Our conference is once again having the real and necessary debate about our country’s future. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for our country’s government. Theresa May has shown not only her…Read more…
Building a national housing consensus and homes for all
We need to restore direct investment and subsidy for public housing
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UNISON vows to campaign on child marriage
National conference calls on ILO to count girls in forced childhood marriage as child labour
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Champions campaign helping to turn the tide against austerity
UNISON will continue to ‘harness members voices from the frontline’ in its campaigning
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The Queen’s Speech has ignored the nation’s concerns, says UNISON
Commenting on today’s Queen’s Speech, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Ministers are living in a parallel universe. Years of harsh spending cuts have caused huge damage to public services…Read more…
Apprentices to get fairer deal under new charter, says UNISON
Apprentices working in public services are set to get a fairer deal under a charter to be launched later today (Wednesday) by UNISON. Being paid the rate for the job, high quality training and a…Read more…
Conference applauds winners of young members’ organising award
Scottish young members win organising award for work against bullying
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Breakthrough for teaching assistants in Durham, says UNISON
UNISON has today (Wednesday) welcomed Durham County Council’s decision to change its plans to dismiss and rehire several thousand teaching assistants in the North East. After months of negotiations…Read more…
Health and social care has suffered the ‘most austere’ decade ever
UNISON delegates agree: we can’t have integration ‘on the cheap’
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‘Now is the time!’ Dave Prentis tells conference
General secretary tells delegates that the tide is turning and that, as the prime minister wobbles, there is hope
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Smash the pay freeze and end austerity, says UNISON general secretary
Speaking today (Tuesday) to UNISON’s annual national conference in Brighton, general secretary Dave Prentis said: “We live in a kingdom dangerously divided into the haves and the have-nots. Some are…Read more…
Labour vows to use new muscle to influence Brexit talks
The Labour Party still wants and expects to be in the “driving seat” of the Brexit negotiations as the next government, Keir Starmer told conference delegates today. The shadow secretary of state for…Read more…
‘The number one priority – will be to break the 1% pay cap’
National delegate conference agrees to a raft of measures to push forward the campaign against the government’s pay cap and, with it, in-work poverty
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Conference hears that ‘one person bullied is one too many’
National delegate conference hears emotional report on the scale and impact of bullying and harassment in the workplace
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Government must scrap the pay cap says UNISON, as survey shows public service employees are struggling
Staff providing public services are being forced to cut back on groceries, borrow money from friends or family, and even go without meals to feed their children because the government has capped…Read more…
Privatisation still the threat but we are turning the tide, conference hears
The ‘scourge of outsourcing’ and the successes we need to add to
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Trade unionists can ‘globalise solidarity and co-operation’
Cuban public service union leader challenges delegates to help build a better world for all
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’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’
Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they…Read more…
Delegates discuss building a campaign on pay
Local government conference welcomes early lodging of pay claim and calls range of actions to support it
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Local government to target bullying in the workplace
Conference agrees to spread the anti-bulling message, particularly during Young Workers’ Month in November
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