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The campaign for justice for care workers is one of UNISON’s top priorities, general secretary Christina McAnea told a Suffolk County branch public meeting on Monday evening. She was speaking alongside Kezia Pugh of the Living Wage Foundation, Labour Councillor Sandy Martin and frontline care workers Jacqui, Ewan and Amanda as part of the You […]
UNISON members can now apply for up to £200 towards their spiralling winter fuel bills. There For You’s Winter Fuel Grant, which has helped thousands of low-paid public service workers cope with the heavy costs of heating their homes over the years, reopens today. UNISON members on low income and with limited savings can apply. […]
UNISON Eastern activist Charan Sekhon has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to charity, diversity and the environment, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. Charan, the first Sikh Environment Agency officer to receive the honour, is the founder of Bedford-based charity SEVA Trust UK, as well as a UNISON branch […]
The cream of UNISON Eastern’s young activists are just back from Cardiff where they’ve been enthused by the first ever UNISON young members conference. Eastern was unmissable at conference, with our 11-strong delegation being the largest of any region. And our delegates weren’t just there to fill the room, with six of the 11 contributing […]
UNISON will today begin to ballot more than a third of a million council and school staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for strike action over their “inadequate” pay offer. The union is recommending employees – including refuse collectors, teaching assistants and social workers – vote ‘yes’ to strike action. These workers have kept […]
UNISON Eastern activists were treated to an inspiring webinar last night, as leaders of the 2019 Northern Ireland NHS strikes told their industrial success story. Becky Tye, our regional convenor, welcomed Northern Ireland counterpart James Large and UNISON Northern Ireland health committee joint chairs Maura McKenna and Conor McCarthy for the webinar and Q&A. Attendees […]
A report back from our delegation to Labour East’s regional conference
UNISON activist Macdonald Neife was awarded Police Staff of the Year by the National Black Police Association (NBPA) last month. The gong, presented at a ceremony hosted by Bedfordshire Constabulary in Luton, is for a member of police staff who has actively and positively promoted equality and fairness within the police service over a significant […]
Ahead of the COP26 protests, UNISON Norfolk County branch vice-chair Jess Carrington explains why the environment is a trade union issue
To celebrate Young Workers’ Month this November, we asked some of UNISON Eastern’s young members about why they joined
As Black History Month draws to a close for another year, we asked some leading UNISON Eastern Black activists on why this time of year is important to them. Black History Month is important to me because it’s a time I use to stop and reflect on how great it is to be Black, I […]
We speak to teaching assistant Sue Ryles about what it’s like to be a schools rep – and why more people should do it
A group of anti-vaccination activists barged into Colchester Hospital in Essex on Wednesday, claiming they were serving legal papers on the trust and staff. Online videos show the leader of the mob handing bewildered staff brown envelopes he claimed contained proof that the whole pandemic if a fake and cites staff for breaching the Nuremberg […]
Why we’re campaigning for a real living wage in care