UNISON presents the Nelson Mandela Award every year to someone who has ‘gone above and beyond to represent Black members’
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‘Let’s raise the bar,’ Christina McAnea tells Black members
Welcoming UNISON’s Year of Black Workers, the general secretary said: “Our union is stronger because of our Black members”
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Five ways that you can support Monday’s NHS strikers
Want to support our NHS strikers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines next week
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Blog: NICE and NHS staff are for life, not just for COVID
“We went on strike because the NHS will only last as long as there are folk with the faith to fight for it. NICE staff and our NHS colleagues are those folk”
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Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency
See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier
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EU Law Bill: Disability protections under threat
Retained EU Law Bill could lead to “a shameful step backwards for disability equality at work”
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Winter fuel grant opens 25 January
UNISON Welfare opens its annual programme offering grants of £200 at 10am on Wednesday 25 Jan – find out if you’re eligible to apply
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Three things you need to know about the anti-strike bill
The government’s Minimum Service Levels Bill is a full-frontal attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within
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Environment Agency workers to take historical strike action
Workers who protect communities from floods, water pollution, spills and waste fires will walk out on Wednesday 18 January
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UNISON calls on minister to unlock EA pay talks ahead of strike
Staff in the Environment Agency have seen their pay eroded by over 20% in the last decade and are now “working one day in every five for nothing”
The article UNISON calls on minister to unlock EA pay talks ahead of strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The streets of London – pictures from the picket lines
On Wednesday’s day of industrial action in the ambulance service, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton toured pickets throughout the capital
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Christina McAnea tours pickets on second NHS strike day
The general secretary visited picket lines across Yorkshire and the North East yesterday to show support and solidarity for UNISON’s ambulance workers on strike
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Through sun and rain – on the picket lines in Bristol
A chance to look back at a day on the picket lines in the South West
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#PutNHSpayright – all the news with our rolling report
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England
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I’m a paramedic – here’s why I’m striking
‘We’re doing it out of necessity: not just for ourselves, but for the future of the NHS’
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Five ways to support our ambulance strikers
Want to support our ambulance workers? Below are five ways you can show your solidarity with UNISON members on picket lines this Wednesday
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General secretary thanks strikers
Christina McAnea’s says public support is on the union’s side
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In my Liverpool home – on the picket lines in Merseyside
Our photographer was in the city to catch a flavour of the day
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London calling – a look back at yesterday’s strike in the capital
UNISON members across the country were out in force for yesterday’s NHSstrikes. We take a photographic look back at events in the capital
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Rolling report: #PutNHSpayright
Check back throughout the day to see what’s happening around the regions as strikes begin across the ambulance service in England and at two Liverpool hospitals
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