Report recommends important new measures to help protect police staff
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Beautiful Wales: Grainrhyd
We are back in Newham from a glorious bank holiday weekend in Grainrhyd, Flintshire, North Wales seeing my mum, sisters, niece and family. It is the first time we have seen my Mum since lockdown.
The picture is from an early morning walk i…Read more…
UNISON General Secretary election – Local Government Service Group Executive rewrites the received wisdom…
Today’s news that the UNISON Local Government Service Group Executive (SGE) has nominated Paul Holmes as candidate for General Secretary is justly being trumpeted by Paul’s campaign. This is the first time that a Service Group Executive has nomin…Read more…
Govt failure to support industry is ‘green light’ to sack workers says Unite
Aviation workers from two companies which have made brutal cuts on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic are bringing their call for the government to provide long-promised support to the sector to…Read more…
Apprenticeship 999
The future of the UK’s world class base of highly skilled workers is now at great risk, Unite, other unions and employers warned yesterday (August 31).
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Run to help Labour rebuild our communities
The Labour Party is looking to help keep workers win election as councillors – would you be interested in standing?
The article Run to help Labour rebuild our communities first appeared on the…Read more…
Winning a change of heart at the University of East Anglia
With COVID-19 affectedly higher education finances badly, reps at the University of East Anglia worked to ensure that lower-paid members didn’t suffer as a result
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Labour joins fight to build Royal Navy support ships in UK shipyards
By Amanda Campbell – first published on UNITELive August 28th, 2020 Following our story in UNITElive earlier this month on the campaign to build the Royal Naval Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships…Read more…
When Boris met Tony…
When one ‘desperate’ PM appoints a ‘gaffe-prone’ ‘misogynist’ ex-PM to preside over the ‘new’ Board of Trade, the weird and unusual just got weirder, First published on UniteLive, Friday, August…Read more…
Disqualification of candidate leads to threat of litigation in union election – what does this mean for UNISON?
It is, of course, the Royal College of Nursing that has paused its election for President (having disqualified candidates for allegedly misusing official resources in their campaigns) – and which faces a threat of litigation (if a slightly confus…Read more…
When Boris met Tony…
The gaffe prone former Aussie PM, famous for his cringe-worthy comments (read here) will be ‘joint president’ together with International Trade Secretary Liz Truss – undoubtedly a move designed to…Read more…
Save our world class workers
“Labour believes in our incredible workforce so why can’t the government? It’s simple – building our Royal Naval Fleet Support Ships here in UK shipyards is essential to maintain both jobs and…Read more…
How COVID has deepened the housing crisis
“It’s been hard. So hard. We’ve been counting each slice of bread we eat.”
The article How COVID has deepened the housing crisis first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
An old libel – coronavirus & anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitic tropes, dating back to the Middle Ages, are being used by the far-right in the coronavirus age.Read more…
£13 a day isn’t enough – isolating workers need proper sick pay
The government’s proposed payouts for low-paid workers forced to self-isolate don’t go far enough.Read more…
Govt’s ‘scrimping’ could cost lives
Thirteen quid a day. Not a lot really when you take your bills, outgoings, kids’ school uniforms, gas – not to mention food – into account. It all adds up to earning around £4,700 a year.
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Give all NHS staff a wage rise immediately of at least £2k, says UNISON
Staff deserve immediate wage lift from government
The article Give all NHS staff a wage rise immediately of at least £2k, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Would you rather?
Would you rather leave your child or your elderly parent without care?
or
Smell urine or uncollected rubbish?
Impossible choices face our communities. But we can #SaveOurServices Write to your MP at https://unsn.uk/3kSnBRU to #DemandThe10Billion
UNISON General Secretary election – the game is afoot!
As a gentleman of leisure (now that I am a retired UNISON member) I have the opportunity to sit back and watch the current General Secretary campaign unfolding from the sidelines. Following the departure of Margaret Greer from the race, there are…Read more…
‘Safety first and foremost’
Workers who need to self-isolate at a Banham Poultry factory in Attleborough, Norfolk, where 75 staff have tested positive for coronavirus, must receive ‘adequate sick pay’, Unite, the UK and…Read more…