Universal Credit needs to be halted before more people suffer and lose out.
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Universal Credit needs to be halted before more people suffer and lose out.
The article Blog: UNISON will always stand with those facing the brunt of this government’s brutality first appeared…Read more…
Have you tried Easy Joiner, our digital tool that that allows you to recruit new members in mere minutes?
The article Easy Joiner: updated quick paperless joining first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“*Stop Press* Papers for next week’s Extraordinary Full Council at 7.30pm Stratford Town Hall – open to all Newham London residents and public. All welcome. You’ll find out what really happened in the council’s Highways Repairs & Maintenance which …Read more…
Unite calls on MPs to vote down Theresa May’s Brexit deal tomorrow when it is brought to Parliament. The deal utterly fails to protect the jobs and working rights of our members. At best it offers us…Read more…
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, responding to the Prime Minister’s statement on the Brexit deal in the House today, said: Mr Speaker, I would link to thank the Prime Minister for…Read more…
Kelvin Hopkins Labour MP for Luton North has thrown his full support behind Unite members at Luton Airport who have today (January 14) announced more strikes to demand pay justice. Low paid…Read more…
Unite has reiterated its call for a full public inquiry and criminal investigations into Carillion, on the eve of the first anniversary of the firm’s collapse on Tuesday (January 15). The union…Read more…
Unite is backing a call for unpaid carers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to receive the same amount of financial support as their counterparts in Scotland. Unpaid carers in England,…Read more…
Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke
The article It’s time to bring probation back as a public service, government told first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
14 January 2019
By Professor David Whyte and Ben Crawford, University of Liverpool
In the first report from a collaborative project between the Institute of Employment Rights and the University of…Read more…
14 January 2019
By Professor David Whyte and Ben Crawford, University of Liverpool
In the first report from a collaborative project between the Institute of Employment Rights and the University of…Read more…
Lots of people will be starting the new year battling cancer. Former UNISON editorial manager Diana Harrison shares her personal account and thanks the NHS staff who are caring for her
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John Gray & Denise Thomas
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further to https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2019/01/unison-nec-elections-2019-nominate-john_8.html
If you are a Community UNISON member please ask your branch to nominate us. They have all been…Read more…
As the UK Government and the right wing media (and sadly the BBC) have been ramping up an ‘immigration crisis’ it is worth contrasting this with what is happening in Germany following Merkel’s ‘open…Read more…
Alexander Dallin, the son of the well-known Menshevik David Dallin, published this book in 1957. More than sixty years on, it is probably still the definitive text on the subject. The book is a…Read more…
Israel’s political leaders seem to agree on very little these days. But one thing does unite nearly all of them, which sounds good until you realize that they are all wrong. I’m referring to the…Read more…
The Unseen Revolution by Peter Drucker is (like the Modern Corporation and Private Property) one of those books that has had a big influence on the world in which I inhabit, but also which is often misunderstood. Lots of people have probably heard the …Read more…
These are the info and links to the newest deals from UNISON Membership Service Providers. I always check these links before I buy any service. Sometimes they not the most competitive but usually they are and you can be reassured that they have been v…Read more…
“Dear all please note the postponed Newham Fabians talk by Cllr Clare Coghill, Leader of Waltham Forest Council has been rescheduled for 05th March 2019 now. We hope to see many of you there”
Secretary Cllr Rohit Dasgupta. Read more…
Via LinkedIn (sorry!) I came across this interesting paper from RD:IR on what’s going on with regards to stock-lending in the UK. Definitely worth a quick read for anyone with an interest in this area.
A couple of headline – the overall level of lendi…Read more…