June 9th last month marked the largest mobilisation of the far right since the 1930s, when about 15,000 people gathered in a racist demonstration in London in support of former English Defence League…Read more…
Extend the vote call
2018 marks 100 years since many women and men workers, including farmworkers, first gained the vote. Unite delegates agreed on Monday (July 2) that now was the time for the franchise to again be…Read more…
Unite hope in the Brexit ‘nightmare’
Unite today (July 3) vowed to mobilise against the cliff-edge brought about by the Conservative government’s abysmal handling of the Brexit process. In a statement passed overwhelmingly…Read more…
Back UK manufacturing jobs call
A number of calls to ensure the future of UK manufacturing were made yesterday (July 2) by Unite policy conference delegates at the Manufacturing Matters fringe. Mick Joyce from Cone Lifts in…Read more…
St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise
Pay increase at north-west England housing group follows rejection of 2% offer and a ballot for industrial action
The article St Helens and Warrington housing members win 3.1% pay rise first…Read more…
Ownership and control
Here’s something I wrote for work…
Ownership and control
If you’re a delivery driver whose movements are monitored remotely, or doing gig work through a platform like Uber or Deliveroo, you’re already seeing the impact of technology on work. Million…Read more…
TUC: 50,000 Jobs Axed in first half of 2018
‘Government needs to up its game,’ says union chief Frances O’Grady The Independent Alamy Around 50,000 jobs have been axed in the first half of this year as retail workers bore the…Read more…
English further education pay claim submitted
Claim is for 5% or £1,500, whichever is greater, and the living wage
The article English further education pay claim submitted first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
First he blocked a law against upskirting – now this Tory MP is coming for your rights at work
Sir Christopher Chope’s shameless and cynical use of bankbench legislation to attack workers’ rights cannot be allowed to succeedRead more…
More hedge fund shenanigans
1. I had a quick Google to see if there are any more funds that use the generic blurb I’ve found in dozens of cases to avoid compliance with the Stewardship Code. And… yes there are.
Curam Capital Management:
Curam Capital Management LLP (the “Firm…Read more…
‘Not on our watch’
Policy conference delegates debated the need to protect defence sector jobs and form a credible path forward for defence diversification today (July 2). Unite assistant general secretary Steve…Read more…
‘Harry Kane of the TUC’
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady hailed Unite in a speech today (July 2) on the first day of Unite’s policy conference and urged Unite, as the largest private sector union, to “lead from the…Read more…
Divided we fall
Unite’s conference today resolved that our union will campaign to encourage all football, fans and supporters’ clubs to take a stand against the Football Lads’ Alliance (FLA).
The post Divided we…Read more…
Review: The Kremlin’s Candidate, by Jason Matthews
No, not that candidate. In spite of making every effort to keep up with today’s headlines (references to the Russian seizure of Crimea, North Korea’s nuclear programme and so on), author…Read more…
Review: The Kremlin’s Candidate, by Jason Matthews
No, not that candidate. In spite of making every effort to keep up with today’s headlines (references to the Russian seizure of Crimea, North Korea’s nuclear programme and so on), author…Read more…
What would you do?
Ayrshire mental health nurse Gordon Mckay knew he had to act when he saw a colleague reduced to tears by a manager in the 1990s – now he’s the union president
The article What would you do? first…Read more…
Testing times? Trade unions should be natural partners in digital co-design
User involvement in digital product design is fundamental to success. Human-centric and design thinking approaches make a huge difference to a digital project’s chances of achieving product/market…Read more…
Winning for members
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey opened the union’s policy conference today (July 1) as he highlighted how Unite was fighting and winning for its members, for social justice and for change….Read more…
March for the NHS – how it went down, in pictures
Thousands of people marched through central London to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS, and show that they’re willing to fight for it
The article March for the NHS – how it went down, in…Read more…
UNISON is busting out all over – our monthly highlights
June saw a number of highlights for the union and our members glisten in the early summer sunshine
The article UNISON is busting out all over – our monthly highlights first appeared on the…Read more…