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…
Victims praise Lush stand on the spycops scandal
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…
Paying homage to Keir Hardie at West Ham
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…
NEC gears up for union’s annual ‘parliament’
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…
‘Riding roughshod’
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…
Brexit deal for jobs
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…
Surviving the Windrush scandal
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…
The last gift: what it’s like to work with organ donors
UNISON members Michelle and Rachel are hoping a new law will help the thousands of people in desperate need of an organ transplant
The article The last gift: what it’s like to work with organ…Read more…
Data: why NHS workers quit
Analysing the government data on why NHS staff quit their jobs
The article Data: why NHS workers quit first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame!
Union’s beautiful Croyde Bay resort in Devon has achieved the distinction of entering TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame
The article UNISON inducted into TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame! first appeared on the…Read more…
Review: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Jason Matthews writes with such authority about the CIA that I kept thinking as I read this book — he’s either got a great imagination, or he was a player. It turns out to be…Read more…
Women need unions and unions need women
Women in leadership course participants went to Westminster to meet the region’s parliamentarians and use it as an opportunity to raise issues affecting women across the North East including period…Read more…
West Hammers helping out at Lewisham East this Saturday 9 June 2pm at Lee Station: Vote Janet Daby
West Ham Labour Party are organising a campaigning event to support the Labour Candidate (and UNISON member), Janet Daby, in the Lewisham East By Election.
We are meeting outside Lee Station at 2pm on Saturday 9 June.
To get there you can meet We…Read more…
North west hospital workers set for second strike over outsourcing
‘I was a bit nervous about coming out on strike, but we’ve all stood together and supported each other,’ says Carol, a domestic at Wrightington, Wigan and Leight NHS Trust
The article North west…Read more…
Back growth call
Unite urged MPs to back Heathrow expansion when it is put to a vote in the coming weeks after UK government ministers finally gave a third runway the green light today (June 5). Unite went on…Read more…
Care workers strike against pay cuts
Some 120 UNISON members in Bath and north east Somerset take action over employers’ ‘work-for-free’ proposals
The article Care workers strike against pay cuts first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
TUC: Leader sees sparks of a mass movement.
TUC Interview Frances O’Grady on the TUC at 150: ‘Unions have to change or die’ By Alexandra Topping The Guardian As the organisation tries to reach younger people, its…Read more…
‘Bargain basement sale’
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) fire sale continued as the government last night (June 4) sold shares well below the price paid to bail out the bank amid the financial crisis, resulting it a total…Read more…
World Environment Day – Ideas for action
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay The theme is to #BeatPlasticPollution and there are lots of ideas online about how to do that, globally and locally.
Check out the United Nations Environment Programme on today’s theme – and look closer to home in Scotland through the work of some of the many members of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.
UNISON is an active member of SCCS, whose AGM is in GlasgowRead more…
National Delegate Conference isn’t like other union conferences – like our union, it’s special
It’s a great opportunity to come together as a public service workers, meet old friends and new and recommit to our shared values of equality, democracy and publicly owned services. Personally, I…Read more…