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Unite South West and The Landworker are back at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival this July, and are today, May Day, announcing the initial Unite Marquee line up for another packed weekend in the birthplace of rural trade unionism. Kicking off the weekend in the Unite Marquee, often seen as the beating heart of the annual […]
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Unite construction members are making final preparations this weekend, before starting a five day hike along the iconic West Highland Way on Monday (4 May) to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. The four Glaswegian construction workers have been training hard over the last few months in preparation for the 96-mile trail, where they are […]
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Unite is inviting everyone to head to Barnsley this weekend to mark 100 years since the General Strike. The strike that brought the country to a stand still in 1926 is a moment in working history that still echoes in today’s fights for fair pay, secure work, and dignity on the job. Organisers have pulled […]
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UNISON is among seven education unions voicing concerns
The post Trust plans will divert money from pupils and lead to more complicated system, say unions appeared first on UNISON National.
UNISON is among seven education unions voicing concerns
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Construction workers, activists and campaigners gathered at the Building Worker statue on Tower Hill yesterday (28 April) for Unites annual International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) commemoration. Though workplace safety was the focus of the event, the importance of supporting mental health at work was raised again and again. Unite Regional Officer Mark Soave started the […]
The post “Protecting the living” appeared first on Unite Live.
Union members and radical history enthusiasts have been hard at work organising a new one day festival to recognise a little known piece of Kent’s rural past. The Swing Riots & Bossenden Rising Festival takes place near Faversham, at Mount Ephraim Gardens, on May 31st, starting at 1pm and finishing at 7.30pm. The festival is […]
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Changing the rules on settlement is morally wrong and will deepen the staffing crisis in social care
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Changing the rules on settlement is morally wrong and will deepen the staffing crisis in social care
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Hard working NHS workers, and supporters, held a rally at Westminster yesterday (22 Apr) calling for our NHS to be fully and properly funded. Hundreds of Unite members from across the UK joined the protest at planned cuts to NHS budgets and headcounts, with the union saying that the NHS is “running on empty” and […]
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Poll highlights gap between ministers’ ambitions to reform Send and the reality in schools
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Poll highlights gap between ministers’ ambitions to reform Send and the reality in schools
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Talks must be backed with real money on the table
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Talks must be backed with real money on the table
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London bus passengers face disruption this month as over 150 Unite members at Transport for London will strike over roster changes that will leave them fed up and fatigued. Workers, who are bus station and network traffic controllers, will walk out from 23 to 25 April, to coincide with RMT workers taking action on the […]
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The eventual abandonment of compulsory vaccines suggests even Conservative ministers recognised their approach wasn’t working
The post Mandatory jabs were never the right solution to vaccine rollout problems, says UNISON appeared first on UNISON National.
The eventual abandonment of compulsory vaccines suggests even Conservative ministers recognised their approach wasn’t working
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UNISON’s national health conference passes a range of motions aimed at winning better pay, terms and conditions
The post ‘We’re worth a wee bit more than that’ appeared first on UNISON National.
UNISON’s national health conference passes a range of motions aimed at winning better pay, terms and conditions
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Health conference passes several motions committing the union to strengthen its support, protection and advocacy for migrant workers in the health service
The post ‘Migration does not weaken the NHS, migration is the reason it survives’ appeared first on UNISON National.