Statement made on 17 June after votes at national delegate conference
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UNISON NEC elects the union’s new presidential team
President Andrea Egan and her vice presidents were announced at national delegate conference
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Why we marched in London at the weekend
Seven UNISON members tell us why they marched through London to ‘Demand Better’ on Saturday
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UNISON members ‘demand better’ on London’s streets
From the frontline to the breadline – thousands of UNISON members join other trade unions to protest the cost of living crisis
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University of Leeds staff strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer
Five days of action begin over pay increase way behind inflation
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Fighting for women – in and out of the workplace
Gender discrimination, domestic violence and the support of low-paid women were among the topics of a busy final day of UNISON’s national delegate conference
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Care staff announce strikes over fire and rehire plans
St Monica Trust workers line up five strike days
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Care staff announce strikes over fire and rehire plans
Bristol care company St Monica Trust wants to cut pay by £400 a month
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Frontline health workers vote ‘yes’ to strike action at sites across Lancashire
OCS workers want to be treated like colleagues directly employed by NHS
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Leeds university members prepare to strike again
Action is over the 2021-22 pay round and the detrimental changes to the USS pension scheme
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Delegates back calls for improved pay and sick pay
Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work
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‘Democracy and peace are equal to bread and water’: Turkish trade unionists address conference
Representatives of KESK, the Turkish Confederation of Public Service Workers joined UNISON’s conference
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Wealth inequality in the UK is ‘entrenched’ under the Tories
As UNISON conference lays waste to the levelling up agenda, delegates say that the current government is ill-placed to fix problems that it caused in the first place
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UNISON commits to campaign for a national care service
In the motion care worker members gave heartfelt testimony of their experiences working throughout the pandemic
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‘Now is the time for investment, not cuts’
UNISON delegates hear that much-improved public sector pay and a ‘realistic’ windfall tax are the key to the cost of living crisis
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‘This union is a green union’: UNISON commits to decarbonise public services
UNISON commits to introduce green reps on all branch committees in order to support bargaining and negotiation on decarbonisation
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Absence of sick pay for care workers shows system needs reform
Survey shows extent of inadequate sick pay
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Delegates discuss improving the union’s organising approach
The cost of living crisis presents a new set of challenges that require a new set of solutions
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Out-of-touch government has no plan to solve cost of living crisis, says UNISON
Workers deserve decent pay rises as prices spiral
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The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise!
General secretary Christina McAnea brings national delegate conference to its feet with a rousing speech in Brighton
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