Action short of a strike will begin in December
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Strikes escalate at Fawley refinery
Members of Unite employed in engineering construction roles at Fawley oil refinery in Hampshire will step up strike action in a dispute over bonus payments. The 130-strong workforce, who are employed by three contractors Altrad, Bilfinger and Enerveo, are seeking a bonus payment of £2.37 an hour, the maximum allowed under the relevant industrial agreement […]
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Rugby GE Steam workers celebrate pay win
A long-running pay dispute at the GE Steam plant in Rugby has ended after a pay deal was secured by Unite. More than 75 workers had been taking intermittent strike action since April this year over flexible working payments and other financial issues. The dispute was settled after the company agreed to provide a number […]
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The opportunities and limitations of strategic litigation in the industrial relations context
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Unite sector conferences: Day 4 roundup
Last week in Birmingham, Unite’s various sectors held their respective national industrial sector conferences, which occur every two years. In the video below, you can catch all the highlights from the fourth and final day of the conferences. Film by Nathan Darby
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UNISON stands with migrant workers in Qatar – beyond the World Cup
UNISON demands that a migrant workers centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the sporting event
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Unite sector conferences: Day 3 roundup
Last week in Birmingham, Unite’s various sectors held their respective national industrial sector conferences, which occur every two years. In the video below, you can catch all the highlights from the third day of the conferences. Film by Nathan Darby
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Unite sector conferences: Day 2 roundup
Last week in Birmingham, Unite’s various sectors held their respective national industrial sector conferences, which occur every two years. In the video below, you can catch all the highlights from the second day of the conferences. Film by Nathan Darby
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Unite sector conferences: Day 1 roundup
Last week in Birmingham, Unite’s various sectors held their respective national industrial sector conferences, which occur every two years. In the video below, you can catch all the highlights from the first day of the conferences. Film by Nathan Darby
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‘The system is broken’
Ahead of a Unite strike ballot of ambulance workers closing on Wednesday (November 30), the Mirror spoke to several Unite paramedics who’re at the end of their tether. A perfect storm of huge and rising patient handover wait times, high levels of staff sickness mostly due to stress — with many leaving the service altogether […]
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Energy bills see schools pull back on ventilation and CO2 monitoring
The lack of any government messaging on COVID has also affected the issue
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West Ham Labour canvass & remembering V2 Nazi Rocket attack (Solidarity with Ukraine)
Yesterday I helped organise a Labour campaign session in the ward that I represent as a Councillor in Newham, West Ham with my colleague Cllr John Whitworth. It was great that we had a number of Party members joining us including Plastow Co…Read more…
Ministers must give proper public sector wage rises or services will be beyond saving
Ministers must find the money
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Sign up for TUC Pensions Conference 2023
I have just booked a place. Usually an excellent pension conference for trade unionists. Not sure why on St David’s Day? Hope they have Cawl for lunch!”Sign up for TUC Pensions Conference 2023 Congress Centre, London | 09:30 to 16:30 |1 March…Read more…
Reflections on the Role of the Trade Union Lawyer
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Low-earning school support staff are paying for pupils’ food, skipping meals and taking on multiple jobs to survive
Survey findings published to coincide with Stars In Our Schools
The article Low-earning school support staff are paying for pupils’ food, skipping meals and taking on multiple jobs to survive first appeared on the UNISON National site.
NHS crisis deepens
Thousands more NHS workers across London, Merseyside and Manchester have begun balloting for strike action, Unite, which represents some 100,000 NHS workers, said on Friday (November 25). Unite said its healthcare members are warning the NHS is on ‘life support’ and that without serious investment to stem the recruitment and retention crisis and save failing […]
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The opportunities and limitations of strategic litigation in the industrial relations context: part one
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MPs celebrate Stars in our Schools at parliamentary drop-in
The event gave MPs the chance to celebrate support staff, as well as talk to UNISON members about the issues being faced in schools
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They are coming for us – we’d better have a plan
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