Lessons must be learned and those responsible for failings held to account
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Blog: Voting for fair pay on 6 May
Many of our members are not looking for special treatment or favours – all we want is due process and proper negotiations that result in fair pay
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UK government must share vaccine intellectual property rights to prevent thousands of deaths
Helping less wealthy nations will beneift everyone
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UNISON campaign urges public to use votes to show support for public service staff
Pay freeze should be on voters’ minds
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Blog: Friends with benefits
Concern over the use of lobbying continues to grow with this government. Reform is needed now and the sleaze must stop
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Urgent action needed to address chronic undersupply of NHS staff
A lack of planning for a global pandemic left the UK and the NHS exposed like never before
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Our champions of champions
UNISON’s Local Service Champions awards celebrate the invaluable contribution local authority staff make to our lives
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UNISON responds to George Floyd’s murder case
“Others who abuse their power must be held to account before the law”
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Proposed job cuts at Cadent Gas are irresponsible and unnecessary
Company must reconsider job loss plans
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Election time – make sure you’re ready to vote for your NEC
With democracy at the heart of everything UNISON does, general secretary stresses that voting for the next NEC ‘only takes a few minutes’
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Government must act over minimum wage laws affecting care workers, say UNISON and Mencap
UNISON and Mencap write to Boris Johnson urging investigation into sleep-in pay
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Pensions update for ODP’s
UNISON’s Pensions Unit for Members has been assisting some of our ODP members with Special Class Status (SCS) claims.
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Government must do more to persuade care staff to have the jab
Attempting to force staff to comply by threatening their livelihoods is just plain wrong
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Staying safe during Ramadan
UNISON’s national Black members’ committee wishes ’a blessed Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim members’ and highlights guidance on staying safe
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Persuasion not coercion must be the key to drive vaccine take-up, says UNISON
Mandatory jabs are the wrong approach and a massive distraction.
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UNISON to help lead union response to the racism report
The union will work with the TUC to address the discredited report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which downplays structural and institutional racism
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Turning young people onto politics
With elections across the UK on 6 May, UNISON is supporting National Voter Registration Day on 19 April
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Blog: The government can still address racism properly
Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie looks at the background to the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and examines its failings
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Join UNISON for a series of green events
Help build the union’s campaign on greening our public services
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UNISON research reveals scale of council deficits
Finances have been hit by increased spending to deal with COVID and a reduction in income because of the pandemic
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