Shadow secretary of state for climate change tells energy conference that the cost of living crisis can’t deflect from the challenge of creating a fairer, greener economy
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UNISON at 30 – delegates pass first motion at NDC in Brighton
Passionate speeches open debate on the first morning of national delegate conference
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Care bosses taking home 13 times wages of workers, says UNISON report
Urgent reform of care is the answer
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Paul Holmes opens national delegate conference with call to arms
Conference delegates charged to channel their anger, ‘to fight and defend our members’
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UNISON host cost of living summit
General secretary Christina McAnea led a roundtable which included Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, and charity leaders
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UNISON votes unanimously for trans equality in local government
A commitment to provide members with materials to counter the ‘gender critical’ narrative is agreed
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Blog: Working with UNISON on the cost of living crisis
Dan Jarvis, the Labour MP for Barnsley Central – and a UNISON member – on working with the union to tackle the cost of living crisis
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Local government delegates discuss how to improve organising
Moves agreed include devising a new UNISON training course for activists on how to organise industrial action ballots and win disputes
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Conference affirms there should be no profiteering from social care
Local government delegates debate motions on social care and the importance of bringing the entire sector back in-house
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Energy conference: ‘Be proud of what you have achieved’
Conference debated the energy crisis, net zero, diversity in energy and much more
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Delegates agree: ‘If our pay doesn’t rise, we will’
Local government conference passes motions on private contractors’ pay, reasonable adjustments and sexual harassment
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LG conference: fighting climate change and misogyny
“As a trade union, we need to lead from the front.”
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Conference applauds the Local Service Champions
Award winners named before local government delegates get back down to the debates
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Delegates reveal that it’s not all doom and gloom
Conference hears of successful insourcing campaigns – and agrees to learn new ways of getting messages out to members and the public
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WET conference tackles fair pay and protecting our environment
Delegates hear speeches from Christina McAnea and Labour peer Maggie Jones before busy schedule of debates
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Social workers at breaking point with half at risk of quitting, warns UNISON
Unacceptable levels of pressure on social work teams will end up costing lives.
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Local government staff deserve better from ministers
General secretary warns that we’ll all lose if public services are decimated
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COVID dominates start of UNISON local government conference
First morning of conference in Brighton also highlights how wealth inequality in the UK has been highlighted by the pandemic
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‘Let’s show the government our anger – and our strength’
General secretary Christina McAnea tells UNISON’s local government conference to get their branches ‘strike ready’ and ensure a big turnout at the TUC demo on 18 June
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Ministers are provoking a fight with unions to serve their own ends
The government should focus on helping the country through the cost-of-living crisis
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