Unite hotel workers and Citizens UK protested outside a Holiday Inn in London today (November 10), demanding that its parent company Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) keep its promises and pay the…Read more…
Highways safety card slammed
Unite has expressed deep concern at the announcement that Highways England has launched a new health and safety ‘passport’. The lack of consultation and secrecy concerning the new card scheme has…Read more…
Bus safety concerns
Unite has accused Transport for London (TfL) of attempting to sweep concerns about the health and welfare of bus drivers under the carpet with its response to the London Assembly’s report ‘Driven to…Read more…
Better pay at last?
Sluggish wage growth is set to accelerate next year, according to a report by the Bank of England’s regional agents. Unite said if potential pay increases were realised it would be “good news…Read more…
Ford pay deal win
About 9,000 Ford production workers have been offered an inflation-busting pay deal which guarantees at least a 6.5 per cent rise in a two-year package. Unite, which represents the vast…Read more…
Stirling becomes latest council to sign up to Ethical Care Charter
“Social care workers provide a lifeline service for vulnerable people,” UNISON branch secretary Lorraine Thomson said this week as she welcomed Stirling Council in Scotland signing up to the…Read more…
Blog: Time to stop FE cuts and invest in education
This government must show it is willing and able to prepare our country for the challenges of the future – and its treatment of vital public services like further education will show how serious…Read more…
We’re urging Theresa May to make homes safe from fire.
A great video and I would encourage everyone to sign the letter to the prime minister to make social housing homes safe but dare I say pretty much all Housing blocks should have this protection as well as all of our schools?
Greater London UNISON Regional Council AGM 2017 nomination requests
Dear UNISON Colleague,
It’s that time again as we approach the forthcoming Regional Council AGM on Wednesday 7 February 2018.
It’s not been an easy year but on behalf of us, your Regional Council Officers (Conroy, John, Elizabeth and Francesca), thank you for all your support. As always we…Read more…
Broken Living Wage pledge
Unite has joined forces with Citizens UK to challenge the global hotel group which owns the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza, over its broken 2012 promise to phase in the London Living Wage for all its…Read more…
What’s the rush?
The Tories’ Brexit trade bill has sparked fury across the labour movement, with union figures saying it would endanger thousands of skilled jobs and allow ministers to circumnavigate parliament and…Read more…
Remove pay deal ‘roadblock’
Bosses at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant have been urged to remove ‘the roadblock’ to a pay deal, as Unite workers prepare to go on strike for a second time on November 22. Unite,…Read more…
Don’t suffer in silence
It all started with what at first glance might appear as an innocent comment here and there. But then the boss persisted. Although Unite member and Woolwich Ferry worker Colleen* had told him…Read more…
Havana Glasgow Film Festival
A reminder that the Havana Glasgow Film Festival runs from today until Sunday 12 November.
The festival has a great selection of films and UNISON is associated with the screening of From Ghost Town to Havana at 7.15pm at the CCA, Glasgow, on Friday 10 November. Ghost Town to Havana is a heartbreaking, funny, and inspirational story about mentorship, life, love, murder, kids and baseball inRead more…
Vestas shifts investment from the Isle of Wight once more:
New MHI Vestas facility to open at Fawley Wind turbine blade at MHI Vestas. The Danish, MHI Vestas, monopoly will now invest in Fawley, away from the Isle of Wight, into a…Read more…
Gala Evenings in Russia, 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Organised by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation:
Celebrations in Russia: Oktyabrsky Grand Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, November 3, 2017 Part 1 Part 2 Rossiya Concert Hall (Luzhniki), Moscow, November 5, 2017 Part 1 Part 2 AdvertisementsRead more…
Herding cats in the LGPS pools
Professional Pensions Magazine & website John Gray says the London CIV need a simpler and more representative governance structure
The London CIV (collective investment vehicle) is currently undergoing a much needed governance review a…Read more…
Save BAE factory call
Unite will reassert its determination to ensure that manufacturing continues at the BAE factory in Brough, East Yorkshire, tomorrow (November 9). Representatives of the workforce at the Brough…Read more…
Power surge
As winter nears, so too does the prospect of paying sky-high energy bills. Despite the government pledging in October to rush through a cap on energy prices, we know now that the cap won’t…Read more…
UNISON will “leave no stone unturned” as it seeks to protect energy jobs
This bolt from the blue will have left many of the companies’ employees feeling decidedly anxious
The article UNISON will “leave no stone unturned” as it seeks to protect energy jobs…Read more…