The UK’s biggest union launches its first Green UNISON Week – and here’s how you can help green your office
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Fragmented and fragile: it’s time to fix social care
New report argues that care workers are overlooked, undervalued and in desperate need of investment
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Organ donation week: what we all need to know
Organ donation week is now on and runs until Sunday 8 September and a change in the law will affect us all
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Nurse training boost welcome but more needed across whole NHS, says UNISON
Sustained funding required – not just short-term fixes
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Whatever happened to the silly season?
August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy
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School uniform supplier must show it doesn’t profit from sweatshop labour
Supplier challenged over ethical concerns
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The tyranny of hospital car parking charges
UNISON believes that health workers should not be charged to park at the hospital they work at. That’s why we’re asking all NHS trusts in England to make parking free for all staff within two years….Read more…
Blog: This should send a chill down the spine of everyone who cares for democracy
The planned closure of Parliament, at a time of constitutional crisis, is the sort of manoeuvre more suited to a corrupt tin-pot dictatorship
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This will be ‘catastrophic’ for working people
UNISON joins over 80 civil society organisations in writing to the PM, arguing that the price of a no-deal Brexit is too high
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No-deal will leave NHS gasping for breath
Commenting on the statement from the TUC and health unions on the threat posed to the NHS by a no-deal Brexit, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Boris Johnson is setting a timebomb for the…Read more…
Leaked document reveals government ‘concern’ over teaching assistants
UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’
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Suspending Parliament smacks of dictatorship
The country must be asked for its view on Brexit
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Blackpool hospital staff begin two-day strike
Private company Compass claims it can’t afford an 82p pay rise despite generating £1.7bn in profit and paying their boss £4.6m
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What does a no-deal Brexit mean for the NHS?
UNISON is asking its healthcare members for their views on how a no-deal Brexit will impact on their jobs
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Bradford NHS members suspend strike action
UNISON to present its case to trust for services to remain in-house
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West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract
Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff
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Government should heed report’s call and fund councils properly
Commenting on the report on council funding published today (Wednesday) by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Local councils…Read more…
All-women shortlists must not be ‘meddled with’
UNISON and Labour party have long record of encouraging women MPs
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Government only doing ‘half the job’ by replacing police officers
UNISON calls for government to replace the thousands of police staff axed since 2010
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Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union
General secretary Dave Prentis takes inspiration from visit to Southampton District branch
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