Check out and please sign this petition on Union Recognition at the National Deaf Children’s Society | Megaphone UK”The leadership at the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) refuses to accept union recognition despite 50% of their staff voting…Read more…
Conservative policies mean UK has had worst inflation and growth outcomes in the G7
The outcomes once again show conservative government policies as seriously wrongheaded. While the coming monthly figures are likely to show inflation back at target, across the two years the UK has paid a much higher price than other countries in term…Read more…
Labour’s first steps for change
The country needs change and Labour has a plan to deliver it.Keir Starmer has set out Labour’s five national missions to get Britain’s future back. The missions are long term, fully funded aims that will guide a Labour government’s deci…Read more…
No ban without a plan!
Unite has today (May 17) launched a major new campaign calling on the Labour party to commit to protecting oil and gas jobs and the UK’s energy security, while also investing in a robust just transition to green energy for North Sea workers. The ‘No Ban without a Plan’ campaign – part of the union’s […]
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Unite banners bring history to life
A Unite branch from Dorset is supporting the revival of a 90-year-old play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Six Men of Dorset was originally commissioned by the TUC as part of the centenary events held in 1934, which marked 100 years after the arrest of the Tolpuddle Martyrs for forming a union, one of the most […]
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UNISON opinion: Supporting our LGBT+ members is crucial
Today’s international day against homophobia, bi+phobia and transphobia comes as the UK has slipped down the rainbow map rankings
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UNISON opinion: Supporting our LGBT+ members is crucial
Today’s international day against homophobia, bi+phobia and transphobia comes as the UK has slipped down the rainbow map rankings
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Building better mental health with Unite
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. It is a chance to recognise the impact work can have on people’s mental health, but also look at the way Unite is supporting members through training. It’s a sobering fact – but construction workers are four times more likely to take their own life than workers in […]
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Get help with school uniform costs – UNISON “there for you” (despite the cuts)
While I am “disappointed” (to say the least) that the current majority group on the UNISON NEC is cutting the financial support for our vulnerable members, by hundreds of thousands of pounds, this vital scheme is still going ahead from 29 May 24….Read more…
TUC Cymru 50: Pride and the miners’ strike
In the 2014 award-winning film Pride, Dai Donovan is the warm, good-humoured Welsh miner who meets Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) in London and then, back home in Wales, hosts members of the group on his living-room floor. He’s undoubtedly…Read more…
50 years of TUC Cymru: Campaigning for equality puts the menopause on the map
When Wales TUC was established in 1974 we were still in the early days of the Equal Pay Act. LGBTQ+ rights were lacking, Disabled people were medicalised and racism was commonplace, with riots continuing throughout this decade and the next.
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Councils need proper funding not further efficiency savings
The best way for councils to run efficient services is for them to be adequately resourced and staffed.
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Councils need proper funding not further efficiency savings
The best way for councils to run efficient services is for them to be adequately resourced and staffed.
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‘Levelling up’ democracy in Burford
If you are interested in what real levelling up means then go to Burford, Oxfordshire this Saturday (May 18) for an annual event celebrating the roots of democracy, suffrage and equality. Levellers Day commemorates the spirit and values of the Levellers, a group of radical thinkers within the Parliamentarian forces during, and after, the English […]
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Council and school staff pay offer falls short
UNISON will decide next steps over NJC pay
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Council and school staff pay offer falls short
UNISON will decide next steps over NJC pay
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50 years of TUC Cymru: A guiding light for Welsh devolution
50 years ago, the union movement in Wales gathered in Aberystwyth to enact a plan that had been years in the making. The outcome of this meeting would reshape the trade union movement in the UK, and be a guiding light for the path of Wales as a nation.
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Time is running out: UNISON Service Group Executive Elections – Ballot finishes this Friday 5pm 17 May 2024
These are really important elections. Not just London Local Government. Some seats were not contested so not everyone has received a postal vote (and you can vote via email but don’t do both!). If going for postal vote, best to put 1st class stamp on t…Read more…
United minds
During Mental Health Awareness Week this week, Unite is encouraging members to get involved with its United Minds campaign. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”. It’s one that particularly relevant to members, because the intense pressure on workers facing government cuts, social security reforms, the […]
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50 years of TUC Cymru: Wales Union Learning Fund
For 25 years workers in Wales have been able to access training and learning in their workplace thanks to a Welsh Government funded programme called WULF. Find out how his union and Wales Union Learning Fund helped Mark keep his job, and change his lif…Read more…