The living wage is about being able to live on what you earn. It should be a simple ask. In fact, in 2017, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it should be a given. Yet every year unions…Read more…
Trouble in Paradise?
An explosive data leak – one of the largest of its kind, containing more than 13m documents – showed the extent of tax avoidance among the world’s elite, including powerful and influential people in…Read more…
Social workers speak out
“We see more and more families coming into our remit because of these environmental factors. You can’t deny the link between austerity and people’s lives getting harder and harder.”
The article…Read more…
Review: Eyewitness to History: Memoirs and Reflections of a Foreign Correspondent for Half a Century by Isaac Don Levine
I first came across Isaac Don Levine while researching the question of whether Stalin had been an agent of the tsarist police — an Okhrana mole inside the Bolshevik Party. Levine published a…Read more…
Join the Thunderclap for the Stars in Our Schools
Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November
The article Join the Thunderclap for the Stars in Our Schools first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
100 years ago today …
… the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd. This video may be worth viewing. Read more…
NHS Providers’ report “hits the nail on the head”, says UNISON
Commenting on the NHS Providers’ report, There For You: A Better Future for the NHS Workforce, published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “This report hits the nail on the…Read more…
Grenfell Fire: Newham Scrutiny: Fire Safety in Tower Blocks Scrutiny
“Dear Robin
Thank you for your weekly briefing. I must admit that I am surprised and concerned that you are involving yourself in a scrutiny matter into your own Executive. I would have thought that if Cllr McAlmont wished to contact Councillors about…Read more…
New living wage rates announced
The living wage has risen to £8.75 an hour across the UK and £10.20 an hour in London
The article New living wage rates announced first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Wage robbery’
Low-paid workers employed by a contractor at the MoD’s Fort Blockhouse in Gosport will stage a wage robbery protest tomorrow (November 7) as a result of their employer cutting their working year from…Read more…
‘Alarm bells ringing’
With alarm bells ringing over consumer confidence and falling car sales, Theresa May and her Conservative government’s continuing uncertainty on Brexit is harming jobs and investment, Unite warned…Read more…
Tribunal victory
A union rep at Bromley council has won her employment tribunal (ET) case which found she was victimised for trade union activities, Unite has announced. Unite Legal Services lodged claims…Read more…
Pressing ahead
Members of Unite employed by Mears in Manchester in housing maintenance roles will begin a programme of 49 days of strikes next week. The strike action begins with a 48-hour stoppage on…Read more…
‘Dismantle’ low pay call
One in five people are still earning less than the Living Wage a new report has found, just as the wage rate increased today (November 6) to £10.20 in London and £8.75 in the rest of the UK. …Read more…
PIP verdict victory
A man with a severe mental illness who was refused proper disability benefits has had the decision overturned at a tribunal thanks to the help of Unite Community volunteers. The vulnerable…Read more…
From school star to star MP
Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations
The article From school star to star MP first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Tax avoidance and tax havens must be tackled
Those with the most at their disposal should be making the biggest contribution to our public services
The article Tax avoidance and tax havens must be tackled first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2017/18
UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation means that some seats on elected bodies, including the NEC, are reserved for women and low-paid members, so that the make-up fairly…Read more…
Muslim, Hindu & Sikh Spitfire Pilots defended Britain from the Nazis..It’s their Poppy too!
100% agree. As well as the West Indian, Africans, South Asian and other Empire and Commonwealth heroes who saved us from German conquest in the First and also the Second World War. Read more…
We do not and will not tolerate abusive behaviour
Dear Colleagues,
It’s been difficult to post regularly since starting my new post at Equity. It has been a fascinating time to join Equity and to support the union’s historical mission to eradicate a culture of abuse and harassment. The social, politi…Read more…