Local councils will need financial support to oversee building projects
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‘New era for nuclear power’?
The creation of a ‘clean energy hub’ at Moorside in Cumbria could mean a post-pandemic 25,000 jobs bonanza across the north west, Unite said today (Tuesday June 30).
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“Starmer overtakes Johnson as preferred choice for prime minister”
Fantastic news. A long way still to go…
“Labour leader Keir Starmer has overtaken Boris Johnson as the public preferred choice for Prime Minister, according to the latest Opinium poll for The Observer.
Starmer is preferred to lead the country by 37…Read more…
Construction workers ‘must not risk their health’
Unite, the UK’s construction union, is urging workers not to risk their health if they are not supplied with the correct PPE. The union’s warning follows the revelation that many contractors are…Read more…
‘We need to care for our carers’
Unite has welcomed the Labour Party’s call for fast-tracked mental health support for all people working in the NHS and social care. The party has developed a mental health support package for these…Read more…
TUC Organise 2020
Sign up now for loads of great on-line meetings…. https://www.tuc.org.uk/sign-organise-2020-events#.XvoAmc8Se6s.twitterRead more…
‘No going back’
A decade of public service cuts “wasn’t actually austerity”, prime minister Boris Johnson incredibly contended today (June 29). Speaking to the Radio Times this morning, Johnson admitted that the…Read more…
Blog: Retired members are facing a raft of COVID problems
Rosie MacGregor, the chair of UNISON’s national retired members’ committee, highlights the particular challenges for older people due to the coronavirus pandemic
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Meat workers put at risk by safety check failures, says UNISON
Proper on-site risk assessments needed for food processing staff
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UNISON launches new casework system to help branches
Sign up for CaseWeb – UNISON’s new case management system for branches
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UNISON sets out to recruit more safety reps amid COVID crisis
‘A workplace without a safety rep potentially puts the safety of our members at risk’
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Essex Way: Great Waltham to Little Leighs circular walk
Off message but another fantastic country walk along the Essex Way (and back to starting point by alternative route). Got a little wet a couple of times but mostly bright sunshine, refreshing breeze and blue skies.
We hardly saw a soul during the…Read more…
More mental health support needed for health and care workers, says UNISON
Commenting on Labour’s plans published today (Monday) for a mental health package for NHS and care staff, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Health and care staff…Read more…
Review: First to Fight – The Polish War 1939, by Roger Moorhouse
Here is what I think of when I imagine the German invasion of Poland in September 1939: brave Polish cavalrymen with sabres drawn, charging against modern German tanks. Horses versus steel. The…Read more…
Labour Leader Keir Starmer MP on Armed Forces Day 27.6.20
Keir Starmer
Today is #ArmedForcesDay2020 and I want to say thank you to our serving personnel, their families and our veterans.
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Newham Rough Sleeper (Mini) Street Count June 2020
Pictures from last night’s Newham Rough Sleeping (mini) Street count with Councillors, Council officers and 3rd sector partners going out during the night to count how many rough sleepers there are. Usually this is done every two months.
Due to C…Read more…
The sacking of RLB – what is to be done?
The sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey as Shadow Education Secretary casts a light upon the state of our Party in these times. For a start, the actual offence for which she was apparently dismissed – tweeting a link to an interview with a prominent ac…Read more…
UK urgently needs world-leading satellite infrastructure
With rumours that the UK government is set to take a 20 per cent ‘equity investment’ stake in the OneWeb satellite business, leading manufacturing union Unite is calling on the government to confirm…Read more…
Inquiry into Covid-19 worker death rates call
Unite is calling for an urgent ‘warts and all’ public inquiry into the death rates of workers from Covid-19 during the pandemic. The union made its call following the publication today (June 27) of…Read more…
Care staff death rate a national scandal, says UNISON
Social care needs top-to-toe reform
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