It’s great news that, overnight, Thailand’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Natural Fruit Company against Andy Hall, the British born migrant and workers’ rights defender…Read more…
Waging war against bogus self-employment
Addressing the hollowing out of transportation is critical…Read more…
‘Historic moment’
Today (November 2) Unite and Ucatt announced the two unions’ merger. “This is a historic moment for the construction industry and the men and women who work in it. Bad bosses and…Read more…
Another world was possible – for workers: The Georgian Experiment, 1918-1921
The following is the text of a speech I delivered at the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia in Tbilisi on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. Thank you to Irakli Petriashvili and the Georgian Trade…Read more…
Reinvigorate local democracy to increase voter engagement
The turnout in local government elections has been declining for a number of years. That’s unlikely to change until we reinvigorate local democracy.
Today, I was giving evidence to the Scottish…Read more…
NHS: ‘Disgraceful accounting’
The NHS faces mounting pressure as never before — a fact made startlingly clear in a recent poll of 99 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) which found that nearly half of the NHS authorities intend…Read more…
Pallet racking jobs at risk
Unite is holding crunch talks with the management of Link 51 in Telford tomorrow (November 3) to mitigate the 69 job losses announced in the pallet racking business. Link 51, part of…Read more…
Health and Safety Update 2016: London
02 November 2016
By Andrew Moretta, World of Work PhD student, The University of Liverpool
Andrew Moretta, a delegate at the Institute of Employment Rights’ Health and Safety Update 2016…Read more…
Living Wage changes lives
For thousands of workers up and down the country, the Living Wage – not the government’s bogus rebranding but the ‘real’ Living Wage – has changed lives to the tune of thousands a year. For…Read more…
Strike for justice
Strike action could be on the cards at a major cereal manufacturer in Wiltshire after a manufacturing operative was sacked unfairly. Justin Beckett, a Unite rep at Cereal Partners in…Read more…
“They are not just heroes within our union – they’re heroes to their communities too”
I’m proud of the job people who work in the health service do 24 hours a day, seven days a week. UNISON will always fight their corner against this government – by any means possible.
The article…Read more…
Retired Members Conference Southport 2016
The branch sent a delegate to the Unison National Retired Members’ Conference held in Southport during October 2016. Their report covers: Women’s SOG meeting Social Care Transport Energy all issues which affect pensioners locally and nationally –…Read more…
Building a strong future
Construction workers will have one powerful union voice on their side fighting for them from January 1, 2017 as members of UCATT voted by 85.5 per cent to merge with Unite today (Wednesday 2). …Read more…
Climate Change and the US Presidential Election: is there a way forward?
Martin Wolf is on fine form in today’s Financial Times (£), writing about the imperative of addressing climate change. Specifically, Wolf describes with frightening clarity the warming of the planet and asks, rhetorically, if this is such an important issue, why has it not featured in the debates…Read more…
North Ayrshire – a living wage employer
UNISON welcomes accreditation for latest Scottish council
The article North Ayrshire – a living wage employer first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Young worker’s challenge #1: Low pay
This month we’re counting down the ten most significant challenges faced by young workers. We’re kicking off with low pay. It’s no surprise that younger workers are paid less than older…Read more…
Social workers reject government reforms as unsafe, says UNISON
Government plans to reform the delivery of children’s social care have been overwhelmingly rejected by practising social workers in a new report published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. UNISON says the…Read more…
Join UNISON. Support at work
Great TV advert for UNISON. Support at work is really important, it is simply horrible to face redundancy or discipline hearings or action under sickness procedures etc on your own without trained independent representation.
But we need to also point …Read more…
Vestas: New Production
Wind turbine jobs boost for the Isle of Wight By A County Press Reporter Tuesday, November 1, 2016 One of the giant blades being produced by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind. SEVENTY jobs have been…Read more…
3 reasons why Philip Hammond should Fully Fund our NHS
SIGN THE PETITION HERE Your colleagues say it needs more money Yesterday the Health Select Committee – a group of MP’s with a Conservative majority – accused Theresa May and Jeremy Hunt of giving the “false impression” that the NHS was “awash with cash”, following the government’s pledge to…Read more…