Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
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Dave Prentis calls for full transparency on EU negotiations
General secretary will urge the government to consult trade unions throughout negotiations to leave the European Union when he meets cabinet minister David Davis
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‘£350m for the NHS’ swayed disabled voters in EU referendum
Research by the Papworth Trust reveals that NHS claim swayed disabled voters ‘who didn’t know how many of their protections were form the EU’
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London Borough of Croydon to sign UNISON ethical care charter
An agreement to be signed today (Monday) between UNISON and the London Borough of Croydon promises to deliver improved homecare for residents and more support for the borough’s homecare…Read more…
New living wage rates announced
UNISON welcomes increase to £8.45 (outside London) and 39.75 (London) an hour at start of Living Wage Week
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‘Ill-informed’ response to disability inquiry highlighted
Guest speaker to disabled members’ conference explains the work of a House of Lords committee looking at the Equality Act
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Real Living Wage benefits 3K businesses and their workers. Let’s make it 30K next year
The new Living Wage rates for London and the rest of the UK will be announced at 9.30 this morning. The announcement will also be made simultaneously in Glasgow, Cardiff and Manchester. I shall be at the London launch with the Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The re…Read more…
#CETA: zombie trade deal is no recipe for #Brexit
Today the Prime Minister of Canada flew into Brussels to sign the EU-Canada so-called trade agreement known as CETA – the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement – with the European Union. For the past fortnight, the signing had been held up by the French speaking regional parliament…Read more…
Employers failing to offer reasonable adjustments
Some managers don’t understand reasonable adjustments, but others are using disability as an excuse to get rid of staff, say delegates
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‘I’ll only be a minute’ – disabled members discuss transport
Experiences range from disabled parking spaces being blocked to being denied access to a bus because drivers won’t insist buggies are folded up
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Vice president tells conference of the challenges ahead
Political challenges lie ahead from a government still wedded to ‘failed austerity’ policies, vice president warns disabled members’ conference
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Disabled members’ conference backs action against bullying
Brighton conference opens with delegates debating a raft of motions that reveal how members face bullying and harassment in many guises
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Unite Executive Council Elections
The union is gearing up for elections to its Executive Council (EC), which is effectively the ruling body of the union between policy and rules conferences.
The Unite web site has a page about the forthcoming elections. This includes a helpful new boo…Read more…
Jezza “on the knocker” in support of Labour Councillor Candidate Yvonne Maxwell #LoveHoxton
Yesterday morning I missed the very beginning of the canvass session in support of Yvonne Maxwell, who is standing as the Labour candidate for Hackney Council in a by election in Hoxton West.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP turned up (by bike) to …Read more…
Violence at work: When someone with a grudge against a Housing worker takes a can of petrol…
Last week was European Health and Safety week. This is a time to think about work related safety matters.
Early this month I was rang by the radio programme “BBC 5 Live investigates”. They asked if I was available to be interviewed by the pr…Read more…
Unite seeks Brexit assurances for UK car industry and manufacturing
Britain’s largest union, Unite said it would be seeking similar government assurances for the UK’s car industry and manufacturing sector which may have been made to Nissan to cover the potential…Read more…
‘Monumental Victory’ In Uber Case
This is the official GMB press release: Similar contracts masquerading as bogus self employment will all be reviewed says GMB GMB, the union for professional drivers, has won their case against Uber…Read more…
Counting the cost of pregnancy discrimination
This week, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released figures on the financial cost of pregnancy discrimination. For women who lose their jobs, the cost is between £47 million and £113 million, just in the first year. Losses flowing from long term impacts on their career have not…Read more…
Night working is a boom industry
Personally, I struggle with mornings. To me, the arrival of daylight savings time and an extra hour in bed is the highlight of autumn, a season that contains my birthday. As you look forward to…Read more…
Paid Mayoral advisors should not be also Officers of local Party: West Ham CLP AGM (Part 2)
This is a great “slow action” picture from last nights packed West Ham Labour AGM (part 2). Our MP Lyn Brown is giving her Parliamentary report and answering questions.
We ran out of time at our first AGM to conclude all business so had to resum…Read more…