Welcome to the Branch Newsletter!I hope you had a nice break over the festive period and a good beginning of the year! We start this issue with a positive story about a member employed at Clarion Housing Group. As usual, we added information…Read more…
Carol Sewell wins 2023 UNISON Nelson Mandela Award
UNISON presents the Nelson Mandela Award every year to someone who has ‘gone above and beyond to represent Black members’
The article Carol Sewell wins 2023 UNISON Nelson Mandela Award first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘Let’s raise the bar,’ Christina McAnea tells Black members
Welcoming UNISON’s Year of Black Workers, the general secretary said: “Our union is stronger because of our Black members”
The article ‘Let’s raise the bar,’ Christina McAnea tells Black members first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The Strikes (Minimum Service) Bill: A Blatant Violation of International Labour Standards
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The Anti-Strike Law is a Historic Attack on Workers’ Rights
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Next steps in CRM for unions: 3 years on from PCS’ Salesforce move
Over the past five years our digital projects team have been working to transform PCS, based on the back of a move to the cloud CRM platform Salesforce and Microsoft Office 365. We started our journey with Salesforce in 2018. Initially we worked with a Salesforce partner called Fonteva. Fonteva developed membership organisation functionality with … Continue reading Next steps in CRM for unions: 3 years on from PCS’ Salesforce move
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‘Failing to succeed’: the role of Cambridge economics in making the case for the minimum wage
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Fighting the anti-strike law
The government is attempting to rush through Parliament new laws that could undermine workers’ ability to take strike action to defend their pay and conditions.
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A cold spell
Although spiders’ webs were frozen on treesAlthough the leaves had been dipped in iceAlthough waters’ constant drip turned into shafts of iciclesShe hunkered down on a pavement in Kentish TownOn cardboard ready to sleep under polystyrene Her name was Lidia or perhaps MariaHer birthplace BoliviaHer heart gave out on TuesdayShe lit up when someone spoke […]
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Fresh ambulance strikes announced
Unite has announced fresh dates in an escalation of the ambulance workers dispute. Members of Unite will stage ten further strikes over the coming weeks*. Additional dates could be announced in the comings days. The announcement of fresh strike comes ahead of the latest day of industrial action with Unite’s ambulance workers set to walk […]
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Lyn Brown MP Chairs Olympic Village public meeting with Residents and Police
I attended a pretty good meeting this evening in the Stratford Olympic Village with my MP, Lyn Brown, local residents and Police. I am not a local Councillor for this ward (Cllr Nate Higgins was there together with a number of Labour activists who do l…Read more…
West Mids National Express engineers to strike over pay
Around 200 West Midland’s National Express engineers have voted by 93 per cent in a ballot with a turnout of 80 per cent to strike over pay, Unite said today (January 19). The engineers – responsible for maintaining 1,200 vehicles that cover 93 per cent of the region’s bus network – could be joined on […]
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‘This is ultimately about our patients’
More than 1,000 ambulance workers, Unite members, took strike action on Thursday (January 19) in their fight to save the NHS from total collapse. Unite ambulance workers in Wales overwhelmingly voted to take strike action – by a margin of 88 per cent – over a pay offer that is well below inflation during an […]
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Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers
Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week
The article Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID
“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
The article Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Defend the right to strike
This week the government rushed their unfair, anti-democratic anti-strike bill through the House of Commons. Join our campaign to stop the bill.
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An assault on democracy
The government’s draconian strike legislation has nothing to do with safety. It is designed to weaken the power of trades … MoreRead more…
Normal blogging in 2023…
Regular readers of this Blog (Sid and Doris Blogger) may have noticed a dearth of posts over the past month.Rather than promising that “normal service will be resumed as soon as possible”, I think it may be more sensible to say that this could be the “…Read more…
Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency
See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier
The article Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Appointed Chair of Newham Pension Committee
On Monday it was formally announced at our Full Council meeting that I had been appointed as Chair of the Newham Council Pension Committee. The Newham Pension fund has around £1.7 billion in investments and is responsible for the pension futures …Read more…