The “new normal” must mean the labour movement keeps our seat at the table with a real plan for changing our economy for the good and for a long-term New Deal for Workers — the campaign we launched…Read more…
‘May Day is our day’
May Day is our day. We may not be on the streets but we are not silent. Listen closely. That sound you hear, that’s Britain’s working people – stirring, determined and coming for justice.
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Ramadan 2020
As the first week of Ramadan fasting comes to a close, UNISON has been working across regions to ensure Muslims members are supported during this important month
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UNISON welcomes move to pause VAT on PPE
Union had urged the government to cut VAT weeks ago, as care homes struggle to fund and access protective equipment for staff
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‘Best serving our nation at this time’
But while we may not be marching, your contribution to the nation’s well-being has never been more evident. It is workers like you who are best serving our nation at this time. For your sacrifices…Read more…
UNISON welcomes Supreme Court decision on ethical LGPS investment
This is an important legal ruling that effectively stops the UK £300 billion Council pension funds being told they cannot decide where to invest unless it is pleases the current foreign or defence secretary. Well done to Greater London UNISON act…Read more…
Blog: Denis Goldberg – a tireless campaigner for justice, and a friend
Denis Goldberg, who has sadly passed away, was a freedom fighter, an inspirational politician and an honorary member of UNISON
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Heroes of the year – Danny Freeman
Another world is possible – it’s up to us all to make it happen when this is all over. Please celebrate each day and enjoy the simplest things in life – the sun or rain on your face, a beautiful…Read more…
UNISON welcomes visa extension announcement
Home Office grants automatic extensions to health and care workers – and indefinite leave to remain to family of healthcare workers who die of COVID-19
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UNISON welcomes Supreme Court decision on ethical LGPS investment
Court overturns LGPS regulations banning investment decisions which aren’t in line with government foreign and defence policy
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Covid-19 life sum should go to bus workers too call
Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton wants the transport secretary to urgently investigate how the £60,000 life assurance payment, can now be extended to these key bus workers….Read more…
‘The exact opposite of what our great nation stands for’
This is a company that only a few weeks ago sent an internal email urging pilots and cabin crew to come into work and help repatriate thousands of UK citizens despite the chronic lack of on-board…Read more…
Cockneyish Thought for Today
Even though I have lived and worked in the East End of London for some 30 years, I had to stop and think about this one for a little while….
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Care home death figures are shameful, says UNISON
Society needs to look at how it treats care
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“Unlawful and immoral”
The shock announcement by British Airways that it is to make 12,000 UK workers at the airline redundant without any consultation has been denounced as ‘unlawful and immoral’ by Unite, and should be…Read more…
Unite members ‘stand a fighting chance’
As the coronavirus epidemic rages on, workers across sectors who cannot work amid the lockdown eagerly await to see if their employer will take up the government’s job retention scheme, where the…Read more…
Rest peacefully Rob Rogers (3/10/38 – 29/4/20)
You could read this blog for years (if you were daft enough) and get very little of what you might call personal content – and now you are subject to the second such post within a month!
My father, Kenneth Ernest Robert (“Rob”) Rogers died today at the…Read more…
Private sector care providers and the grey zone
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Sixth form staff in England consulting on pay
UNISON recommends two-year pay offer to members in English colleges in online consultation that closes on 15 May
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Len McCluskey: It’s Time For A New Deal For Workers – No Going Back To Business As Usual
There can be no going back to business as usual Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has said in his May Day message. In a message of solidarity to workers Len says that it is time for a new deal…Read more…