Momentum is growing across the political spectrum for the government to row back on its intention to cease the job retention scheme (JRS) from November 1 and move to safeguard industry and business…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: HEROES Unite’s manufacturing members This week,…Read more…
“Ambitious five year strategy to tackle the housing crisis in Newham and ensure fairness”
“On Tuesday 8 September 2020 Newham Council Cabinet approved a proposal to consult residents on a draft Housing Delivery Strategy for the borough. The strategy sets out the scale of the housing challenge in Newham and the Council’s ambition…Read more…
‘Economic and environmental vandalism’
The decision by the government to overrule an independent planning inspector and deny planning permission to a new open cast coal mine in Highthorn, Northumberland has been branded as economic and…Read more…
Review: Kill the Führer: Section X and Operation Foxley, by Denis Rigden
The revelation in the late 1990s that the British had seriously considered assassinating Hitler was a journalistic bombshell. Very quickly, the National Archives (then the Public Records Office)…Read more…
Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised
Any attempts to control the coronavirus pandemic through test and trace efforts are doomed to fail unless statutory sick pay (SSP) is increased as a matter of urgency, the TUC has warned. A new poll…Read more…
UNISON conferences go virtual
Disabled and LGBT+ members are invited to remotely attend a series of events organised specifically for them – online and live
The article UNISON conferences go virtual first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
London Housing Associations branch nominates Christina McAnea as the next UNISON General Secretary
There was a really great online hustings and debate tonight with the executive committee members of the London Housing Association branch. 4 out of the 5 candidates (one of the 4 had someone speaking on their behalf) were able to join the committee on …Read more…
‘No more excuses’
Unite’s manufacturing members sent a loud and clear message today (September 9) that the government must step in and extend the furlough scheme or else risk a tsunami of job losses. Dozens of workers…Read more…
Gatwick job losses mount
A latest analysis of job losses at Gatwick Airport, by Unite demonstrates the devastation being wrought across the entire sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights the failure of the…Read more…
FSS SOS
A £1.5 billion contract to build Royal Navy fleet solid support ships (FSS) that has been opened to overseas shipyards must go to domestic firms if UK shipbuilding jobs are to be preserved, Unite has…Read more…
Covid smokescreen used to slash pay
Unite has launched an international campaign today (September 9) to stop the owners of the Manchester bus company Go North West from using Covid-19 as cover for making savage cuts to bus drivers’ pay…Read more…
Victory in Korea: Teachers’ union wins 7-year fight for recognition
Almost seven years ago – in October 2013 – the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) came to LabourStart with a problem. The national government had given the union an ultimatum: either…Read more…
Unite plea to PM: ‘Don’t abandon us’
With Spain becoming the latest country to extend its pay protection scheme “for as long as it takes” – following Germany, the Netherlands and France – the UK government continues to look on aimlessly…Read more…
#SaveUEL
Yesterday evening I took part in an “online Peoples Assembly” to educate and support staff at East London University (UEL) under threat of redundancy due to impact of Covid-19.
At this moment the university is consulting on making massive r…Read more…
‘Do not abandon us’
Employers in the UK planned an astonishing 300,000 job cuts in June and July, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the BBC has found. More than 1,700 firms planned to make 150,000 job losses…Read more…
Trade unions – bringing people together
I’ve written previously about the impact of coronavirus on the BME community, anti-Semitism, and anti-Chinese racism. This week I’m looking at something a lot more positive – the role of trade unions…Read more…
Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know
UNISON has launched a COVID-19 workplace exposure questionnaire in partnership with Thompsons solicitors
The article Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Newham remembers the 80th Anniversary of the Blitz
Today (7 September 2020) is the 80th anniversary of the Blitz when during the second world war, Nazi Germany tried to bomb Britain into submission by massive air raids 1940/41. Some 43000 civilians were killed and many more injured.
In Ne…Read more…
SOS for jobs
With under eight weeks until the furlough scheme ends, workers from across the UK will launch their SOS for Jobs campaign to persuade the prime minister to think again on a focused sector level…Read more…