Wendy Nichols opens national delegate conference, reminding delegates that hard work has had a massive effect over the last year
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School support staff facing high levels of violence and abuse, says UNISON
More than half of classroom or teaching assistants (53%) across the UK have experienced physical violence at school in the past year, according to new figures published by UNISON today (Tuesday). In…Read more…
Dave Prentis joins RMT picket line
UNISON and RMT general secretaries joing together at Brighton station to show support for striking Southern rail workers
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UNISON vows to campaign for social housing
Conference agrees actions against Housing Act
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Education dominates local government conference on final afternoon
Debates see delegates back a range of measures on pay, academies, funding and much more
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Government ‘has turned its back on cheaper and greener energy’
UNISON energy conference calls union to campaign for a sustainable energy policy
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‘We must redouble our efforts build the better society Jo spent her life fighting for”
Local government conference hears Hope not Hate’s Nick Lowles call for work to build hope and a better world in memory of murdered MP and union member
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‘We can fight together for a more social Europe’
EPSU general secretary tells local government conference that Brexit would not ‘cure what is wrong in the EU, in the UK or elsewhere’
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Delegates vow to fight against social work privatisation
Delegates queue up to reveal the scale of the crisis affecting a vital service
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Brexit could drive up energy bills, says UNISON
Energy bills for millions of consumers could rise and power supplies may be more vulnerable if the UK votes to leave the EU later this week, says UNISON today (Monday). On the day of its annual…Read more…
Cuts are destroying youth services across the country, local government conference hears
Delegates commit union to campaign for quality youth services as part of broader fight to save local services
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UNISON keeping our members safe is at risk in the upcoming EU referendum
UNISON has been at the heart of developing and campaigning for European legislation – legislation such as European Sharps Directive, which has helped protect nurses, cleaners, ambulance and other NHS…Read more…
Shadow minister praises UNISON’s work for a living wage water industry
WET conference vows to keep up the pressure to ensure “the living wage for all in the water industry”
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Campaign urged against meat inspection deregulation
Debate also hears calls for work to improve pay, terms and conditions for members
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Housing crisis is ‘a national disaster’, conference hears
Local government delegates hear plea for a housing policy which will help people: ‘build, build, build’
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Delegates call for action on NJC pay spines
Local government conference hears that pay has fallen behind that in other public services
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UNISON pledges campaign for an end to school workers’ term-time contracts
‘We all live 12 months of the year’ and need to paid for 12 months, local government conference delegates hear
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Delegates stress the need to build the union through organising
Raising the union’s profile is “like joining a gym: you don’t buy your ticket and then sit around waiting to get fit”
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Delegates remember murdered MP and Orlando club goers
UNISON president says people should ‘reflect on some of the language used’ in EU debate
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Health workers and charities unite to urge rethink on NHS bursaries
More than 20 health unions, charities and professional colleges sign open letter to prime minister
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