General secretary backs Birmingham strikers as he speaks to ‘the biggest gathering of women trade unionists in this country’
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General secretary backs Birmingham strikers as he speaks to ‘the biggest gathering of women trade unionists in this country’
The article ‘I will be with you on the picket lines’ vows Dave Prentis…Read more…
UNISON’s 2018 women’s conference opened today (Friday) at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool.
The article UNISON’s women’s conference opens in Liverpool today first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Capita’s financial woes raise serious questions about the vulnerability of local authorities – like Barnet and Northamptonshire – who have been suckered into signing decades long…Read more…
Simon Fox, Chief Executive of Trinity Mirror, is to deliver an hour-long lecture on the subject of The importance of professional journalism in a post-truth world at the Bristol Business School…Read more…
UNISON’s women’s conference addresses the lack of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths
The article ‘You can be a mother, daughter, sister and engineer if you wish’…Read more…
The Scottish Budget dance has taken another swirl as the Bill passes its first stage. Let’s have a look at what the changes mean for local government and pay.
First a quick recap. The draft budget…Read more…
Hundreds of thousands of NHS campaigners will converge in London on Saturday (February 3) to demand the Tories fix the embattled health service. In response to the unprecedented and growing…Read more…
My name is Debbie Wilkinson and I have been an NHS paramedic in Leeds for 27 years. I once worked out that means I have attended 999 calls at over 35,000 addresses! It’s a job I love and am…Read more…
The consultation over Tata steelworkers’ pensions closed this week (January 29) after nearly 100,000 workers made key decisions over their future retirement income. The vast majority of the…Read more…
I took part as a local member in the Newham Mayor trigger ballot meeting for my ward, Forest Gate North.
All members present had the chance to make a contribution before they had a vote on whether to affirm Robin Wales as the Labour candidate for Newh…Read more…
In a move that should surprise no-one, the two parliamentary committees looking into the Carillion collapse have written to some of the companies major shareholders. Among the things that MPs want to know are the extent to which shareholders engaged wi…Read more…
UNISON president and hospital catering assistant Margaret McKee gives rousing speech to women’s conference
The article ‘I see first-hand how lack of funding is harming the NHS’ first appeared on…Read more…
Women’s conference votes to take measures to ensure more low paid women can participate in the union
The article Women’s conference kicks off with a vote to boost organising first appeared on the…Read more…
Unite warned that today’s (February 1) formal hostile takeover bid of GKN by Melrose was ‘debt fuelled’ and marked a return to 1980’s cowboy capitalism. Unite reiterated its call for the…Read more…
Unite today vowed to fight ‘distressing’ jobs losses at Brush Generators in Loughborough, after the firm owned by Melrose announced plans today (February 1) to cut up to 270 jobs and shift production…Read more…
Services to families and children in Somerset will be hit if the Tory-controlled county council takes these activities back in-house and then imposes cuts to a vibrant service, Unite has warned….Read more…
I spoke today at the plenary session of Unite’s national equality conference. It brought together delegates from each of the union’s equality conferences taking place this week in Blackpool – women,…Read more…
All too often, Mental Health does not receive the attention or the support, that other health problems do. Our union has a proud history of fighting for greater funding for mental health support, but…Read more…
Strain on employees at work is seen to be a major cause of Mental Health issues, a government-commissioned report shows that mental health is costing the UK economy almost £100 Billion a year and figures show that around 300,000 people … Continue…Read more…
There are plenty of resources available for activists to use during LGBT History Month
The article LGBT History Month helps us challenge prejudice first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…