Do you use social care services for older people (aged 65 or over) or look after someone who does? UNISON would like to hear about your experience
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UNISON gives evidence on growing social care funding crisis
The crisis in adult social care is set to worsen due to a growing funding gap, UNISON has told the Communities and Local Government Committee.
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Our education system is under sustained attack from Theresa May’s government
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
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NHS commissioners on course for some ‘unpalatable’ decisions
But UNISON warns that ‘there is little left to cut’
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New grammar school backlash
UNISON condemns possible creation of new selective schools
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Have your say on Personal Independence Payments
The Department for Work and Pensions is undertaking a review of Personal Independence Payments (PIP). If you have applied for PIP in the past, you can fill in their questionnaire here to submit your…Read more…
UNISON launches Nelson Mandela Award
UNISON has launched the inaugural Nelson Mandela award, which will go to a Black member who has gone ‘above and beyond’ to represent Black members.
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Higher Education members urged to strike for better pay
UNISON believes that no employee in higher education should be paid less than the Living Wage
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UNISON organiser Roger Bevan honoured one year after tragic death
UNISON organiser Roger Bevan was tragically killed in a road incident in Ceredigion one year ago. Roger was just 50 years old and his character and passion left an indelible mark on all his Welsh…Read more…
School support staff in Derby need your help
UNISON members working in Derby City Schools have lost 25% of their pay, up to £400 per month, and they need your support for strike action.
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Fighting bullying and harassment
UNISON Cymru/Wales has made a significant breakthrough in tackling bullying and harassment in the workplace
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Brexit top of UNISON agenda for TUC
‘The need for stability and reassurance has never been greater,’ says Dave Prentis
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Invest to tackle the scourge of poverty
Whether they are working to support children and families, or facing low pay themselves, UNISON members know the human cost of poverty
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A fairer national minimum wage remains an ‘urgent need’
UNISON reasserts the ‘ultimate goal’ for UK minimum wage policy, in its submission to the Low Pay Commission
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Homecare workers, illegal payments and when the sums just don’t add up
It used to take Judith Montgomery three and a half hours to earn two hours’ pay.
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UNISON urges government to end national scandal over homecare minimum wage cheats
Failure to honour the minimum wage is endemic across the care sector as many homecare workers are unpaid for the time they travel between home visits – which can be up to a fifth of their working…Read more…
Labour leadership – consultation
We are canvassing views from all UNISON members opted into the UNISON Affiliated Political Fund (APF)
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Who is your Health Hero?
Nominations are now open for the UK’s only dedicated awards scheme to celebrate the healthcare support workforce
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Time to turn the tide on hatred
Summer should be a time of warmth and light, but weather aside, there seems precious little of either quality around at the moment.
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UNISON warns against outsourcing of NHS support services staff
Staff are ‘rightly anxious’ about the implications of cost-cutting pressure on trusts
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