Unite has vowed to fight the announced closure of a 2 Sisters plant in Cambuslang, Scotland as the union now seeks legal advice to stop up to 450 job losses. In February, plans were first…Read more…
Mark Thomas: Showtime from the Frontline – Theatre Royal Stratford
A far too rare night out to the theatre yesterday evening to watch the alternative comedian, Mark Thomas.
The performance was about “Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy…Read more…
No, Elliott is not Whitbread’s largest shareholder
With the Melrose bid for GKN almost complete, our old friends Elliott are back in the news again, this time targeting Whitbread, where it looks like they will be pushing for Costa to be spun off. Cue lots of headlines, many of them identifying Elliott’…Read more…
Blog: The Windrush generation served us all and made our country a better place
It’s time the legal status of the Windrush generation was confirmed once and for all – but the stain their treatment leaves on the already ugly record of this government will take a very long time to…Read more…
Overworked healthcare assistants not given proper training or supervision
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are being expected to do the work of nurses without adequate training or proper supervision, according to survey results published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. Nearly two…Read more…
The NHS continues to be ‘alarmingly under-funded’, says health conference
UNISON will continue to campaign for the funding needed to deliver ‘a comprehensive, safe and high quality service’
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‘Duty of care is to patients’
Home Office immigration officers have asked an East London GP surgery to reveal a patient’s address in what Unite has described as an “appalling” attempt to co-opt health workers into monitoring…Read more…
‘Bitter blow’
UK printing firm De La Rue announced today (April 18) that it would not appeal the government’s decision to hand the contract for making the new blue British passports to a supplier in France. …Read more…
UNISON vows to step up fight on wholly owned subsidiaries
Delegates at UNISON health conference voice their anger over trusts’ moves to transfer staff and create two-tier workforces
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LGBT+ rights are human rights and an attack on one person is an attack on all
A common ground was found – LGBT+ rights are human rights and an attack on one person is an attack on all persons. Dignity and equality is the right of all members of the human family and this is…Read more…
“Climate Change and Bangladesh: First Affected. Worst Affected” (Pension Carbon divestment)
(I am due to speak at this seminar as a Councillor & trade union pension activist).
“Fossil Free Newham, Tower Hamlets Divest and Hackney & Tower Hamlets Friends of Earth are teaming up to screen ’30 Million’, a film which focuses on the pligh…Read more…
TUC:
Britain isn’t delivering for working people – join us and march for the alternative Author Frances O’Grady Published date 17 Apr 2018 Britain isn’t working for working people. Photo credit: ©…Read more…
Pay the Rate: how the EU is closing the loopholes used to exploit migrant workers – but is it too late for us?
By Jude Kirton-Darling Labour MEP – North East England Concerns about free movement and EU migration were amongst the top reasons why many voted to leave in June 2016. Periodically, a dispute…Read more…
Health conference vows to fight the disease of racism in the NHS
Brexit is fuelling the discrimination against migrant workers, delegates are told
The article Health conference vows to fight the disease of racism in the NHS first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
‘Cut to the bone’
A “double whammy” of cuts and rising demand are pushing legal aid and advice workers to the brink and threatening the integrity of the justice system, a new Unite survey has revealed. The…Read more…
Deeside construction site demo
Unite members and fellow trade unionists protested the £800 million energy to waste construction site at Parc Adfer in Deeside north Wales today (April 17) as part of a campaign to stop a ‘race to…Read more…
Windrush: Unite calls for ‘dignity and respect’
Paulette Wilson, 61, has lived in the UK for just over half a century. Part of the Windrush generation – Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean who were invited by the UK government to settle in…Read more…
Ken Knapman speech in Isle of Wight Protest against the attack on Syria.
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Was the Syrian Chemical attack a hoax?
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Health conference agrees to back pay proposal
This is just the beginning of better pay for NHS staff, conference delegates hear as they vote in favour of ‘biggest pay rise in 15 years’ and Agenda for Change reform
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