More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
The article UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
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More must be done to make mental health services safer and kinder places to work
The article UNISON responds to funding for crisis mental health services first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The Chancellor’s promise that there’ll be no more PFI contracts signed is welcome
The article PFI abolition pledge doesn’t help public services with contracts first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Years of wrecking ball austerity have left local services in a perilous state
The article Budget doesn’t end the austerity nightmare first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Responding to today’s (October 29) budget delivered by the chancellor Philip Hammond, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said, “Austerity is not over. Despite the chancellor’s desperate efforts at…Read more…
Today’s (October 29) ‘trick or treat’ Autumn Budget has failed to give hope to ordinary people struggling to make ends meet in an economy dominated by low wages and insecure work. Against this…Read more…
Global logistics giant UPS could face industrial action in the new year in the escalating row over denying their drivers night-time toilet facilities at its own depots. Unite the union said…Read more…
A petition signed by more than 8,000 people calling on the government to secure future shipbuilding work at the threatened Appledore shipyard will be handed in at the House of Commons tomorrow…Read more…
Members vote for action – but turnout fails to meet Trade Union Act threshold
The article Higher education ballot result first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A couple of onscreen taps, get your potential recruit to fill in their name and email and just like that, you’ve recruited a new member
The article Easy Joiner: coming soon to a region near you…Read more…
Delegates discuss a range of issues that affect the lives of disabled people, in and out of the workplace
The article Conference debates access to voting, hate crime and BSL first appeared on the…Read more…
115 MPs sign UNISON letter to Philip Hammond
The article Key council services need funding, Chancellor told first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Disabled activists employers often don’t understand the issue and can ‘punish’ disabled workers.
The article Disabled members speak out over lack of proper disability leave first appeared on the…Read more…
Assistant general secretary addresses disabled members’ conference
The article Widening disability pay gap shows the struggle for equality is far from over first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Last week we set five tests for the government to prove that austerity was “over”. Today’s Budget failed them all.Read more…
Off message: Gill and I went for this fantastic 8 mile autumnal walk last Sunday in the Chilterns. The weather was incredibly warm and sunny for the time of year. Many trees were still remarkably green which I put down to the unusual hot summer we have…Read more…
Disabled members speak out about the importance of mental health care and the role that mental health first aid can play
The article Delegates voice the need for mental health first aiders first…Read more…
Emma Lewell-Buck highlights ‘cruelty’ of government policies toward disabled people
The article MP says we need to change how disability is reported first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Workers are often punished for disability-related absences, with more discretion needed from employers and managers
The article Conference hears how disabled workers face absence problems first…Read more…
Gordon McKay also urges members to use ‘Grovember’ to continue to make the union stronger
The article President hails ‘inspirational’ disabled members first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
“I’m at least the fourth generation of my family to be a Trade Unionist – back to the blacklisted docker and the miner on strike for the minimum wage in 1912.
Trade Unions are the core of the Labour Movement. I am so humbled by @unisontweets endorseme…Read more…