If you work in housing associations, Charities and the voluntary sector and are members of UNISON please vote for Denise and John as your voices on its National Executive Council (NEC).
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Vote Labour, Vote Labour, Vote Labour – 3 votes for Labour in London: Mayor, Assembly member & Party
Braving the rain yesterday evening with Plaistow South Canvass teams and our super active Labour City and East Candidate, Unmesh Desai.
(In the East Ham Central ward by election they have a fourth Labour vote for Farah Nazeer)Read more…
We’re voting for change – Newham Referendum 6 May 2021
Newham voters are going to the polls today Thursday 6 May to decide how their council is run.
This is a one-off referendum – if you don’t vote today, you won’t get another chance for at least ten years.
Vote for Change for a fairer, more democratic cou…Read more…
Denise and John for UNISON Community NEC seats!
Ballot papers for the UNISON NEC elections 2021-2023 are now being delivered by Royal Mail to the homes of UNISON members.
Many thanks to our first video endorsement by Lola for our campaign (Denise Thomas for the Community NEC female seat and J…Read more…
IHG bosses: ‘do the right thing’
Global hotel chain IHG’s annual meeting on Friday (May 7) should act as a catalyst for a new chapter in employment rights for its staff, especially as the world’s spotlight will be on Glasgow, where…Read more…
Tugboat strikes ‘shot across management’s bows’
Devonport naval base faces 96 hours of disruption next week when tugboat crews strike in the continuing rostering dispute, Unite said today (May 5). About 40 tractor tug crew members employed by…Read more…
Wales’s Social Partnership Bill: A chance for change
Progress on the Welsh Government’s Fair Work agenda has been stop-start in the two years since the independent Fair Work Commission published its ambitious set of recommendations. The new Social…Read more…
What Workers in Wales Want: 5 Priorities for the Next Senedd Term
Between December 2020 and April 2021 we worked with YouGov to talk to thousands of workers across Wales to better understand how they view their working lives, their experiences of the Covid crisis,…Read more…
Rebuilding for Good Jobs: Why the next Welsh Government must focus on job quality
If we’re going to come out of the Covid crisis with a fairer economy and a more equal Wales then the next Welsh Government must confront the grim realities of our labour market and target job quality…Read more…
Hopes for Euro hols – but govt support vital
Commenting on reports that popular European travel destinations will be added to a UK government ‘green list’ for holidaymakers by the end of June, Unite national officer for aviation Oliver…Read more…
Review: The Black Echo, by Michael Connelly
I admit it: I’m a latecomer to this party. Michael Connelly is an enormously successful writer and his series about Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch is his best-known work. But it’s…Read more…
The roaring twenties
Increasingly, big business leaders and bankers are talking about the possibility of an economic boom in the next few months. Earlier projections of economic stagnation and talk of the worst economic…Read more…
West Hammers help out in East Ham Central By Election
Yesterday evening I went out on the Labour doorstep with our West Ham MP, Lyn Brown and Cara (the infamous Labour attack dog) to support Farah Ahmed, our Labour candidate in East Ham Central by election on Thursday May 6 (and our London Mayoral Candida…Read more…
UNISON NEC election ballot papers are being sent out to members home addresses from May 4. Vote for candidates who pledge to be your voice for members.
Ballot papers for UNISON NEC elections are being sent out to members registered home addresses from May 4th. Look out for your ballot papers and consider voting for candidates who pledge to be your voice.
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Bank Holiday Stall “Voting for Change” in Newham (and some great music)
Picture from the “Voting for Change” stall in Stratford yesterday with respected community activist Josephine and John, my fellow West Ham Councillor,. We were handing out postcards and answering questions to residents outside the main Station.&n…Read more…
‘Unsung heroes’
On May the Fourth – Star Wars Day – Unite sends ‘the force’ to all council workers in their continued fight for fair pay. Alongside NHS and other key workers, council workers have been at…Read more…
UNISON celebrates Domestic Abuse Bill passing into law
Abuse survivors will have new workplace protections as a direct result of work by UNISON
The article UNISON celebrates Domestic Abuse Bill passing into law first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staff and patients could be exposed to…Read more…
Update on UNISON’s legal assistance
Access to UNISON’s legal assistance has reverted to the UNISONdirect service.
The article Update on UNISON’s legal assistance first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON demands human rights due diligence law for supply chains
Both business and the public sector should be held to account if they fail to prevent human rights abuse and environmental damage
The article UNISON demands human rights due diligence law for supply…Read more…