There is no rest for me or anyone in UNISON while our members continue to do all they can to fight this pandemic and keep our communities going
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Making sure young people have a post-pandemic future
November is young workers month and UNISON wants to hear directly from young workers on what support they need from their union
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Blog: This avoidable crisis
The Lawrence Review endorses UNSION’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19
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Time for fair wage for social care workers on ‘forgotten frontline’, says new coalition
Christina McAnea says immediate emergency support fund needed to guarantee wage boost for workers
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Working together is key to saving lives in further period of lockdown, says UNISON
Proper support and protection needed for care homes
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UNISON organiser helps families find half-term meals
Area organiser Jack Horwood set up Help Out When School’s Out, an online search tool connecting families to local businesses providing half-term meals
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Everyone in the Labour Party must take ‘shameful, distressing’ EHRC report ‘very seriously’, says UNISON
There must be no room for discrimination within Labour
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UNISON welcomes government promise to improve hospital food
A victory in UNISON’s campaign for nutritious and affordable food for hospital workers
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School catering staff face losing hundreds of pounds a month, says UNISON
Catering firm Dolce must talk with UNISON
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Society must do more to tackle structural racism, says UNISON
Urgent action needed to protect Black communities from second wave
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UNISON asks exit payments questions of the Treasury
Letter raises questions over the government’s regulations and could see further action
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Blog: The Tories’ disgusting refusal to act on child hunger
While welcome, it should not be left to charity from individuals and organisations to put food in children’s mouths
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Teaching assistants covering twice as many lessons in the pandemic
UNISON survey reveals huge rise in numbers doing higher-grade work as teachers fall ill or fail to get tests
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The power of union learning
A UNISON member illustrates just why union learning is so important – and why we need to save the Union Learning Fund
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Employers must do all they can to reduce Covid impact on Black staff, says UNISON
Findings of risk assessments must be implemented
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A national care service is needed urgently to reform social care, says UNISON
Christina McAnea says pandemic has highlighted need for urgent reform
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Disabled people an ‘afterthought’ for government during COVID
The grim statistics on COVID-related hazards facing disabled people are discussed during UNISON’s Disability Live! online conference
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More PCSOs would be best way to ensure public comply with Covid rules
Force must be rebuilt after 46% cuts in a decade
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Overhauling care sector is the answer to staff shortages
High vacancy rates show system is broken
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Extra support for NHS staff welcome but high vacancy levels don’t help, says UNISON
Allowing proper recovery time important too
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