Awareness is mixed around what public service workers do for communities
The article Refuse and recycling top public priority for council spending, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Saving Sarah Chapman’s Grave & a Statue to honour the Matchgirls strike victory
I am a UNISON delegate to the TUC regional Council (LESE) which meets this Saturday and amongst the paperwork I was sent for it was an update on the campaign to save Sarah Chapman’s Grave in Manor Park Cemetery (Newham, East London).
Sarah (1862…Read more…
Four digital challenges for unions that might be better tackled as a movement
At the TUC Digital Lab, we ran a survey amongst our affiliated unions, looking at their readiness for digital transformation. We found a mixed picture, with a number of technical and cultural areas…Read more…
‘We will win’
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey made a blistering attack today (October 16) on hardline Lincolnshire council bosses attempting to impose a two-tier ‘divide and rule’ jobs role on their health…Read more…
Fighting for Bridgend’s future
The Welsh government has pledged to join Unite officials on a delegation to meet with the highest levels of car manufacturer Ford in the US over the future of the firm’s Bridgend site. …Read more…
European health and safety week is coming
UNISON vows to protect key safety legislation and protections originating in EU law
The article European health and safety week is coming first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Together we are one London’
London’s buses are vibrant microcosm for one of the most diverse cities on earth – but they’re also sadly the scene of hundreds of hate crimes each year. Earlier this year, hate crime on…Read more…
No-deal Brexit threat hits jobs
The risk of a devastating no-deal Brexit is now hitting job numbers as well as economic growth.Read more…
‘Taking back control’
Major new research shows that Unite members are working together to successfully confront the challenges Brexit is presenting in workplaces up and down the country. Despite widespread…Read more…
Newham Full Council Meeting 14 October 2019: A minutes silence, Cabinet report on Education & Keynote Speaker Duncan Bew
Picture collage from last night’s Full Council meeting in the Old Town Hall in Stratford. It was a short but emotive meeting. Starting off with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, requesting that the meeting has a minute’s silence in memory of the young m…Read more…
University staff in Edinburgh vote for strike action
Dispute over outsourcing risk at Queen Margaret University seeks 100% vote for action in 75% turn-out
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‘Management shambles’
Pathologists at a north east London NHS trust have voted for strike action in a dispute over new shift patterns which, it is claimed, could compromise the integrity of patients’ samples. The…Read more…
‘Government failure on a grand scale’
The extent of the government’s failure to save the iconic travel firm Thomas Cook was revealed today (October 15) in an inquiry by MPs investigating the collapse of the company. The…Read more…
A political stunt that offers nothing to working people – our verdict on the Queen’s Speech
If Boris Johnson really wanted to rebuild Britain, he wouldn’t be threatening working families with the hardest possible Brexit.Read more…
‘Cocktail of calamities’ pushing people into A&E
Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s annual state of care report published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “There’s not enough funding for social care, and out of…Read more…
#ONENHS #SamePaySameJob: UNISON Strike for Fair Pay for Compass Hospital Workers
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
We are hospital support staff working for Compass in St Helens & Knowsley and Blackpool NHS Trusts. We keep hospitals clean, cook for patients and keep them safe.
We are paid over £1000 less per year and have worse terms &a…Read more…
Flooring workers ’roundly reject’ pay offer
More than 70 production workers at Forbo Flooring UK Ltd in Ripley, Derbyshire will stage the first of ten 48 hour strikes on Tuesday (October 15), after rejecting a new ‘unsatisfactory’ pay offer,…Read more…
Tips justice finally served?
In what’s been widely criticised as a party political broadcast, today’s (October 14) Queen’s Speech, at a time when the government has no majority, was branded by Unite as an empty gesture that was…Read more…
Queen’s Speech – public services will need ‘substantial investment’ to recover
Now isn’t the time for game playing or cheap political stunts
The article Queen’s Speech – public services will need ‘substantial investment’ to recover first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
More than 16,500 schools losing out under new cash allocations for April 2020
Cuts to schools are deeply unfair
The article More than 16,500 schools losing out under new cash allocations for April 2020 first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…