Picture from yesterday in Wanstead flats, East London, after the heaviest snowfall for many years alongside a potential picket, who will be supporting the UNISON NHS strike next week (Wednesday 21 December) against massive real term pay cuts for …Read more…
Missing from the strike wave
It’s bad enough being a retired trade union activist, living with advanced cancer, forced to sit and watch the largest strike wave in years played out on our streets and in our workplaces. What is worse is the knowledge that, even had I not retired, I …Read more…
Celebrating working women: UNISON prepares for IWD 2023
The union will celebrate International Women’s Day with an event in Glasgow in March 2023
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“Newham Voices needs your support. Come and join us 10 am Saturday, December 17th, at Stratford Library”
“Newham Voices needs your support. Come and join us 10 am Saturday, December 17th, at Stratford Library For more than two years Newham Voices has been successfully providing community news and information for the people of Newham, but now we…Read more…
NHS Reform: It’s Social Care Stupid!
The current NHS crisis has spawned a flurry of proposed reforms to the National Health Service. They range from privatisation to the use of volunteers. However, most miss the point. The underlying problem facing the NHS across the UK is the failu…Read more…
Blog: Health workers in Northern Ireland need all our support
A pay award that’s below inflation is unthinkable, but no pay award at all is unforgivable
The article Blog: Health workers in Northern Ireland need all our support first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Environment Agency staff start industrial action over pay, says UNISON
Wages there have been held down for years.
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Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) Annual Conference 2022: Day 1
Last week I went to the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) Annual 3 day Conference in Bournemouth. I have been one of the Joint Vice Chairs for the past 3 years and an active participant in LAPFF both as a trade union pension rep and a Co…Read more…
Government can stop strikes and strengthen NHS if it makes an effort with pay
Ministers would be best advised to concentrate on ending disputes
The article Government can stop strikes and strengthen NHS if it makes an effort with pay first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON Housing Association Branch Executive Xmas Polish Dinner
After a few very busy days at the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) Conference in Bournemouth (which I will post further on) I came back to London to meet up with colleagues from my UNISON branch executive for a my first ever Polish meal at&nb…Read more…
Another Unite win in hospitality
One of the biggest councils in the country, Glasgow City Council, has backed Unite the union’s Get Me Home Safely campaign the union announced today (Friday). Glasgow City Council is the eighth and largest local authority so far to call on employers to provide safe and free transport home for all workers past 11 pm. […]
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The End of the Right to Strike in Public Services?
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The next step on our Welsh Language journey: launching our Welsh Language Forum
Earlier this year TUC Cymru launched our ‘Cynnig Cymraeg Welsh Language Offer’ setting out what you can expect to receive in Welsh when communicating with us.
The Welsh Language is an important part of our commitment to equality and diversity. And one …Read more…
Apologies for the lack of blog posts
Dear Comrades,You will see that there has been a massively long gap between my last post and this. As I have bemoaned extensively over the last couple of years this is because the Blogger platform is periodically blocked by a third party. It is impossi…Read more…
We must force their hand with a workers’ bill of rights
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Ambulance workers ‘in despair’
Around one in seven patients are still waiting over an hour to be handed over to A&E staff at hospitals, the latest figures show. According to NHS England, an additional third of patients waited longer than 30 minutes, with nearly 30,000 patients waiting a half hour or longer across all hospital trusts last week. The […]
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Government must resolve NHS pay dispute as waiting lists keep growing, says UNISON
These figures paint a bleak picture of the state of the NHS.
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NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots
Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
The article NEC hears plans for industrial action, plus new ballots first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Arrow XL – time to deliver fair pay
Low paid workers employed by Arrow XL will protest tomorrow outside the prestigious Logistics UK Awards, where the company has a significant presence. The protest will take place on Thursday, December 8 from 6pm at Park Plaza Hotel, 200 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7UT The demonstration will feature a banner reading: Arrow XL Time […]
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Metroline London bus drivers in pay win
Industrial action involving over 2,000 Metroline bus drivers in London (working for the subsidiary Metroline Travel Ltd) has been called off after the workers accepted a greatly improved pay offer. The workers have accepted an 11 per cent pay increase with a 10 per cent increase on back pay. As a result of the workers […]
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