It’s a new year, why not try one of UNISON’s courses for a new you?
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Together in UNISON we can make a difference in 2017
Aside from rarely kept resolutions, the new year is an opportunity to reconsider our priorities, plans and aims for the year ahead – both personally and professionally – and think about the state of…Read more…
Public pay the price of job cuts
Without a backbone of administrative and clerical workers to help take the strain, our vital local services will collapse
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Toxic turkey risk over future of meat inspections, says UNISON
Christmas turkey, pigs-in-blankets and meat stuffing could become health hazards under moves to scrap independent abattoir inspectors employed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), says UNISON today…Read more…
All emergency service workers want for Christmas is to be paid their worth
Responding to a TUC analysis published today (Friday) that found emergency service workers have suffered real pay cuts of up to £3,300 since 2011, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Every…Read more…
If you’re working this Christmas – thank you
Whatever you’re doing this Christmas, have a happy one and a safe one. If you’re working this Christmas – thank you. And if not, I hope you get the rest you’ve all earned from a long year of…Read more…
NHS staff should not have to work in fear of violent assault at Christmas or any time, says UNISON
The increase in the number of violent assaults against health service employees in England – up by over a fifth in the last five years – is completely unacceptable and requires urgent government…Read more…
A message of solidarity to the German people
Our thoughts today and throughout this Christmas period are with those who have lost loved ones, the injured and those – including Ver.di members – who will work to treat the injured and support…Read more…
Remembering our president and friend Eric Roberts
General secretary Dave Prentis speaks at funeral, recalling Eric as ‘a man who inspired happiness, loyalty, good memories and love’
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Blog: If the government really wanted to solve the social care crisis, they’d provide the necessary funds
The government should be using the growing surplus of centrally-collected business rates to ease the pressure on councils, not encouraging them to shift the care burden onto hard pressed local…Read more…
Government refusing to take responsibility for social care crisis, says UNISON
Responding to today’s (Thursday) announcement by the government on social care funding, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Government cuts to council budgets helped cause the crisis in…Read more…
Working over Christmas? This is for you
The public have a message for those of you working over the holidays
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School funding cuts could deny children a decent future says UNISON
Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for….Read more…
We must keep meat safe and hygienic
As Christmas approaches, UNISON is highlighting the importance of keeping the meat we eat hygienic by making sure slaughterhouses continue to be inspected by well-trained state-employed meat hygiene…Read more…
Food banks hope to give Britain’s ‘hidden poor’ a festive Christmas
As Britain succumbs to a poverty crisis, food banks are calling on people’s support to help those less fortunate, including children, who are facing hunger
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Consultation on political fund review: December-January
Rule changes need to be be submitted for NDC 2017 to comply with Trade Union Act regulations coming into force in February 2018
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NEC elections 2017
The nomination period will open on Monday 9 January 2017 and close at 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017
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Blog: A great example of what our union – and one person within it – can achieve
Resource centres like this one are invaluable to the work of local branches and activists, and provide a visible representation of the work that we do standing up for UNISON members. By making the…Read more…
West Norfolk members get new resource centre
General Secretary Dave Prentis opens new joint centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn
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Solidarity with Turkey on Human Rights Day
Whilst many decision makers appear to be turning their backs on the situation in Turkey, it is vital that we stand in solidarity with trade unionists who continue to bravely speak out against a…Read more…