A rupture with the system? - While the Greens have won popularity for their call for a wealth tax, it’s unclear whether they’d be willing to break with the most powerful forces of capitalism, argues NICK WRIGHT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rupt...

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance  🏳️‍⚧️ 🕯️ Trade unionism is all about solidarity, with no one left to face trouble alone. We are stronger together.  Join our networks and find support. unsn.uk/2tJY83u

MASSIVE WIN! 🔥 More than 6,000 healthcare support workers across Wales will now receive pay rises and back pay after an all-Wales agreement was reached between UNISON Cymru, NHS employers and the Welsh government.

Strikes led by women deserve universal support - ROGER McKENZIE calls for greater support from trade unionists and the general public for female workers involved in industrial disputes morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stri...

4) She will free up and resource branches so we can better support you, giving you access to legal advice when needed. 5) She has successfully led campaigns to defend Schools and Council terms and conditions.

2) She will take the wage of a social worker, not the £181,000 package our current General Secretary receives. Andrea’s pay will go up when yours does. 3) She opposes UNISON’s subservience to Starmer’s Labour. UNISON members will come first, not the Labour Party.

Cardiff County branch nominates Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary. Branch Committee unanimously nominated Andrea Egan for General Secretary because: 1) She has a clear plan for successful action on Pay, ending the stagnation of the last fifteen years.

UNISON members across Cymru are already voting. Have you? ✅ Return your ballot paper today to make sure it’s counted. 🗳️ Ballot closes 25 November, 5pm.

500 years since the peasants’ war - NICK MATTHEWS recalls how the ideals of socialism and the holding of goods in common have an older provenance than you might think morningstaronline.co.uk/article/500-...

UNISON’s response to the Independent Review of State Pension Age Increasing the state pension age is a false economy. Our submission, led by our members' experiences, highlights the physical and mental demands that essential workers face. 🔗 Full response

Brilliant points from our general secretary Christina McAnea on Sunday’s #LauraK. With the Caerphilly by-election fresh in people’s minds and Senedd elections on the horizon, it’s a vital reminder that public service workers’ voices must be heard in every debate about Wales’ future.

UNISON is a member-led union. This election is about our collective strength, make sure your voice is heard. The ballot is open until 25 November. 🗳️

The looming prospect of strike action showed they were serious. Two days later, the board reversed its decision to pause back pay. #PayFairForPatientCare

Last week, over 30 Swansea Bay healthcare support workers delivered a petition to their health board, demanding fair pay for years of under-recognised work. #PayFairForPatientCare

"Drivers believe they are worth at least £15 an hour and would have liked the union to start talks at that rate. Unfortunately some union officers are too friendly with management and when told by bosses that there is no money to pay bus drivers properly, they believe it" voice.cymru/diary-of-a-w...

Cardiff County branch nominates Andrea Egan for UNISON General Secretary. Branch Committee unanimously nominated Andrea Egan for General Secretary because: 1) She has a clear plan for successful action on Pay, ending the stagnation of the last fifteen years.

Ballot papers are on their way! 📬 Every UNISON member gets a vote in our general secretary election. Use your vote to have a say in our union’s future. ✅ Return your paper in the prepaid envelope to make sure it counts.

Voting for the UNISON general secretary opens today 🗳️ 🏠 Look out for your ballot paper in the post to your home address 📮 Vote and return using the Freepost envelope ➤ Let your friends and colleagues know by sharing It's your chance to have a say in your union 👉 unsn.uk/43AqMWf

NEXT shut down its only unionised factory in Sri Lanka. The closure came just after workers secured modest improvements, and the notice was sent via WhatsApp 📱 UNISON is calling for justice. Reopen the factory. Reinstate the workers. Respect their rights.

UNISON is led by members, for members. This election is your chance to shape how our union stands up for public services and fair pay in the years ahead. Ballot opens 28 October, watch the post. 🗳️ More info: www.unison.org.uk/general-secr...

It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brie...

Well said, TUC! 💜 Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect. Read the full TUC statement: www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...

Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today. He now appears to have vanished.

Wales generally has a left of centre political identity. This is how Caerphilly voted. Reform may win a lot of seats in Wales, but it will be so hard for them to ever form a Government as most ppl don't agree with them. This is why proportional systems are so much better.

