JEREMY CORBYN reports from Hiroshima where he represented CND at the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the US
‘Save From Harm’ - social work after a decade of austerity
JOHN WATSON, a senior social worker, gives his personal view of the survey results of a damning report released this week by Unison
SOPHIE BOLT makes an urgent case for comprehensive nuclear disarmament
Today Coventry’s Hiroshima Day Remembrance marks 80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. Statement from Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee of Peace and Reconciliation
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionised in a historic victory for labour, says RIO YAMAT
Letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper – to be delivered by a delegation of Jews to Downing Street today
Laughter has always been how workers cope and fight back, but university-educated union reps now scold members for calling bosses ‘money-grabbing bastards’ and label everyday humour ‘problematic’ — this needs to be stopped, writes MARK JONES
UNISON surveyed staff working in a range of roles in social work teams across all of Scotland’s local authorities. The responses show that budget cuts are having a severe impact on staff. They are under enormous pressure due to staff shortages and growing demands for their services.
The findings are hugely concerning for Scotland, for the public, for social-work teams, managers, and indeed both Westminster and Edinburgh governments.
Social-work staff are burdened with emotional hardship that is connected to the abusive behaviours of the people they strive to support.
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