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Unite unveiled a plaque to commemorate the Bristol Bus Boycott at an event in its South West offices at Tony Benn House last night (April 30). The Bristol Bus Boycott began in 1963, when a group of young West Indian activists led a boycott of the Bristol Omnibus Company for refusing to recruit black and […]
The post Bristol Bus Boycott pioneers honoured appeared first on Unite Live.
Successful strike action in Wiltshire and North Devon has secured a minimum £1,655 lump sum bonus for health workers
The article Health workers in South West celebrate double lump-sum victory first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Successful strike action in Wiltshire and North Devon has secured a minimum £1,655 lump sum bonus for health workers
The article Health workers in South West celebrate double lump-sum victory first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite leaders and activists took the fight to ‘Cut Sanctions, Not Incomes’ into the heart of the UK Parliament last week (February 27). The event was hosted by John McDonnell MP and attended by Baroness Ruth Lister and MPs representing constituencies right across England and Wales. Opening up the debate, Unite South West regional officer […]
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Every day this week on UniteLive, we’re featuring one of our many inspiring women members in the lead up to International Women’s Day on Friday (March 8). Today, we hear from Unite rep Stéf Kasprowski who’s helping her members fight for a better deal at work. — Stéf Kasprowski is a Unite rep who managers […]
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Before sunrise on February 24, 1834, farmworker George Loveless left for work – it would be three years before he would be back with his wife and children again. George, and five fellow workers – James Brine, James Hammett, James Loveless, John Standfield and Thomas Standfield – were arrested, charged with making an illegal oath […]
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Winning a better deal for public services in the region and for the dedicated public servants that run them is top of my list.
The article UNISON appoints new regional secretary in the South West first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Winning a better deal for public services in the region and for the dedicated public servants that run them is top of my list.
The article UNISON appoints new regional secretary in the South West first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Sacre bleu! A Unite rep who managers dread dealing with because of her attention to detail and determination to help union members navigate their way through the cost of living crisis.
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A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
The article Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The charter provides the tools for well funded, high quality apprenticeships that lead to meaningful jobs
The article Devon Partnership NHS Trust signs UNISON’s apprenticeships charter first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Bus passengers in Gloucestershire and the South West face substantial disruption to their journeys from next month if bus drivers employed by Stagecoach vote for strike action in a dispute over pay….Read more…
Back to the South West and the vibrant city of Bristol. Unite rep and secretary of the Bristol Legal and Finance branch, Simon Crew is standing as a Labour candidate for the Council seat of…Read more…
‘People voiced exactly how they felt. They pulled no punches’
The article Bristol health branch helps show racists the red card first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Assaults on bus drivers continue apace amid the coronavirus pandemic, with a spate of recent incidents in the south west region, where the union has thousands of bus driver members. Unite condemned…Read more…
Every year, or at least every normal year, the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival takes place in the village of Tolpuddle, in Dorset, where trade unionists from across the UK gather to commemorate…Read more…
Regional airports and their supply chains, which support tens of thousands of jobs, could be at risk without government intervention, Unite warned, after Europe’s biggest regional airline Flybe…Read more…
Unite member Lily Chasteau, 24, knows that even in the 21st century, some topics of conversation are still considered off-limits. “A friend of mine started her period when we were 14 and she…Read more…
More than 300 staff will gain as the region’s largest employer makes the move
The article UNISON helps University of Bath win living wage accreditation first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Public sector workers in Jersey, one of Europe’s most prosperous enclaves, are striking over a ‘derisory’ below inflation pay offer from their employer, the cash-rich States of Jersey government….Read more…