Graeme Ellis’s experience of homecare made him determined to improve the lives of others in his situation
The article When the cared for becomes the carer first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Ballot Papers now out- vote Dave Brinson #1
Ballot papers were dispatched on Wednesday, and have begun arriving on members’ doormats this morning. Please take a minute to fill in your ballot form, and return it: it’s YOUR union, make your…Read more…
The First May Day 1890 poem
The First May Day
Punch 3rd May 1890
A universal movement in favour of shorter hours would seem
best fitted to secure the amelioration of the labourer’s lot.
The Times.
Enthusiastic Operative to…Read more…
Keep on fighting
In our final installment to celebrate Black History Month this week on UNITElive, we meet Unite members Nikita Uddin and Joe Welch The slave trade is inextricably linked to Britain’s history. While…Read more…
McCarthyism at John Lewis Partnership 1949
In April 1949, The
John Lewis Partnership central council voted 60 to 34 to adopt a
recommendation that in future all employees should be asked to sign a declaration
that they are neither members…Read more…
Episode 14: ‘I’m in big trouble, Hughie’
Sounds familiar? If you work in the hospitality industry you can join www.unitetheunion.org – if you earn less than the Living Wage (£9.15ph in London, £7.85 outside) for just £2.10 per week….Read more…
Petition launched to re-instate suspended UNISON steward
Further demonstration planned today after Sandy Nicholl is suspended over claims he allowed students to occupy SOASRead more…
Union outrage as Tube bosses try to pick off workers one by one
TSSA calls on Boris Johnson to attend face-to-face meeting to resolve Night Tube disputeRead more…
Taxi drivers warn of ‘go-slow’ campaign in Leicester
RMT launches campaign against scapegoating of driversRead more…
UNISON members to ballot for strike at Open University to save 500 jobs
Ballot of UCU members is already underway over plans to close seven regional centres and axe 500 jobsRead more…
Unions in Wales join forces with bosses to oppose TU Bill
Westminster government urged to reconsider “blatant attack on unions”Read more…
Social Democratic Party – StGeorge’s & Wapping Banner
Members of the Social Democratic Party (formally Social Democratic Federation pre 1908) selling their journal Justice Read more…
European Parliament calls for Edward Snowden to be protected from extradition
Brussels, 29/10/2015. European Parliament MEPs today called on EU member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition…Read more…
Karren Brady: hands off West Ham fans’ tax credits
To: Baroness Karren Brady Stop voting to cut the tax credits that hard working West Ham fans rely on to get by.
Why is this important? I’m a former season ticket holder and lifelong West Ham fan. I was disgusted to see that West Ham’s Vice Chair…Read more…
Supply Teachers- next steps in the Agency campaign- and a reminder of how we actually got here !
NUT members staged a great lobby of the main supply teachers’ agencies yesterday. While I couldn’t be there in person, I am proud that East Sussex was represented. I have long campaigned for…Read more…
U.S.A. : No Guarantee Of Trade If UK Leaves EU
The United States trade negotiator Michael Froman, who is leading the talks for the USA on TTIP and lead the talks on TPP says the USA would not be positive towards negotiating a separate free trade…Read more…
Barnet Voice 2
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‘Blatant disenfranchisement’
Millions risk losing their voice if they don’t sign up to register to vote in the next three weeks, after the House of Lords failed to approve a motion on Tuesday (October 27) that would halt the…Read more…
South African students march to parliament in solidarity with workers
“The revolution will be black-led and intersectional or it will be bullshit”.Read more…
TUC: unionlearn:
Learning & Organising This course will help reps: examine the current situation in their workplace and identify some of the environmental factors that impact on the learning and organising agenda…Read more…