More than 1.5m people in Britain are living in destitution, shocking new figures show.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysis led to a call from Unite for the government to tackle severe…Read more…
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More than 1.5m people in Britain are living in destitution, shocking new figures show.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) analysis led to a call from Unite for the government to tackle severe…Read more…
Order your stocks of the new application forms now – and recycle those old ones lying about the office
The article Application forms first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Help us campaign for equality by filling in our survey – and maybe win a holiday for two at Croyde Bay Holiday Resort in north Devon
The article UNISON equality survey – with prizes first…Read more…
UNISON members vote overwhelmingly in favour of three year pay deal
The article Pay rise for NHS staff in England first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Over a million hospital cleaners, nurses, security guards, physiotherapists, emergency call handlers, paramedics, midwives, radiographers and other NHS staff across England will now benefit from a…Read more…
It’s been another year of abandonment for Northern Ireland’s LGBT+ community.Read more…
Women will have shouldered 86% of the burden of the government’s changes to the tax and benefits system by 2020.Read more…
By redefining what it means and who should take part, the ILO has helped establish that there’s nothing fluffy about Social Dialogue.Read more…
This was the first cabinet meeting of the new administration which I thought went really well.
See what the Newham Recorder thought below:-
The gulf between the earnings of younger and older people has increased by 50% in the last 20 years, leaving young workers struggling to survive. Does this mean the Intergenerational contract is…Read more…
TGI Fridays, the American-style restaurant chain, is facing its fourth Friday (June 8) of strikes in a row as members of Unite, vow to keep striking in their dispute over tips and alleged minimum…Read more…
Unite has secured the final victory in a long running legal dispute which strengthens the union’s hand in pursuing the rip off merchants including payroll companies, umbrella companies and employment…Read more…
Unite has lambasted the government’s handling of the collapse of Carillion five months after the firm’s implosion — 3,000 workers remain in limbo and vital public sector construction projects…Read more…
Police spy victims, along with Unite, have spoken out in support of cosmetic store Lush after it was accused of being “anti-police” over its campaign highlighting the scandal of undercover officers…Read more…
Cosmetics brand Lush has been praised by campaigners for its nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the ‘spycops’ scandal, which has seen union, safety, environmental and other activists’ groups…Read more…
Yesterday I took my fellow UNISON NEC member (and NHS hospital worker) Mary Locke on a whistle stop tour of the Old Town Hall in Stratford.
Mary was re-elected in May as a Labour Councillor in Birmingham.
Mary is a huge fan of Keir Hardie w…Read more…
UNISON’s national delegate conference runs from 19-22 June and brings together 2,000 delegates from across the UK
The article NEC gears up for union’s annual ‘parliament’ first appeared on the…Read more…
A new heavy-handed management style at the Stanlow oil refinery could lead to industrial action that would threaten output at the Cheshire site, Unite warned today (June 6). Unite said the…Read more…
Unite has thrown its support behind a Labour amendment to Brexit legislation that calls on the government to negotiate “full access” to the EU single market, saying it demonstrates that only Labour…Read more…
Michael Braithwaite, a school teaching assistant who lost his job due to the Windrush scandal, recalls his fear of deportation
The article Surviving the Windrush scandal first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…