It’s LGBT History Month, so there’s no better time to explore UNISON’s contribution to the struggle for equality
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Council cleaners celebrate after seeing off outsourcing threat
UNISON campaigning sees Middlesbrough council drop privatisation plan
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Rotherham Council signs UNISON’s ethical care charter
Authority makes commitment to ensure staff are treated with respect
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Immigration plans “spell disaster for care sector”, says UNISON
Ending the supply of workers will leave vulnerable with no support
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Health Secretary must make real changes to tackle NHS violence
Commenting on the latest NHS Staff Survey published today (Tuesday), UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Violence and harassment have become the new normal for NHS staff, which…Read more…
President stresses UNISON’s myth-busting role
Josie Bird tells conference the union must continue to grow, to provide and even stronger opposition to the government
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McAnea issues defiant message to Johnson’s Tories
Assistant general secretary sets out the scale of the challenge, but tells women’s conference that UNISON is in shape to meet it
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Blog: Proud of our union – and the strong women who have built it
This week, we celebrate all that is great about our vibrant, growing union. But in particular, I’ll be celebrating the strong women who have built this union and who I am always proud to stand…Read more…
UNISON will stand up to ‘laddism and misogyny’ typified by Trump and Johnson
Dave Prentis speaks at UNISON national women’s conference
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Going beyond the law: sexual harassment guidance launched
‘Sexual harassment is against the law, but the law doesn’t stop it happening‘
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Prentis shares the ❤ with UNISON’s women
General secretary praises the union’s “special” women as he says UNISON “will not abandon our fight”
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NHS still has huge task ahead on race, says UNISON
Bullying, harassment and abuse are a disgrace
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Fighting against NHS fees for pregnant migrant women
For pregnant women, the “hostile environment for migrants” is degrading and forces health workers to act foremost as border control and debt collectors instead of healthcare providers
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UNISON women steady themselves for the fight
Women’s conference tackles a raft of business, with the general election result as a common thread
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Angela Rayner: rebel with a cause
Labour deputy leader favourite tells UNISON women’s conference why lifelong learning is key
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Education for all must be protected
Angela Rayner MP champions education at UNISON national women’s conference
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UNISON leading the way
Union NEC hears round-up of action in court and workplaces to defend workers
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Protect our food
In partnership with Steve Nash, a campaigner whose six-year-old daughter Joanna died of E Coli, UNISON handed in a petition of 216,938 signatures to the Food Standards Agency
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Windrush deportations must stop now, says UNISON
Windrush deportations must stop now, says UNISON Commenting on the departure of the government’s deportation flight to Jamaica UNISON assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie today…Read more…
Women members set to sort it out
The UK’s biggest women’s conference convenes in Bournemouth with a packed agenda
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