Every five years, UNISON members choose who will lead our union. The general secretary represents UNISON to employers, Parliament and the public, the voice of over 1.3 million members. The ballot opens on 28 October. 🗳️ www.unison.org.uk/general-secr...

Latest branch newsletter: * Our nomination for Unison General Secretary * AGM news * Local government pay claim * Branch donations * Migrant workers * CAVC update * Unison events and campaigns cardiffcounty.unison.site/content/uplo...

A reminder. Only 6.9% of people in Wales were born overseas. Just 2.9% of people in Caerphilly were born overseas. Whereas 38% of medical consultants in Wales were born overseas. Immigrants are not holding our NHS back, they are propping it up.

Great reporting from the Caerphilly by-election by SC Cook. voice.cymru/labour-are-f...

📢 New Real Living Wage rate announced by the Living Wage Foundation ➡️ £13.45 UK-wide ➡️ £14.80 in London 📈 Up 6.7% from 2024 Read UNISON's response here: unsn.uk/4ostNQr

When safety becomes sedition: the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban debacle morningstaronline.co.uk/article/when...

Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales. Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...

There’s a real debt crisis in Britain – but it’s not the one the politicians or journalists are talking about. While Rachel Reeves obsesses over government borrowing, 4 million people are unable to afford the basics of life without debt. That's the real debt crisis. youtu.be/Fq0AcDXISeE?...

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Try as I might, I can't get Reform to answer a simple question about their candidate in the Caerphilly by-election Llyr Powell. When did he last have contact with Nathan Gill, the party's former leader in Wales who has admitted taking Russian bribes? willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...

Farage and other Reform-ers keep pointing to Dubai’s immigration policy – but there migrants make up most of the population and do all the work without any rights, muses SOLOMON HUGHES morningstaronline.co.uk/article/refo...

Following comments made by Robert Jenrick about the people of Handsworth, the TUC, together with 12 trade unions representing members who live and work in the area, have issued a joint letter calling for the Conservative Party to take immediate action morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unio...

‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers unsn.uk/4nN01pA A solicitor for the JCWI advice line, run for UNISON members, says they have been receiving increasing calls from migrant workers anxious about a “very toxic environment”.

Socialist historian KEITH FLETT looks at the pronounced hostility the labour movement has had to giving the state the power to pry and identify dissidents, going back to the era of the ‘Freeborn Englishman’ and Captain Swing morningstaronline.co.uk/article/id-c...

The ferocity with which Labour in power has cracked down on protest within its own ranks and also on the streets is unprecedented — and championing those protests is the only way we can turn this ship around, argues ALAN SIMPSON morningstaronline.co.uk/article/anac...

"School staff put children’s welfare first in the pandemic.” Watch UNISON School Support Staff Forum vice chair, Angharad, talk about life in school hubs during covid.

Farage is saying all teachers are Marxists. They're not. They just teach that we should care for one another. But that offends his fascist instincts. The result is he is turning on a profession that teaches about compassion and empathy - because he loathes it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

UNISON HCSW Band 2 members at Morriston Hospital, Swansea Bay UHB came out to protest the Health Boards decision to postpone their agreement.  The energy and determination at the protest from our members today displayed that people only want to be paid the money they were promised..

Progress towards a police state www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... The US is heading for civil war unless Trump suddenly changes trajectory. How far behind are we in the creation of a police state?

Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...

'The launch of the public consultation allows the long-overdue reform of care to begin to take shape." UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea on the government public consultation on the fair pay agreement. UNISON comment: unsn.uk/42ldXP3 Guardian: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

PM must accept Israel is committing genocide. UNISON-led emergency motion to fully suspend arms sales to Israel backed by Labour conference. It called on ministers to accept the findings of UN report that ruled Netanyahu's government was committing genocide. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

UNISON tables emergency motion calling on Labour to “ban trade with illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank” and apply “comprehensive sanctions”, including a full arms embargo, on Israel. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Left: Inside the Labour party conference Right: Outside the Labour party conference

Support the Defend Our Juries activists facing terror charges 👇Police snatched six Defend Our Juries activists in dawn raids earlier this month