Ditching all safety requirements is irresponsible
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Pay and pensions issues prompt higher education strike
Decent wage offer needed and pensions preserved
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Government must row back from reckless ditching of Covid rules, say education unions
Scrapping all safety requirements in schools could cause further Covid surge
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Women’s work is “undervalued, invisible and ignored”, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says in speech to national women’s conference that battle continues for fair and equal pay
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Women back call to build campaign against sexual harassment
Delegates hear that, after promising last July to introduce protections against harassment in the workplace, there has been no progress from the UK government
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UNISON general secretary calls on men to stand ‘beside’ women
Christina McAnea addresses women’s conference and stresses the need for the union to be more representative of its million female members
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Ministers need to get tough with employers over sexual harassment, says UNISON
Christina McAnea will tell Women’s National Conference that new laws needed to tackle bosses who don’t protect staff
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When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference
Delegates describe struggling to survive on a low income as being ‘on the hamster wheel of life’ and ‘trying to glue our families together with Pritt Stick and a pair of old shoelaces’
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COVID-19 dominates as women share their pandemic experiences
‘And remembering to breathe’ – delegates detail the added burdens that the health crisis has placed on women workers
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UNISON women convene for annual conference
Opening debates see delegates discuss how to increase proportionality within the union, particularly for part-time women workers, who represent a large part of the membership
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Pensions hike could be ‘a step too far’ for many NHS staff, says UNISON
Sara Gorton says majority of full-time employees will be worse off under government plans
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Inflation figures a nightmare for families and public services, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says extra cash needed for inflation-busting wage rises
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Blog: Governments would do well to listen to unions
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens, UNISON will be working with the TUC to campaign in every part of the UK to build our power. You can help
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U magazine crossword – here’s the real one!
Here is the correct grid, with clues, to the spring edition’s crossword
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Ending isolation without clear guidance creates big public risk, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says ditching rules is reckless and will cause confusion
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UNISON welcomes Welsh pay announcement for care workers
Care workers to get £1,000 payment, and will receive the real living wage. But the union says more needs to be done for the whole care team
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London borough introduces wide-ranging residential care charter
UNISON inspired an initiative that will benefit both care home workers and residents
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UNISON reacts to latest NHS waiting times figures
Solving the staff crisis has to be an urgent priority so patients can get the help they need.
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NEC meeting discusses motions for national conference
National delegates set to meet in Brighton in June – for the first time since the pandemic
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Further industrial action at Sandwell Leisure Trust
UNISON members set to take to the picket lines for a sixth time in continued fight against their employer’s fire and rehire tactics
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