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1 week ago | 
unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea addressed national delegate conference today with a rousing and wide-ranging speech that asserted the union’s strength as the country moves forward with a Labour government. And while she praised many of Labour’s initiatives in its first year – not least its introduction of the Employment Rights Bill – there were criticisms too, and a list of demands for the years ahead.
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1 week ago | 
unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
Lindsay McNaught, chair of the energy service group executive. Image: Steve ForrestThe pay systems currently in place within the energy sector simply don’t deliver fair pay, delegates at this year’s energy conference agreed yesterday. Debating a motion on pay progression, delegates agreed on the noticeable lack of clarity on pay from all energy employers.
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1 week ago | 
theartsdesk.com | Demetrios Matheou
A look at Darling on its 60th anniversary offers a sobering reality check on the "Swinging Sixties", a reminder of the fallacy of the decade’s gaiety and supposed liberation, especially for women. This attractive 4K restoration reveals the film to be a very complicated animal indeed – both in its own time and through the prism of today’s very different political correctness and gender ethics.
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2 weeks ago | 
magazine.unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
Shantha David and Maggi Ferncombe. Image: Jess Hurd The Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill (ERB) for Great Britain, whose dozens of clauses UNISON has had a decisive role in shaping, is currently moving through Parliament, with the likelihood of being passed by the summer.
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2 weeks ago | 
unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
Image: BigstockUNISON is seeking to expand its work with Friends of the Earth (FoE) in the ongoing campaign for a new UK due diligence law that will hold business, finance and the public sector to account for human rights abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains.
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2 months ago | 
magazine.unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
The national executive council – stuffy old-fashioned name, we know – but it’s a group of 68 members who are just like you. Ordinary members of UNISON. No superpowers other than the ones you have. They’re council workers, nurses, care workers and any of the public service jobs a wide-ranging union like UNISON represents. Here’s our guide to everything you need to know about the NEC elections – and why you should take a few minutes to vote. Why is this happening?
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2 months ago | 
magazine.unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
Portraits by Marcus RoseSam Thornton and Jill Cartwright are dedicated public service workers. Sam has been a support worker, caring for people with profound learning disabilities, for 34 years; Jill has been a teaching assistant for 28. They can’t imagine doing anything else. But these are also demanding roles, with little in the way of recognition or remuneration. No one is in it for the money.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
theartsdesk.com | Demetrios Matheou
With qualifying about to begin for the soccer World Cup, and England sporting a brand new manager, it’s fitting that James Graham’s Olivier-winning celebration of the previous boss returns to the National. Unusually for a play, Dear England comes with a new ending, one that wraps up Gareth Southgate’s eight-year tenure, to now include the fourth major tournament in which his team competed – and the final near-miss in an accomplished, laudable, but for many frustrating period.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
theartsdesk.com | Demetrios Matheou
With qualifying about to begin for the soccer World Cup, and England sporting a brand new manager, it’s fitting that James Graham’s Olivier-winning celebration of the previous boss returns to the National. Unusually for a play, Dear England comes with a new ending, one that wraps up Gareth Southgate’s eight-year tenure, to now include the fourth major tournament in which his team competed – and the final near-miss in an accomplished, laudable, but for many frustrating period.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
unison.org.uk | Demetrios Matheou
UNISON general secretary Christina travelled to New York last week to take part in the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), at the invitation of the UK government and Public Services International (PSI). This latest session landed on the 30th anniversary of the UN’s Beijing Platform for Action, considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights.
