The link between outbreaks of Covid-19 at meat processing plants and the sector’s widespread exploitation of migrant workers on low pay and insecure contracts ‘must be addressed’, Unite said last…Read more…
Fighting on two fronts – and paying the price
Migrant key workers are on the pandemic frontline but their fight to remain in the country is even harder. UNISON is asking the government to grant them indefinite leave to remain. We hear what that…Read more…
Scrapping of NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers ‘long overdue’
Government should remove the charge for all migrant workers
The article Scrapping of NHS surcharge for migrant health and care workers ‘long overdue’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Mean-spirited and shabby’
Unite said the hypocrisy of the prime minister was given extra piquancy as he singled out two non-UK nurses – one from New Zealand and the other from Portugal – for praise after he survived his…Read more…
Government’s treatment of migrant workers is shameful
Out of touch ministers measure value only in pounds and pence
The article Government’s treatment of migrant workers is shameful first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Totally bonkers’
Last Wednesday (February 19) UniteLive highlighted the government’s new ‘points-based’ immigration system. Now, we investigate further with a series of features about what these new…Read more…
Settled status: UNISON can help
“UNISON will carry on campaigning with, and on behalf, of our European members and their families to retain their existing rights post Brexit.”
The article Settled status: UNISON can help first…Read more…
‘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…
Unite speaks your language
Workers who speak English as a second language will be able to access help and information on Unite the union’s website in their own language thanks to a new accessibility tool, which also boosts…Read more…
‘Unite is my family’
Khadija Najlaoui’s first experience as a Unite rep will never leave her. Najlaoui was representing a migrant worker in London who was experiencing difficulties in his workplace. “He…Read more…
Celebrating migrant workers
More than 7,000 workers have benefited from bespoke educational programmes over the last 10 years that have helped them to improve their language skills and gain employment. The programme,…Read more…
The future of EU workers is ‘a fight that’s too important to lose’
MPs, Lords and the London Mayor back EU workers as UNISON members lobby Westminster
The article The future of EU workers is ‘a fight that’s too important to lose’ first appeared on…Read more…
EU citizens facing discrimination over jobs and housing
Government urged to stem the tide of ‘uncertainty and confusion’
The article EU citizens facing discrimination over jobs and housing first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Blog: I dream in English – a German member’s thoughts on Brexit
By Christina Egan When I read Anke Plummer’s account of feeling like a Briton, I wondered why, as another German living here for over 20 years, I do not seem to feel British at all? Well, I…Read more…
Under pressure
Today on International Women’s Day (March 8), much is made of the overall pay gap between men and women in the UK – now standing stubbornly high at 19 per cent. But what’s not as often talked…Read more…
‘This union fears no one’
Crowding into Unite’s Holborn office conference room for the migrant workers’ conference on February 22, I was struck by the energy and positive vibes just beaming off every single soul in there –…Read more…
Lords back EU migrants’ right to remain
Setback for government’s ‘repugnant’ use of EU migrants as Brexit bargaining chips
The article Lords back EU migrants’ right to remain first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Strengthening our industrial voice’
Unite hosted a Migrant Workers Conference on Wednesday (February 22), which was held at the union’s central office in London and hosted a wide range of speakers including Unite executive…Read more…
‘People are not bargaining chips’
Hundreds of UNISON members and fellow EU citizens lobby Parliament to guarantee their right to stay in the country
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UNISON’s Gareth Snell in final stages of high profile election
Stoke by-election candidate says his union experience has informed his campaign
The article UNISON’s Gareth Snell in final stages of high profile election first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…