The city of Gloucester is braced for a summer of delays and disruption to parcel deliveries after workers at the local depot of UPS announced strike action in a long running dispute over bullying,…Read more…
Bristol City Council signs Unity over Division charter
Unite and Bristol council came together on Tuesday (July 20) to sign a ground-breaking agreement to promote a more tolerant and inclusive workplace. Unite’s Unity Over Division charter has been…Read more…
It’s time for Georgia to choose
Two weeks ago, far-right thugs attacked the LGBTI community’s ‘March for Dignity’ in Tblisi, Georgia. Dozens of people, mostly journalists, were badly beaten. It was a tragedy that could easily have…Read more…
Latest delay on social care reform could push staff over the edge, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says Boris Johnson hasn’t delivered nearly two years on from pledge
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‘Mixed messaging’ amid ‘pingdemic’
Unite has criticised the mixed messages coming from government about self-isolation rules, after business minister Paul Scully told the Times Radio that if people are ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace…Read more…
Face mask mistakes have left parents and children “high and dry”, says UNISON
Coverings should not have been hastily ditched
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Blog: How to start solving the housing crisis
Our communities need public services and they need the people providing those services living close by
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Greater London Black Members & Labour Link: Be A Councillor Course
Pleased as Chair of UNISON Greater London Labour Link to be jointly hosting this course with our Black members/Labour Local Government.
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It’s #NotTooMuchToMask; let’s keep protecting ourselves and each other against the ongoing threat of COVID-19
Wearing masks doesn’t stop anyone from living their lives. But it can help prevent infection spread and limit pressure on the NHS
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Isolation changes must happen with boosted safety measures, says UNISON
‘Pingdemic’ should not be used to bully staff back to work
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Using SMS to verify and correct member data: RCM case study
Data accuracy is vitally important for unions that want to improve the member experience. This has been doubly so over the last year, where many workplace reps have been unable to regularly check in…Read more…
Barnoldswick Rolls-Royce plant again under threat
A group of specialist engineers employed at the Rolls-Royce plant in Barnoldswick, Lancashire began strike action today (July 19) after fears for the long term future of the site resurfaced. Members…Read more…
JDE ‘fire and rehire’ dispute latest
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire will be balloted on a new pay and employment conditions’ package that removes the management’s proposal to ‘fire and rehire’ staff, Unite…Read more…
Kitchener’s Last Volunteer
Just started to read. My maternal Grandfather, Fredrick Matthews MC, a South Wales Steel Worker, volunteered in 1915 and fought in the trenches (Gallipoli, France, Belgian) for the rest of the war.
Review: Red Milk, by Sjón
This is the second book I’ve read by this Icelandic author, the first being Moonstone: The boy who never was (2016). These are both very short books (novellas, actually) and both tell the…Read more…
Health workers increasingly concerned at continued government stalling on NHS pay
Sara Gorton says it’s more than 100 days since staff were due rise
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Knockholt Pound & Chevening House walk
Off message but went on lovely 5 mile circular walk last Sunday with Gill in North Downs, Kent. Great views marred a bit by road noise from M25 for part of the route. Not a tough walk at all for such marvellous prospectives.
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St Mungo’s strikes called off
Strikes at the St Mungo’s housing charity have been called off after the management agreed to an independent review into bullying grievances raised by staff, Unite said on Thursday (July 15). Unite…Read more…
Lancashire biomedical scientists strike latest
Biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust are being re-balloted for strike action in an upgrading pay row, after bosses failed to ‘meaningfully engage’ in talks with Acas, the conciliation…Read more…
‘We will not let racists have the final word’
In the latest news on the scandal involving racist abuse against England football players, four people have been arrested in connection with the abuse. After England’s defeat in the Euro 2020 Final…Read more…