Local government chief officers and senior managers: help us represent and campaign on your behalf by completing our survey
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Campaign against TTIP gains momentum
Councils sign up to support campaign against transatlantic trade deal that threatens democracy
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UNISON comment on Jeremy Corbyn winning the Labour leadership election
Commenting on the Labour leadership result today (Saturday), UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today people for the first time in a decade are hearing a message of hope. “A…Read more…
UNISON joins religious and charity leaders in criticising the Welfare Reform and Work Bill
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis joins other union, charity and religious leaders in criticising the Bill for the negative effect it will have on poor families and the disabled
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Get updates on the UNISON campaign to drop the Trade Union Bill
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Staffing crisis gathers pace across the public sector warns UNISON
The NHS and local councils across the UK are facing a growing staffing crisis as a result of the government’s imposed pay cap, according to a report published today (Friday) by UNISON. The research –…Read more…
UNISON comment on EU court ruling on travel time to work
Commenting on the ruling at the European Court of Justice today (Thursday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “This case rightly demonstrates that mobile workers must be paid for all their…Read more…
Education Bill will silence parents, UNISON warns
Bill would remove requirement to consult parents before forcing schools to become academies
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New education authority launched in Northern Ireland
Authority responsible for education, youth and library services
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Welsh schools cannot survive without support staff
UNISON calling for support and training for those in vital school role
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UNISON calls for review of school support staff contracts that can cut pay by 20%
UNISON’s survey of councillors and local government officers attending the Local Government Association’s 2015 annual conference showed that 82% of respondents agreed it was divisive and unfair…Read more…
Celebrate the stars in our schools
On 27 November make sure school support staff get the attention they deserve
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Help us fight these scandalously unfair tax credit cuts
These cuts to tax credits will mean ordinary public service workers lose up to £3,000 a year and thousands more in the lifetime of this parliament
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Number of families with problem debt up by more than a quarter since 2012, new report reveals
The number of households with problem debt has increased by 700,000 (28 per cent) since 2012, according to new TUC and UNISON-commissioned research published today (Tuesday). The report,…Read more…
‘Now is not the time to turn our backs’
The worse European humanitarian crisis since the Second World War demands that we do our utmost
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UNISON at the Burston school strike rally
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis celebrates the Burston strike school rally in Norfolk yesterday (Sunday)
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Northern Ireland regional committee nominates Dave Prentis in general secretary election
Nomination period runs from 2 September to 9 October during which time branches and other bodies can make a nomination
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UNISON on latest workforce stats showing women in UK universities mostly in low-paid jobs
Unison has condemned the latest workforce statistics published by Universities UK that show that women make up 54 per cent of the total higher education workforce, but despite this 63 per cent of…Read more…
UNISON urges the government to show compassion and accept more refugees
‘The daily images of desperate men, women and children fleeing the escalating violence have shocked the world’
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Special UNISON summit plans to tackle pay freeze
Over 100 top union activists convened at a pay summit at the UNISON Centre in London today (Thursday) to map out a cross-union strategy for dealing with the ongoing public sector pay freeze
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