Commenting on the Labour Party’s plans to reverse the trend of public services being outsourced to private contractors and bring services back in-house, UNISON general secretary Dave…Read more…
MPs call for multi-billion pound education cash boost
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
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Pay rise must be for all and properly funded, says UNISON
Commenting on reports that the Treasury is to announce a public sector pay rise next week, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “For almost a decade, the wages of public…Read more…
Tahir’s youth mission
Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen
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Local Service Champions – making our communities safer
We don’t always see what council workers do in our communities, but they’re there, making our lives better
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Birmingham university members strike
Noisy, colourful and good humoured pickets call for fair pay
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North West hospital staff to strike for pay equality
Members at three NHS trusts deliver 100% vote for strikes to win NHS rates for all staff
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Communicating our cause
Campaigning is vital to UNISON’s cause
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Blog: Durham shows that our movement remains vital
Like Tolpuddle, Burston and other fantastic labour movement events, Durham is about both our movement’s past and our future. As the Durham Miners’ motto says “the past we inherit, the future we…Read more…
Social Worker of the Year Awards
Nominations close at midnight on Friday 19 July
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‘Your days are numbered,’ Dave Prentis tells Tories in Durham speech
‘There is an alternative‘ says general secretary as he lambasts austerity and calls for properly funded public services
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Here comes summer!
June was another busy month for the union – more victories for our members, and conferences in Liverpool
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Help to get comfortable with numbers
Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help
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HE members to vote on industrial action over pay
Ballot will start in autumn following rejection of employers’ final pay offer
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Pride and protest
UNISON LGBT+ group joins Pride parade in London to celebrate, to show solidarity and to protest against continuing bigotry and intolerance
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Bradford hospital staff strike to stay in the NHS
Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company
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Government should plough money into social care, not tax cuts
Tax cuts for the rich have deprived the UK public of almost £14 billion
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Proper planning needed for transition to low-carbon economy
Greater public ownership and a commitment to hydrogen technology must be part of this plan
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Blog: Fighting for that radical Labour government our members need
I know that our Labour Link will remain vital in fighting for our union’s politics within Labour. Influencing, convincing and fighting for that radical Labour government our members need. But it’s…Read more…
Local government services aren’t optional, but the bedrock of a caring society
Dave Prentis addressing the Local Government Association annual conference in Bournemouth today (Thursday)
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