The public could be at risk of eating contaminated and diseased meat because of failings at slaughterhouses, according to a survey of meat hygiene inspectors published today (Sunday) by UNISON. The…Read more…
120k kids in B&Bs, Grenfell Tower; 200k Tenants abused pa; NHHG Fashion, Rutting Stags, Tackling Fuel Poverty – Labour Housing Group AGM 2018
This morning I went to the AGM of the Labour Housing Group which took place at Camden Town Hall. The LHG is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party, which as the name suggests, is a forum concerned with the political development of Labour ho…Read more…
National Trades Councils Conference’s unanimous opposition to Accountable Care Systems:
The 150th Annual Trades Council Conference has unanimously passed a composite NHS motion from Cheshire, Calderdale and Derby Trades Councils, that calls on the TUC to take action to oppose…Read more…
“Meltdown Monday” on the Railways
“Meltdown Monday” on the Railways Exposes the Wrecking of Public Authority Striking railway workers at Newcastle central station this month A thorough breakdown in communication and…Read more…
Grenfell: The Need for New Social Relations.
June 14 marked the anniversary of the untold tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people lost their lives and which left the community traumatised and angry. The people themselves have…Read more…
Peace on the Korean Peninsula:
DPRK-US Summit Meeting and Talks Held Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)…Read more…
AFL-CIO and ETUC Support Fair Trade Practices
AFL-CIO and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) issued a joint statement today on trade and multilateralism on June 15, 2018: The working people of the United States and Europe have been…Read more…
Umbrella firms sink to ‘new low’
A troubling new practice of deducted the government’s Apprenticeship Levy from workers’ wages – on top of taxes meant to be paid by employers – has been described as a “new low” for rip off umbrella…Read more…
‘It simply doesn’t work’
Universal Credit – the government’s flagship welfare reform rolling six benefits into one – was today (June 15) slated by a government watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) published a new…Read more…
Standing together
Unite Community activists in Leeds have been praised by the parents of disabled children after their campaigning helped suspend plans to scrap school transport for the youngsters. Leeds City…Read more…
Online to offline organising – lessons from the US and Australia
Digital offers unions ways to reach out to workers that we’d find hard to access traditionally, due to hostile employers, geographical dispersion or limited organiser resources. It can also provide…Read more…
“Councils face replacement property drought”
Two-thirds of councils will be unable to replace all the homes sold under Right to Buy without significant reform of the system, according to the Local Government Association.The LGA this week released research it commissioned from property consultancy…Read more…
NEC by-election
Nominations will open on 2 July for election to fill the Greater London reserved seat
The article NEC by-election first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Why Pensions are so important and organising to defend the Local Government Pension Scheme
Today I had a record breaking 3 meetings on Pensions. First I chaired a meeting of Greater London UNISON reps who sit on local Council Pension Boards (see group picture of Forum members above).
UNISON has cross service group national and regional foru…Read more…
‘Destabilising’
Doctors in Unite (DiU) has called on health secretary Jeremy Hunt to pull the plug on GP at Hand, an online video GP consultation service that critics have said is defunding already overstretched…Read more…
Democracy matters – The Local Governance Review
Modern Scotland needs a major devolution of power, placing responsibilities and resources with citizens and communities. This means strengthening democracy through the ballot box and by giving people…Read more…
Pay takeoff
Almost a thousand easyJet ground staff and baggage handlers at Gatwick airport employed by DHL have negotiated a pay boost worth on average 7.5 per cent over two years. The workers will also…Read more…
Hidden lifelines
In Carer’s Week 2018 we speak to Unite regional officer Joanne Galazka Joanne Galazka had to grow up quick. At nine she became a carer for her mother, Freda, who developed severe post-natal…Read more…
Evelyn Beckley: ‘a shining example of hard-working NHS support staff’
UNISON member wins award for ‘operational services excellence’ at NHS England Windrush Awards to mark 70th anniversary of NHS
The article Evelyn Beckley: ‘a shining example of hard-working NHS…Read more…
Job cuts: ‘Too deep and too fast’
Unite warned Rolls-Royce against cutting ‘too deep and too fast’ after the engineering firm today (June 14) announced that it was planning to cut several thousand largely managerial and…Read more…