Unclear investment systems are leaving workers in the dark over the cost
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Unclear investment systems are leaving workers in the dark over the cost
The article Pension reform is urgently needed first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Our annual general meeting – at which the branch officers for the coming year will be elected – is on Thursday 27 September in the Craft Beer Co pub (22-23 Upper North Street, Brighton, East Sussex,…Read more…
A new documentary celebrates an act of international solidarity by Scottish factory workers that has entered into union folklore
The article Grounding a coup first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Theresa May promised to stand up for working families, but as incomes collapse more and more are falling into the redRead more…
At tonight’s Newham Council Cabinet meeting, it was agreed to support an ambitious bid to the GLA for grants to deliver up to 1000 homes to be built for our residents at social (council) rents.
This was a key part of the newly elected Newham Labour Ma…Read more…
ITF and ETF call for new Ryanair chairmanThe International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) are calling for shareholders to oppose the re-election of Ryanair chairman David Bonderman and overhaul the …Read more…
Crane workers will be protesting outside Sunderland’s Stadium of Light tonight (September 4) in their pay dispute, as bosses try to undermine strike action by buying pizzas and burgers for those…Read more…
Unite is welcoming Show Racism the Red Card to the union’s headquarters on Wednesday, September 5 to launch Wear Red Day 2018, which will be attended by former and current footballers. The…Read more…
Brexit uncertainty and the continued squeeze in wages are combining to form a toxic mix which is hitting manufacturing investment, Unite has warned this week (September 3). The latest UK…Read more…
Now, more than ever, we have a chance to push back against private profit and in favour of public need. In Manchester next week, we will continue to fight for just that.
The article Blog: Continuing…Read more…
Drastic cuts, staff restructuring and rocketing stress levels are becoming the norm in UK schools, according to a survey of school support staff published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. The findings –…Read more…
An age old problem. It hadn’t changed that much when I first started working in Council Housing in the early 1990s in Bethnal Green and still goes on in Newham and elsewhere today.
hat tip “From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. To order the c…Read more…
Some bus drivers in Nottingham and Derbyshire have had to resort to food banks to augment their low wages and a series of strikes are now planned in protest at poverty pay. Unite said that 160…Read more…
Workers up against unsafe employers will have little recourse to justice after being forced to pay their own legal fees if injured at work under new government plans. The government is…Read more…
Birmingham carers are on strike because the council thinks they’re an easy target for cuts
The article It’s time to value our carers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON warns that outsourcing hospital staff will create two-tier workforce as trust starts a month of consultations
The article UNISON calls on Salisbury NHS trust to rethink wholly owned…Read more…
Nursery costs have risen by more than 50% over the last decade, while earnings for the aveage working family grew by a paltry 17%Read more…
Well said! elected General Secretary of UNITE, Len McCluskey who gave support in advance of the Labour Party NEC meeting on Tuesday, where the issue regarding the IHRA definition will be discussed and hopefully begin to be resolved.
I also agree …Read more…
A couple of weeks ago I went to Folkestone (via the high speed rail link in 46 minutes) for a Friday night beer and curry with an old mate. The following morning hangover cure was a brisk walk along the beach and back along the prom.
Near the town War…Read more…
By Ben Norman, Research Officer at Unite the Union And so, perhaps inevitably, it’s come to this. After almost two years of Brexit talks between the EU and Britain’s best interlocutors (plus David…Read more…