Education unions reveal schools worse off than in 2015
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Liberata is first private sector firm to back UNISON violence charter
Government service provider supports scheme to protect employees
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Labour link ballot result
Results of the election for the UNISON Labour Link national committee
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A fundamental change in Labour’s housing policy?
The composite housing resolution which went before Labour’s conference on Wednesday morning was passed unanimously. It marks a fundamental shift … MoreRead more…
Labour shoud kill off Right to Buy, not breathe new life into it
This article was written before the Labour conference in response to a Financial Times article which reported that Labour was … MoreRead more…
‘Let’s celebrate what we have in common’
Unite is set to celebrate Black History Month in October with a series of events organised by the union’s regions. Each year, October marks Black History Month, when the UK celebrates and…Read more…
Local government service group executive ballot notice
Ballot papers will be sent to eligible voters from 7 October
The article Local government service group executive ballot notice first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Newham Black History Month 1 Oct – 2 Nov 2019
“Join us this October for a month of poetry, talks, film screenings, exhibitions, oral history, singing and author events to explore Black History Month”.
‘Worth fighting for’
Library and museum staff in Bradford have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in the face of swingeing cuts to the city’s libraries and museums, which could see funding axed by 65 per cent. …Read more…
‘Pay us now’
Thomas Cook staff demand financial support at Tory conference after gov let firm go under.
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‘Vital lifeline’
Pensioners across the UK will be protesting tomorrow (October 1) over the decision that the over 75s will lose their right to a free TV licence next June, unless they claim pension credit. …Read more…
Thousands turn out to protest at Tory conference
UNISON North West, who have been fighting on the front line of public service cuts for the past decade, led the march
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Chancellor’s spending pledges are a decade too late, says UNISON
Promises for services are just electioneering
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Are you local champs ready?
With Local Service Champions Day fast approaching on 17 October, we chatted with Diane Peacock, the branch secretary at UNISON’s City of Sunderland branch, about the exciting plans her team have in…Read more…
West Ham ward Labour Doorstep with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz
This morning we went on a #LabourDoorstep to speak to local residents in West Ham ward. We split into 2 teams and knocked on doors to ask residents whether they had any problems or issues with Newham Council.
As a local ward Councillor I had a number …Read more…
JC thanks West Ham CLP & its MP Lyn Brown
Video of Jeremy Corbyn thanking West Ham Labour & Lyn Brown MP yesterday for mobilising activists to campaign for Faiza Shaheen at Chingford & Woodford Green Labour. Jeremy also slated the government for doing nothing t…Read more…
It’s time to break the taboo over periods and end period poverty
Being unable to afford menstruation protection means women and girls may miss out on school or being unable to attend work. The Trade Union movement has made tackling period poverty a priority.Read more…
No deal Brexit: a disaster for jobs, public services and the economy
And it’s working people who’ll pay the heaviest price.Read more…
Patisserie Valerie and BlackRock
Just a bit of Excel fun on a Sunday lunchtime. In its relatively short life as a public company, Patisserie Holdings didn’t issue that many market announcements, so it’s easy to pull together TR1 notices. I know that BlackRock had a big long position t…Read more…
‘Beacon of hope’
The announcement on Saturday (September 28) that a Labour government will abolish the ‘cruel and miserable’ Universal Credit (UC) system has been warmly welcomed by Unite. Unite has been…Read more…