‘With the election just over six weeks away, the NHS needs those who have the will, the spirit and the dedication to fight for it, and to save it,’ Dave Prentis tells health conference
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‘With the election just over six weeks away, the NHS needs those who have the will, the spirit and the dedication to fight for it, and to save it,’ Dave Prentis tells health conference
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Helen Connor, EISPresidential Address 120th STUC Annual Congress
Good morning Congress and welcome to Aviemore. It is an honour and a privilege to address you as STUC President. To be…Read more…
Chronic understaffing across the NHS is putting patient lives at risk, according to UNISON’s UK-wide annual survey of nurses published today (Monday) at the start of its health conference in…Read more…
After a week in North Wales celebrating my Mum’s 76th, visiting family (and sneaked in a couple of hill walks) I drove back to London yesterday and today started campaigning in the Ilford North marginal then met up with West Ham CLP officers to agree o…Read more…
The Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (Britain & Ireland) is holding a special meeting on Tuesday 25th April – focusing on the challenge of whistleblower protection. As…Read more…
Okay, everyone is busy, busy and Easter is not a great time to hold an election but if you are a UNISON member and you haven’t voted yet then please get this sorted asap. All ballot papers have to be in by this Friday 28 April.
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I think it is a safe bet to assume that we are going to wake up on morning of June 9, 2017 to a Tory government with an increased parliamentary majority, and with Labour facing an electoral defeat of…Read more…
Retail sales have seen their worst decline since 2010. But rising consumer credit figures suggest we’re not at the end of the consumer spending boom just yet. Retail sales volumes declined by -1.4% in the first quarter of 2017, the worse quarterly decline since the first quarter of 2010 (itself…Read more…
Overshadowed by the General election, local elections will be taking place across the country on May 4th. My cousins cousin, Geraint Lloyd-Williams, is restanding as a Labour County Councillor in Denbigh, North Wales. This is from his FaceB…Read more…
As we approach the 4th anniversary of terrible tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, it’s important to hold on to the sense of shock we all had when we heard that over a thousand workers, full aware…Read more…
Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite’s general secretary. The result will be seen as a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Len McCluskey’s chief rival Gerard Coyne was…Read more…
Len McCluskey has been re-elected general secretary of Unite, the union announced today (April 21). Votes cast in the election were as follows: Len McCluskey 59, 067 Gerard Coyne 53, 544…Read more…
Unite has called for an urgent meeting with the management of Icelandic Seachill in Grimsby, following today’s (April 21) announcement that one of the town’s largest employers had been put up for…Read more…
Just a day after BMW justified its pension scheme closure plans by calling the scheme “unsustainable and unaffordable” in a statement on Wednesday (April 19), the car firm posted skyrocketing…Read more…
A group of homecare workers from Haringey have made headlines with their battle for the minimim wage
The article Fighting for the future of homecare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Health visitors and school nurses are holding a campaign meeting in the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday (April 26) to hammer out a checklist for prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs), which…Read more…
A new film by Unite is highlighting the need to protect the United Kingdom’s crucial automotive sector from the uncertainty of a hard Brexit during the run up to the general election on June…Read more…
Men are almost twice as likely to suffer a serious injury at work as women, and for decades health and safety practice has reflected what has been seen traditionally as a problem most affecting men….Read more…
As the shock subsides, the reality sets in – little more than two years after having had a general election, Britons brace themselves for yet another one on June 8. Election fatigue may make…Read more…