Shadow higher education minister Matt Western promises positive, long-lasting reform under a Labour government
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Donate to support striking workers
As UNISON members continue to take strike action, the union is asking for donations to its strike fund
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Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action
The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions
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UK’s model for funding higher education is a ‘broken system’
Most politicians don’t understand the cost of living crisis, because ‘they have never had to face it’, UNISON’s HE conference is told
The article UK’s model for funding higher education is a ‘broken system’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Universities need to ‘redouble their efforts’ to support disabled staff
UNISON higher education delegates agree to build on the ‘legacy’ of the union’s Year of Disabled Workers
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Higher education conference debates ongoing pay dispute
‘The situation cannot go on unchallenged. We’re not afraid of taking action’
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Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April
The article Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The growing importance of the EA
Marking 70 years since the worst environmental disaster in modern UK history, parliamentarians gathered to discuss the issues facing the Environment Agency
The article The growing importance of the EA first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Homes for all – housing day of action
A day of action on 11 February will call on the Westminster government to fund a rent freeze and end evictions during the cost of living crisis
The article Homes for all – housing day of action first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Insourcing win at Barnet council
Over 300 staff in a variety of services like trading standards, environmental health and other regulatory services, will now be transferred back in-house
The article Insourcing win at Barnet council first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The Year of Black Workers
A year-long focus on the important issues that affect Black members and their everyday lives
The article The Year of Black Workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unions ‘shocked’ by revised higher education pay offer
Those on the highest grades are offered the highest percentage rise, as new strikes dates are announced
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Blog: Remembering the ‘banality of evil’ is of vital importance
Two UNISON young members reflect on the significance of Holocaust Memorial Day
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Marking Holocaust Memorial Day
This year’s theme charges us to collectively challenge antisemitism, intolerance and the politics of division and hate
The article Marking Holocaust Memorial Day first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Black members’ conference confronts cost of living crisis
Delegates back call to fight for above-inflation pay rises
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UNISON demands action on migrant worker health surcharge
Conference hears the surcharge is a form of tax mainly targeting Black people
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Strikes are serious in Yorkshire
… as UNISON head of health Sara Gorton knows, but there is also always time for a laugh
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Proud to be in a union – striking in the North West
From Manchester to Merseyside, UNISON members took to the picket lines again on a third day of action in the NHS
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From the frontline to the breadline – NHS strike rolling report
Follow here for news and views on the latest day of NHS industrial action
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Black members pass motions on disability and cost of living crisis
The second day of the UNISON national Black members’ conference, hosted in Edinburgh, passed a number of key motions affecting Black workers
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