Congress hears call to step up the fight in defence of union and workers’ rights during Brexit
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UNISON vows to campaign for midwives and their patients
Eleanor Smith makes pledge at TUC Congress alongside the Royal College of Midwives
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The British people didn’t vote for more cuts on June 23rd
This week the labour movement comes together – as it has done so for almost a century and a half – at the Trades Union Congress. There can seldom have been a time when unions have been…Read more…
Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy?
Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy? Are the goods it buys as part of delivering key public services – whether that’s staff clothing or food, electronics, paper, or furnishings –…Read more…
UNISON congratulates Amy Marren
Medal-winning Paralympian with a connection to the union
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Nothing ever handed to us on a plate, TUC president tells congress
‘Let’s use our fighting spirit to organise, to campaign and to win’ UNISON’s Liz Snape urges delegates
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UNISON LGPS petition forces Parliamentary debate
Petition was launched as part of the campaign against attempt to control what pension funds are invested in
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We can’t turn the clock back on Brexit, but let’s use the negotiations to build a better future, says UNISON’s Dave Prentis
Sunday 11 September 2016 For immediate release The government must use the Brexit negotiations to build a new, fairer Britain, and should start by throwing off the shackles of austerity, says UNISON…Read more…
Herts NHS cash-for-pensions deal is ‘morally wrong’ and ‘legally suspect’, says UNISON
12 September 2016 Unions will today (Monday) be protesting outside Lister Hospital in Stevenage against an offer of cash incentives by East and North Hertfordshire NHS trust to nurses who opt out of…Read more…
Everyone deserves to go to a good school – but new grammar schools aren’t the answer
Everyone deserves to go to a good school – regardless of their background or their academic ability. That simply won’t be achieved by stacking even greater advantage and privilege in the hands of a…Read more…
Grammar schools belong in the past, says UNISON
Friday 9 September 2016 For immediate release Commenting on the prime minister’s speech about grammar schools today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The country may be under new…Read more…
Sports Direct must change their ways
I was proud that as a member of the Trade Union Share Owners group, UNISON was able to play a role in holding Sports Direct to account, by pushing them to allow independent investigation of their…Read more…
UNISON working ‘tirelessly’ for teaching assistants
The union is fighting to protect the pay of thousands of its teaching assistant members around the UK
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The Big Prize Draw is a big hit
UNISON’s prize draw winners joined general secretary Dave Prentis and the union’s sponsors to celebrate the drive’s success
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To Russia, with love
An armed response unit, a Turkish coup and Turkmenistan’s ‘door to hell’ – all these (and more) featured in one member’s summer adventure
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We must fight to defend our rights at work outside of Europe – starting today
Before the EU referendum in June, our union and countless others warned of the consequences of leaving the EU. For UNISON members, the EU secures rights at work and at home that protect individual…Read more…
Urge your MEPs to halt damaging trade deal with southern Africa
UNISON calls for aaction on trade deals with global South which stress liberalisation and threaten to damage economies and workers’ rights
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A matter of life and death
The NHS is continually criticised by its government regulator for being in the red – but it’s the beleaguered services that really matter
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Finding a way through Brexit
As the UK wonders what happens next in a post-Brexit world, UNISON is acting now
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N tice nything missing?
At UNISON we know how vital blood donation is, which is why we’ve been taking part in the #missingtype campaign
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