Two months of industrial action and campaigning shows why we need to go for growth, executive hears
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Two months of industrial action and campaigning shows why we need to go for growth, executive hears
The article NEC gears up for growth first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Boundary change in local government is usually shunted into the ‘too difficult’ box, for good reasons. Local identity can get everyone excited. I painfully recall spending three days at Boundary…Read more…
Theresa May should stand up to the warring factions in her party to avoid a job destroying hard Brexit, Unite said this week (October 16). The call came ahead of a crunch 48 hours for Theresa…Read more…
NHS staff in England are being hit with substantial parking fees which totalled nearly £70m last year – a situation that Unite has slammed as a ‘tax on going to work’. New figures from NHS…Read more…
Health visitors and school nurses face “savage” cuts Labour’s shadow health secretary told delegates at the Unite and Community Practitioners’ and Health Visitors’ Association conference today…Read more…
It’s branch meeting time again – and have we got a stellar line-up for you this month!
Star of the show is suffragette and trade union activist Clementina Black – friend of Eleanor Marx and the…Read more…
The Health and Care Professions Council Protecting the public The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a regulator of health and care professionals and our aim is to protect the public. To…Read more…
Pictures from Saturdays afternoon canvass in Boleyn ward, East Ham. Meeting point is the 1966 World Cup Champions statute. There were 2 canvass teams, one with the Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and the other with the candidate, Moniba Khan, which I was sen…Read more…
Unite, which represents airport staff, is seeking urgent answers and reassurances, following yesterday’s announcement (October 15) that Swissport has lost the Ryanair baggage handling contract to…Read more…
Cider making in Somerset has undergone a renaissance since 2016 when it looked like The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill would close ending a cider-making tradition in the town stretching back to 1770….Read more…
A new database shows that 124 mainly left-leaning organisations – including trade unions and anti-racist groups – were spied on for decades by undercover police. Unite said the list, compiled…Read more…
Unison does a lot more on behalf of it’s members than first thought!! AdvertisementsRead more…
The 2018 Disabled Members Report – “Fighting For A Fairer Future” is a comprehensive report on the activities of Unison disabled members nationwide throughout the year and is well worth a read – Disabled Members Annual Report 20…Read more…
Features include:- Celebrating 25 Years In Unison Unison Campaign Successes You Can Give The Gift Of Life Bernie Grant Honoured Bullying & Harassment Black Members Give Me Hope And Confidence Battling The Hostile Environment Black Action Autumn 2018Read more…
Conference discussed the importance of supporting and recruiting disabled staff and of supporting staff with mental health problems
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UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.
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Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the…Read more…
For September 2018 members in the West Midlands Region received £77248.75 in compensation payments for Personal Injury Claims. It always pays to be a Unison member!! AdvertisementsRead more…
Ace comments by a British Army veteran, Sgt Major Glenn Haughton, about racists in the British Army.
“Haughton’s service medals include the Gulf Medal, the General Service Medal, the Iraq Medal, and the Operational Servic…Read more…
Mental health workers are struggling under unsustainable workloads, an NHS watch-dog has found. Unite called for better funding for mental health services to deal with the issue, with Labour…Read more…