An early pay rise of at least £2,000 to every NHS worker is needed
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Retired members’ committee announces care webinar
Online event will take the place of cancelled conference and will be centred around social care and the need for a national care service
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Angela Rayner tackles Boris on Covid testing and grouse shooting priorities at PMQ
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NEC nominates Christina McAnea in general secretary election
Voting in the election opens to all eligible UNISON members on 28 October
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UNISON General Secretary election – further details of the NEC nomination called into question
Today, 16th September, UNISON’s National Executive Council (NEC) nomination was secured for Christina McAnea using an unprecedented procedural move. UNISON’s NEC has never – as I observed earlier this afternoon used an exhaustive voting system for a…Read more…
Post-Brexit ‘chaos’ in Kent
Unite national officer Adrian Jones spoke today (September 15) on BBC Radio Kent talking about Unite’s call for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian, which details…Read more…
Hitachi pulls out of Wylfa nuclear project
Ministers should unveil their energy White Paper urgently to allay fears about the future of the UK’s nuclear industry, following the announcement that Hitachi is pulling out of the Wylfa nuclear…Read more…
‘Corruption on a cosmic scale’
As a robust and efficient Covid-19 test and trace system struggles to get off the ground in the UK, biomedical scientists – experts in laboratory testing – have condemned the overuse of the private…Read more…
Testing chaos to blame for rise in NHS 111 and 999 calls, says UNISON
Extra calls putting strain on the system
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Dodgy goings on at the UNISON NEC?
A couple of months ago, from my comfortable position here on the sidelines of life in UNISON, I blogged about the fact that the National Executive Council (NEC) had the power to choose to use the Single Transferable Vote system in the (then forthco…Read more…
Release government Brexit border report
Unite has called for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian which details potential queues of up to 7,000 lorries across Kent after the Brexit transition period ends on 31…Read more…
BA CEO’s comments to MPs ‘not entirely correct’
Following the appearance of Alex Cruz, the chief executive of British Airways at the transport select committee today (September 16), Unite has highlighted that Cruz’s comments “are not…Read more…
‘Beyond a joke’
Unite has today (September 16) called for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian which details potential queues of up to 7,000 lorries across Kent after the Brexit…Read more…
Covid: Is writing on the wall for print and accountable broadcast news?
The rival GB news channel being set up from the headquarters of Rupert Murdoch is said to be FOX News in style and content. With that on the horizon and the ever expanding social media with its lack…Read more…
PM told to extend furlough – or risk opening job loss ‘floodgates’
Pressure on the government to extend the successful furlough scheme – which kept more than 9m people on company payrolls at its peak at the height of the coronavirus crisis – continues today,…Read more…
SOAS staff to strike against cuts
Support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to take action to save jobs
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Activists need better tools than Facebook, as they’ve learned in Belarus
When tens of thousands of people in Belarus decided to protest in the streets, they first of all needed a way to communicate with each other. With Internet being widely available, they chose to use…Read more…
Newham Citizens’ Assemblies
The Neighbourhood Citizens’ Assemblies – September 2018 to September 2020The assemblies in each area were followed by the creation of a steering group that consists of local people who live, work or learn in the area, alongside councillors and c…Read more…
Review: Babbitt, by Sinclair Lewis
Go into a bookstore these days and often the only book you’ll find by Sinclair Lewis is It Can’t Happen Here, a satirical look at the rise of a fascist regime in America in the…Read more…
Key workers need a fit-for-purpose testing system immediately, says UNISON
Testing crucial to ensure workers aren’t isolating unnecessarily
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