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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Get updates on the UNISON campaign to drop the Trade Union Bill
Get involved with the campaign by signing up to receive email updates.
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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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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 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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Stars in our schools
Join UNISON’s search for the unsung heroes of our schools
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Do you know an award-winning young member?
Do you know a young UNISON member who has been involved in effective and innovative campaigning – or is just an outstanding trade unionist?
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Probation staff set for second strike in England and Wales
Employers walk away from ACAS talks – prompting new strike action on 14 September
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Prentis pays tribute to NI campaigners over NHS homes
Three-year campaign has helped keep many homes open in Northern Ireland, but threats remain as politicians ‘bicker’
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Academics condemn government’s attack on trade unions as ‘perverse’
Unions not too powerful – they’re too weak, say industrial relations academics
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Austerity is not the only way, Prentis tells Newcastle rally
This is our chance to create a new path that offers hope that offers opportunity to all, UNISON general secretary tells Corbyn rally in Newcastle
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Prentis opens new Northern region ‘shopfront’ centre
New ‘shopfront’-style UNISON resource centres are a new way of organising in local communities and making the union visible, general secretary Dave Prentis said today, as he opened a new…Read more…
Betsi Cadwaladr consultation shows impact on morale
UNISON Cymru/Wales’s thorough consultation with members of what it is like to work for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board moved to Wrexham Maelor yesterday with two mass meetings of health…Read more…
Dossier reveals cost of Rhondda Cynon Taff mileage rate cut
Rhondda Cynon Taff Council’s decision to slash mileage rates for staff will cost the public purse more. A dossier produced by UNISON Cymru/Wales proves that forcing council workers to use…Read more…