It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and the pandemic is having a significant and negative impact on our collective mental health. But don’t worry, your union is here to help
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UNISON calls for support for workers’ mental health
The union has resources and advice available as we begin this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week
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Walking in Otford, Kent
Last Sunday we drove to Otford for a marvellous 6 mile circular walk. It took 50 minutes but there is a local train station. I had thought that I knew this part of Kent well, but this website https://kentwalksnearlondon.com/ was a real find. …Read more…
UNISON NEC elections now on: Vote for #avoiceformembers candidates
So vote for
Integrity, Authority, Unity – and sacking other people…
For just one of my seven terms as an elected member of the UNISON National Executive Council I served alongside a young UNISON Branch Secretary from the North West Region, Angela Rayner.
She was a supporter of the UNISON leadership on most occasions, w…Read more…
Greater London Mayor & Assembly elections May 6 (East Central By Election & UNISON NEC)
Yesterday was a long and full on day campaigning and visiting activists in West Ham with our local MP, Lyn Brown (and Cara)
We “knocked up” Labour voters in the East Ham Central ward by election with our candidate, Farah Nazeer asking them if the…Read more…
Not a good day for Labour
I see that I haven’t blogged here for several weeks, partly because I have been engaged in another project, but also because some of the other time which I had was taken up (in the earlier part of my blog-free period) with the selection of two excellen…Read more…
Higher education employers make ‘disappointing’ final offer
The offer is for a 1.5% pay rise for most pay points, with higher percentage increases for those on lower pay points
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‘Excellent alternative business plan’
Members of Unite employed at GKN Birmingham have today (May 6), along with the joint consultative committee, presented an alternative business plan to the company’s senior management, as part of…Read more…
Testing your union’s new digital services by prototyping
Prototyping is a very important tool when it comes to designing new digital systems. As non-profits, reliant on members’ contributions, unions have to be careful to get the best returns out of…Read more…
UK should embrace vaccine waiver for everyone’s sake, says UNISON
Helping less wealthy countries will save millions of lives
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UNISON opposes drastic cuts to UK aid budget
Lifesaving support for water, sanitation and hygiene will be reduced by 80 percent, which will have a devastating effect on countries across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Fire and rehire ban call
Trade unions representing millions of UK workers and Labour MPs and Lords from across the country have issued a joint call for the government to ban fire and rehire as pressure builds for ministers…Read more…
Gene edited food rules to be relaxed
Unite, the UK’s leading union, is urging caution over moves by both the UK and the EU to relax rules governing the commercial use of gene editing in agriculture. Last week, the European Commission…Read more…
JDE dispute latest
Crunch talks are being held on Friday (May 7) in a bid to resolve the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute involving nearly 300 workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Talks between Unite…Read more…
‘Biggest shake-up of pathology services in decades’
There needs to be a proper public consultation for a new mega centre to analyse blood samples from Lancashire and South Cumbria, as the proposal will mean longer waiting times for patients to get…Read more…
British and Irish trade unions condemn Colombian state violence
Letter notes human rights abuses on a ‘massive scale’, with up to 37 people reported killed
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Review: The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson
In the afterword to this book, author David F. Walker provides a rather nuanced view of the Black Panthers, and correctly sums it all up by saying that the conditions that gave birth to the…Read more…
‘We must move cautiously’
Unite has joined other education unions, scientists, public health experts, parents and pupils in calling for Covid safety measures in secondary schools to remain in place and only be lifted once…Read more…
Unmesh Desai says vote COMMITTEE in #Newham.
Unmesh Desai says vote COMMITTEE in #Newham. He’s #VotingForChange – are you?
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