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Branston and Sarsons among big-name brands that could be missing from supermarket shelves. The UK is facing a shortage of pickles and vinegar as workers at Mizkan Euro in Middleton, Rochdale, announce strike action following a derisory pay offer. The 50-plus workers who are members of Unite produce well-known brands including Branston Pickle, Sarsons Vinegar […]
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“Jacob Rees-Mogg is determined to throw women back to the 50s – without any maternity or pregnancy rights, without equal pay, and without any right to remain in the workplace”
The article The Retained EU Law Bill: An attack on working women first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Next week I am moderating this virtual webinar for investors on “Social protection for garment workers”. If you are involved in pensions please ask your trustees/pension committee/board members, fund managers and financial advisors to attend. “Em…Read more…
Heathrow Airport is facing severe disruption and delays beginning next month, November, as workers employed by Dnata and Menzies are balloted over pay. Over 700 workers, who are members of Unite, the UK’s leading union, are involved in the dispute, which has been prompted by offers on pay that amount to real pay cuts, according […]
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Pay strikes by more than 50 American Airlines aircraft maintenance technicians and crew chiefs have been called off after an improved offer was secured. During negotiations, Unite, the UK’s leading union, secured a three-year pay deal worth 19 per cent. The deal will see pay increase by seven per cent for 2022, backdated to January, […]
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An unprecedented pay squeeze continues after new figures published today (October 11) show that real-terms pay has fallen by nearly 3 per cent in the three months to August. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that real-terms wages had dropped 2.9 per cent between June and August, only slightly less […]
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From the picket line to the heart of government, help to make sure that our members’ voices are heard
The article Blog: Taking our cost of living campaign to a wider audience first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The prime minister and the health secretary must make social care a priority.
The article Unless wages rise in social care, the sector’s problems will never be fixed, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Get ready for next month’s lobby of Parliament as UNISON and the TUC build the campaign on the cost of living crisis and building a better future
The article Let’s rise up in Westminster on 2 November – in UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
There was a number of excellent candidates who applied for the UNISON Labour Link nomination and Mete was successful following an application form and interview process. He is a superb candidate and I wish him all the luck in the forthcoming contest to…Read more…
Peel Ports’ confirmation of months-old restructuring plans means that strikes at the Liverpool port are now about jobs and pay, Unite has said. The union was responding to Peel Ports’ statement that they are seeking redundancies, claiming a downturn of traffic at the Liverpool container port over the last year despite profits of £30 million […]
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Join UNISON in getting ready for COP27 and the next stage of global efforts to tackle the climate emergency
The article Help UNISON prepare for COP27 in Egypt this November first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Staff voted to reject a pay offer of 2% and an additional £345.
The article Environment Agency staff start to vote on possible strike over pay, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“The collective failure of society and government to protect children from criminal exploitation is contributing to a terrible toll of murdered youngsters, traumatised families and ruined lives…….The government’s failure to tackle the co…Read more…
The VSC AGM took place on line on October 8th. Here is my welcoming speech as Chair of VSC. Welcome all to this 2022 Annual General Meeting and its pleasure to be the opening speaker for the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign … Continue reading Read more…
Last week I chaired a virtual webinar organised by PIRC and UNISON on Labour standards in the rubber glove manufacturing industry. There were 6 panel members located in Europe and Asia and an invited audience of some 50 industry representatives, …Read more…
I felt I had been fighting off some illness for the last few days but woke up in the middle of the night this morning with a sore throat and blocked sinuses. I thought I may have Covid and “here we go again”. I had a very unpleasant Covid infectio…Read more…
Winter is coming and the virus is staging a comeback.
The article Winter plan for Covid urgently needed, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
This is one of my favourite quotes about libraries, written by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. It seems particularly appropriate during Libraries Week. Coincidentally, I contributed to a pan-European study this week on libraries, highli…Read more…
UNISON prepares to ballot NHS staff for strike over pay
The article It’s now up to the government to avoid strikes in NHS by putting pay right, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.