On ‘Brexit Day’ Dave Prentis spoke of the importance of protection for immigrants and justice for the Windrush generation
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Barriers to overseas recruitment will disrupt care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea warns proposals will cause uncertainty and instability
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‘Unite and fight for it’
As Labour Party delegates held a debate on the final day of conference on Wednesday (September 25) about immigration, Unite delegate Neelam Verma explains why she and her union stands with migrant…Read more…
The ‘truly appalling’ treatment of the Windrush generation
Conference overwhelmingly votes to continue to support members affected by the Windrush scandal and to campaign for a fairer immigration system
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Crying girl on the border
The winners of the World Press Photo 2019 contest have been announced, selected from over 78,000 photos taken by 4,738 photographers.Warning: contains images that some may find distressing.The winning image is by John Moore showing Honduran toddler Yan…Read more…
Please help stop another cruel right to stay refusal
Home Office continuing to reject application even though married couple meet the government’s stringent demands
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Immigration advice as we close on Brexit
If you’re a member and worried about your status after the UK’s scheduled departure from the European Union, we can help
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Another Windrush?
Unite members from the EU have been urged to contact the union’s immigration helpline if they have concerns about living and working in the UK after Brexit, following the opening of the government’s…Read more…
‘Fear, hope and loss’
Britain’s divisions along cultural, education and economic lines were laid bare in a new wide-ranging study by anti-extremism campaigning group Hope Not Hate. The study, which is based on six…Read more…
‘Stand together now’
On Tuesday (September 11) TUC conference delegates debated strategies for ending the Tory government’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy especially in light of the recent Windrush scandal….Read more…
Surviving the Windrush scandal
Michael Braithwaite, a school teaching assistant who lost his job due to the Windrush scandal, recalls his fear of deportation
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UNISON comment on NHS staff handing patients’ data to the Home Office
Health staff will be relieved to know they no longer have to act as immigration officers on the wards.
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EU nurse ‘exodus’
The Tories’ use of EU nationals as “bargaining chips” in the Brexit negotiations caused 10 per cent of European NHS nurses to resign last year, meaning attempts to reverse nursing staff…Read more…
‘Duty of care is to patients’
Home Office immigration officers have asked an East London GP surgery to reveal a patient’s address in what Unite has described as an “appalling” attempt to co-opt health workers into monitoring…Read more…
Windrush: Unite calls for ‘dignity and respect’
Paulette Wilson, 61, has lived in the UK for just over half a century. Part of the Windrush generation – Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean who were invited by the UK government to settle in…Read more…
Immigration – confusion and inaction from government
The Home Secretary’s announcement yesterday on post-Brexit immigration plans was barely out the door before the government’s all-encompassing confusion over Brexit enveloped it. Amber Rudd’s junior minister, Brandon Lewis, contradicted her spin if not her substance, almost…Read more…
‘Catastrophic consequences’
The Conservative’s plan to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands would cause “catastrophic economic consequences”, a study by an employer-backed think tank shows. The Global Future…Read more…
Blog: Standing against hate in all its forms
At a time when our values are under fire, we must take every opportunity to oppose peddlers of bigotry, and attacks on the powerful diversity of our country – and UNISON will take a leading role in…Read more…
Yet more uncertainty
Prime minister Theresa May gave her clearest picture yet of what the government will be seeking as it leaves the European Union yesterday (January 17) in a landmark speech. But still more…Read more…
Tackling precarious work & addressing migration concerns
Last week I spoke at a conference organised by the TUC and Exeter University on ‘Confronting change: Globalization, Migration and Precarious Labour in the Age of Brexit.’ This is a summary of my speech. As conditions have become more insecure for workers since 2006 – a recent TUC report showed 1 in…Read more…