UK PPE production will guarantee supplies and cut shipping
The article Health and care staff need reassurance about next stage of the pandemic, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Council tenants should have the choice of how they access housing services
A statement by Swindon Council tenant representatives Swindon Council has unilaterally decided that council tenants can only ask for non-urgent … MoreRead more…
Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary – By closing date over 200 Nominations
“Hugely grateful to get 226 nominations. This includes the NEC, 9 regions, 5 service groups and 211 branches. Onwards and upwards. Lets turn this into votes. A massive thank you to everyone who helped get this and to everyone who has supported me. #our…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – can there be a single candidate for change?
Nominations have now closed in the election for UNISON General Secretary. Christina McAnea’s campaign are celebrating in excess of 200 nominations (including the majority of Regions and Service Groups as well as the – arguably questionable – nomin…Read more…
“Newham: Mayor confirms wish for governance referendum in May as rivals’ petition ruled invalid”
Check out Dave Hill interview with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, yesterday on the “ONLONDON” website.
Rokhsana confirmed her wish for a borough wide referendum on the future of the directly elected Mayoral model to be held next 6 May 2021. …Read more…
Labour should stick to its manifesto promise on social rent council housing
New leadership of the party does not change the nature of the housing crisis or the solution members voted for: … MoreRead more…
Newham Bi-monthly Street Count September 2020
Last night I went to the Newham Council Dockside Building E16 at 11pm to be firstly briefed then sent off in teams to carry out our bi-monthly scount of people sleeping on our streets in Newham. This has been disrupted due to Covid and tonight was a mu…Read more…
Heathrow has ‘moral duty’ to loyal workers
Following the chancellor’s announcement yesterday (September 24) of the creation of the Job Support Scheme, Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union, is calling on Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BITU) international…Read more…
Keeping up the momentum
When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown first hit the UK, like so many organisations, there was a moment of panic for anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). “We didn’t know…Read more…
Branch resources review restarts, with pledge to stay on schedule
Over 350 branches have already taken part, with 17 to be approached for in-depth interviews
The article Branch resources review restarts, with pledge to stay on schedule first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
My NHS Test and Trace risk level goes orange
This is not good news, I have been using the Track & Trace app since launch and my home postcode has always been “low” risk.
Yesterday It turned orange and is now “medium”. Please download the app & protect your loved ones. https://covid19.nh…Read more…
Short-time working scheme – a win for unions.
Workers at firms hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown are to continue to get wage subsidies, after the government bowed to pressure from trade unions and others.Read more…
Bernard Matthews workers ‘left in the lurch’
Hundreds of workers employed by Bernard Matthews, earning just the minimum wage, are up in arms over the company’s decision to more than double the price of its employee bus service and scrap a key…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – branches can make mistakes but should senior members of the NEC?
The last General Secretary election in UNISON (in 2015) witnessed a slightly confusing episode in which the Returning Officer issued “guidance” clarifying that nominating bodies were entitled to explain the reason for their nomination decisions. Th…Read more…
Verdict at Lizaveta’s trial
“They claimed I was arrested by a special police squad aka OMON in the centre of Grodno in a crowd of protesters. But the reality is I was arrested in front of my house by OMON – and it looked like a…Read more…
Chancellor’s new scheme ‘may come to late for too many’
Following concerted campaigning from Unite, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday (September 24) new measures to replace the current furlough scheme arrangements, which were slated to end on…Read more…
University staff speak out about COVID-19 fears
‘It just feels like a ticking time bomb until there’s a big outbreak here. Since the students came back, it feels like I’m on the frontline’
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Boost wages and scrap tuition fees to turbo-charge nurse recruitment
Ministers must act to fill 40,000 nursing vacancies
The article Boost wages and scrap tuition fees to turbo-charge nurse recruitment first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Support jobs and strengthen economy to maintain public services, says UNISON
Fixing testing system and sick pay for all also key
The article Support jobs and strengthen economy to maintain public services, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…