The ballot closes 5pm on Thursday 27 May 2021 so please dig out your ballot paper from the pile of “will sort out later” mail in kitchen drawer or chair and vote as your NEC members people who will be #avoiceformembers.
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Goodlord’s reputation ‘in tatters’
London lettings services firm Goodlord’s reputation is ‘in tatters’ after more than three months of strike action over £6,000 pay cuts, the hostile targeting of striking workers and the loss of its…Read more…
‘Flagrant and wasteful use of taxpayers’ money’
Wasteful bosses could spend three times as much undermining a strike by biomedical scientists at a Lancashire NHS trust in an upgrading pay row than it would cost to settle, Unite the union said….Read more…
300 million cups of coffee lost
The JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) coffee plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire has lost an estimated six million jars of coffee production – or 300 million cups of coffee – as a result of industrial action over…Read more…
New digital tactics behind our key workers’ pay rise campaign
As MPs stood on their doorsteps and clapped, offered platitudes and had their pictures taken – there was a glimmer of hope for the millions of overworked and low-paid key workers who are…Read more…
Greater London UNISON Regional Council AGM 2021
Today was the Annual General Meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Council. It was held virtually with a shortened agenda but mirrored what happened when we had past physical meetings (sort of).
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12 ways to get organised
As the UK’s largest trade union, UNISON’s strength is in our members working together. United and organised, we can achieve real change for working people. But after such a tumultuous year, it’s more…Read more…
Making a virtual out of a necessity: NASUWT online conference 2021 case study
Organising a fully virtual and democratic trade union conference. By NASUWT’s Sammy Connell and Chris Weavers. The NASUWT held its centenary Annual Conference at the ICC Belfast Convention…Read more…
Israel/Palestine: The crisis of leadership is only part of the problem
Over 80 years ago, Trotsky wrote that “the world political situation as a whole is chiefly characterised by a historical crisis of the leadership of the proletariat.” I always thought that this was a…Read more…
Thank you Kristina for your vote! (UNISON NEC Community & London seats) #avoiceformembers
Many thanks to London care worker Kristina for her support for Denise and I for the Community seats and also voting for Sonya, Clara, Eddie and Eunice for the London Seats.
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Final agenda published today for June’s special delegate conference
The results of the prioritisation process are also released, while delegates will learn next week how to register to speak
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UNISON statement: In solidarity with Palestinian workers
The union condemns the violence on both sides and calls for an end to attacks, and to 54 years of occupation
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NHS pay campaign: #2daysfor2k kicks off around the UK
Health workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are demanding an immediate wage increase of at least £2,000 for all NHS staff
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Remember George Floyd, and commit to the fight against racism
Dear Colleagues,
25th March marks the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. The TUC and Stand up to Racism are organising an event which brings us to together to pay respects to the memory of George Floyd, and asks us all to commit to the…Read more…
Bosses ‘filmed families’ at JDE protest
Bosses at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire are accused of carrying out covert surveillance of workers and their families protesting at the company’s ‘fire and rehire plans’ in…Read more…
‘Huge victory’ at Manchester Go North West
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country’s longest-running industrial disputes. The deal was…Read more…
Labour and TUC call for ‘fire and rehire’ ban as part of new work vision
End of lockdown a chance for people to reassert control, say Frances O’Grady and Angela Rayner
People will have an opportunity to wrest back control over their working lives when the country emerges from the pandemic, but the government must do m…Read more…
Higher education staff reject 1.5% pay offer
The pay offer keeps up with inflation, but does not catch up with pay lost to HE staff over the past ten years
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‘Paltry offer’
Unions representing 750,000 council and school support staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland criticised a recent 1.5 per cent pay offer made by the Local Government Association. GMB, Unite…Read more…
Unions call on schools and colleges to retain masks
UNISON joins other education unions in England to put the case for continuing use of face coverings by staff and children
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