UNISON conference condemns replacing police staff with low-paid workers and unpaid volunteers
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Delegates highlight changes to probation service negotiation
Police and justice conference debate the changing nature of negotiation
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Black worker representation in the police and justice sector ‘going in the wrong direction’
A white applicant to the police force has a better chance of getting a job than a Black applicant in more than two thirds of UK forces, UNISON’s police and justice conference heard today.
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‘United, we can win‘ says Dave Prentis as he joins Derby picket
‘You are the union’ general secretary tells striking teaching assistants in Derby, battling imposed 25% pay cut
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Teaching Assistants deserve better than being pushed into poverty by a Labour council
We’ll continue to fight for and alongside striking staff in Derby to win them the pay deal they deserve. And I want to see Durham teaching assistants voting for strike action too, so we can show…Read more…
Theresa May is not a foolish politician. She knows exactly what she is doing
Politics is not an exercise in wish fulfilment. Actions are what matters. Poverty can’t be willed into extinction merely by asking for it. Nor fairness introduced to the economy through platitudes….Read more…
FE consultation on employer’s offer now open
Members in further education have until 4 November to respond to the consultation on the employer’s ‘first and final’ pay offer
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Bradford mental health workers strike over imposed shifts
Company fails to negotiate over plans for ‘unfair’ work pattern which could see transferred UNISON members on call for 14 hours a day
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A life less ordinary
Women in prisons, suicide and domestic violence. Just a few of the issues Margaret McKee works on
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Breast cancer, my union and me
Liz Potter was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in the summer of 2013 at the age of 49.
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The spirit of Cable Street must live on today, now more than ever
It’s 80y years since one of the pivotal moments in modern British history: key to the anti-fascist struggle; ky to how our country held firm against the rising tide of hate stalking Europe ; key to…Read more…
UNISON member goes topless in Birmingham for public services
Liz Potter’s double mastectomy following breast cancer left her determined to speak up for the NHS
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Tory conference – more weasel words than workers party
Theresa May entered Downing Street three months ago promising to do things differently. She was going to stand up for working people. She was going to be on the side of ordinary families. It’s a…Read more…
NHS needs £280m or the government will be breaking minimum wage laws
29 September 2016 Embargo: 00.01hrs Friday 30 September 2016 The government will need to inject £280m into the NHS by the end of the decade, or ministers will find themselves in breach of their own…Read more…
UNISON welcomes campaign day on selective schools
Union warns that Theresa May’s plans ‘risk most of our children being left behind in schools with fewer of the best teachers and potentially fewer resources’
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Labour must now concentrate on winning back support, says UNISON
Commenting on Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the Labour party conference in Liverpool today (Wednesday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today Jeremy talked about Labour getting ready…Read more…
Getting ready for – and winning – the next election
We must ignore the doom mongers, the next election is not lost – but the year ahead has to be about how Labour wins back the support of voters across the country.
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Learning about the refugee crisis
UNISON Cymru/Wales women’s group spent time learning about the refugee crisis at their policy weekend recently
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Durham teaching assistants back ballot for strike action over pay
New pay proposal from the county council overwhelmingly rejected: UNISON wil lmove to a vote on strike action, with ballot papers being despatched to classroom support workers early next week
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‘What are the funding implications?’ UNISON asks of Diamond review
Union emphasises the need for higher education to be accessible to young people from ‘deprived communities’
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