Next week most UNISON members will be sent ballot papers for our Service Group Executive (SGE) elections. Not all, since some seats were uncontested. Now, UNISON is the largest union in the UK, with around 1.3 million members in thousands of…Read more…
London Marathon shocker
In a shocking turn in the DHL Aviation East Midlands Airport dispute, ITV Central News reported earlier this week that a Unite member has had his place taken away in the London Marathon by his employer because he’s involved in strike action. Michael ‘Marathon Man’ Dallard told ITV Central News how he’d been selected in […]
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Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work
Prime Minister should focus on the NHS, not demonise those too sick to work.
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Norfolk Local Government Pension Fund gets £385m (for all claimants?) from Apple in iPhone row
Hat tip UNISON, Pension Age and BBCAmazing and massive payout. Well done to everyone involved. I understand that the £385 million settlement is not just for the Norfolk Fund but not sure what they will get?I have 30 years of pensionable service in the …Read more…
NEC hears of another Supreme Court win for UNISON
Meeting also discussed arrangements for national delegate conference
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“Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers”
“UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking”JG This is great news for all trade unionists and civil liberties. This morning I was at a meeting of the UNISON NEC in our head office in London. Our General Secretary, …Read more…
Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers
UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking
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Supreme Court judgment stops bad bosses from punishing striking workers
UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking
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From Madrid to Kyiv
A little more than 85 years ago, on 28 March 1939, the Spanish civil war ended. The fascist forces under the command of General Franco entered the capital, Madrid, and it was all over. Spain…Read more…
Working from home shouldn’t cost us our health. Here’s what employers should do
Since the pandemic lockdowns, the number of people able to work from home for all or part of their working time has increased. This opportunity has been beneficial for many workers. Home working, as well as other forms of flexible working, helps to clo…Read more…
VOTE YES TO MOTION 10: TO KEEP LINK BETWEEN CO-OP GROUP & CO-OP PARTY
As a regular shopper in my local Co-op store and Co-op Party (& Labour) Councillor you would expect nothing less.Check out “For over 100 years, the Co-operative Party and the co-operative movement have worked together to build a society where …Read more…
‘Your vote is your power’
TODAY (Tuesday, April 16) by midnight is your last day to register to vote in time for May’s local elections, with the deadline to apply for a postal vote tomorrow (Wednesday, April 17) at 5pm. Unite has spearheaded a campaign to educate members and the wider public about new voter ID laws, as well as […]
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Havering-atte-Bower 4.5 mile circular walk
Another late post. This is a nice little 4.5 mile circular walk in East London with some great views of London and lovely countryside despite being so near to built up areas. Some rolling countryside and woods but nothing difficult. Started at Bed…Read more…
Building inspection safety call
Unite is urging its army of health and safety reps to carry out workplace building inspections as part of a Building Safety Week of Action. With multiple risks in workplaces across the country such as Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), asbestos, poor fire safety and ventilation issues, safety reps are being encouraged to take a […]
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The Welsh Advantage: supporting trade unions on their Welsh language journey
Wales TUC is committed to improving our own Welsh language offering to trade union members. Now we’re starting to support trade unions on their own Welsh language journeys.
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Getting out the Labour Postal vote in West Ham, Plaistow & Canning Town
Yesterday I spent the morning in West Ham ward with our local MP, Lyn Brown, my colleague Cllr Charlene Mclean (and our super young pioneer) and our top activist Varghese . We were calling at all Labour supporters who are postal voters to re…Read more…
Review: Boris Savinkov: Renegade on the Left, by Richard B. Spence
Writing a biography of a man as complex — and elusive — as Boris Savinkov is not an easy task. But Richard Spence has done an exemplary job of this. HIs 1991 book is comprehensive…Read more…
PSC Rally Bedford April 13th
Tony Burke Speech April 13th, Labour & Palestine, Bedford PSC Trade Union Officer Hundreds of thousands of people have been demonstrating in London every two weeks including many from Bedfordshire and our trade unions. Without those demonstrations the genocide now … Continue reading Read more…
“Education stalwart remembered as Mayor of Newham leads tributes to former councillor Graham Lane”
I did not know Graham that well. He stood down as a Councillor in 2010 the same year that I first stood. However, I did go to various political events and campaigns (see posts) with him and found him polite, thoughtful and well informed.&nbs…Read more…
We won
The last vote countedpuffed up special advisers(spads in the parlance) happy to bebag carriers to triumphant MPsflock to Members Lobby forintrigue and gossip. Eager for an office in hallowed groundbehind the speaker’s chairclose to the Chamber under Big Ben. Or go with the buzz in Portcullis Houseprize offices with large windowslooking out at the famous […]
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