXO drivers to strike over pay
Members of Unite, employed as drivers and transport clerks by logistics giant GXO on the outsourced Co-op delivery contract, have announced extensive strike action beginning later this month in a…Read more…
Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff
The sector urgently needs long-term investment
The article Government plan to provide early years education on the cheap will hit children and staff first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Labour Briefing – Rest in Power
I am indebted to Mike Phipps and Labourhub for publishing my memories of involvement with Labour Briefing, alongside those of other comrades more centrally involved in the project over 40 years.The occasion for our trip down memory lane was the news th…Read more…
Government’s solutions don’t go far enough
The government’s solutions to the cost of living crisis fall short of what is needed.Read more…
Families across the country are facing a profound cost of living crisis – it’s time to take action
Rocketing fuel and energy bills, forecasts of double-digit inflation, and rising interest rates mean misery for many families. And unless there is urgent action from Government, the situation is only…Read more…
London UNISON AGM – Angela Rayner MP; Nordic model, Ukraine Ambulance aid, General Secretary Christina McAnea & election results (forces of light & reason returned as elected lay Convenor team)
This morning we had our first in person Greater London UNISON AGM since 2020. It was marvellous to be meet old friends and comrades (and new people I had only met before on video). While I did not enjoy the travel “experience” on route via the Lo…Read more…
BA Heathrow workers in strike vote
British Airways travellers face travel chaos as Heathrow workers vote on strike action, unions say. Hundreds of Unite and GMB members working as Heathrow check in staff and ground staff have voted in…Read more…
Glasgow airport ground staff celebrate pay win
Ground services crew employed by Menzies Aviation at Glasgow Airport have accepted a new one-year pay deal confirmed as the ‘best deal’ across the company’s UK operations. Unite confirmed today (May…Read more…
‘We can’t pay our bills’
In a show of unity, refuse collectors and street cleaners in Rugby, who have been on strike since the end of April, will stage a rally outside the town hall on Thursday (May 19) from 10.30am. The…Read more…
Inflation leaps to highest on record
As real terms inflation (the RPI) crashes into double–digits at 11.1 per cent, the leader of the Unite union hit back at demands for wage restraint, saying that calls for reflection should be…Read more…
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Ministers must do much more to support the hard-up as inflation hits another high, says UNISON
Boost to public sector wages and benefits are a must
The article Ministers must do much more to support the hard-up as inflation hits another high, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
In Georgia, workers challenge a Russian oligarch
Mikhail Fridman is one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a close associate of Vladimir Putin. He was included in the earliest lists of individuals sanctioned by the West for his complicity in the…Read more…
In Georgia, workers challenge a Russian oligarch
Mikhail Fridman is one of the wealthiest men in Russia and a close associate of Vladimir Putin. He was included in the earliest lists of individuals sanctioned by the West for his complicity in the…Read more…
Rising NHS staff exits require urgent government action, says UNISON
Without an urgent retention package, including an above-inflation pay rise, the NHS will be unable to stem the tide of leavers and waiting lists will continue to grow.
The article Rising NHS staff…Read more…
Thank you!
My fantastic Labour Councillors for Forest Gate North (Rachel and Sasha) say “thank you” for being elected. Hat tip Rachel.
“It’s now May the 17th and I feel like I am only now emerging properly from the post-election haze and back into so…Read more…
Lerwick Port industrial action back on
Unite the union this week (May 16) confirmed that its members working at the Lerwick Port Authority are set to re-start industrial action over pay, terms and conditions following a breakdown in…Read more…
UNISON fights to protect rights of workers with long COVID
UNISON says that the Equality Act 2020 is being misrepresented by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
The article UNISON fights to protect rights of workers with long COVID first appeared on…Read more…