‘We need to do all we can to make domestic abuse history’, women’s conference is told
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‘Stop ghosting us on pay’, say UNISON Eastern
As re-balloted staff at nine NHS employers pass the thresholds required to take industrial action in the pay dispute, Eastern health committee make their feelings clear
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Women’s equality at risk of being put back 25 years by the pandemic
Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told
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HE strikes called off as talks move forward
HE joint-unions and the employer, UCEA, have released a statement as they move into time-limited talks
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Women are at the heart of UNISON’s industrial action
General secretary Christina McAnea praises the many inspiring women who are leading disputes and negotiations ‘to change lives for the better’
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The cost of living crisis hits home for working women
UNISON national women’s conference opens with passionate debate on wide-ranging effects of the crisis, as women become the ‘shock-absorbers’ of austerity
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End-of-year accounts for 2022 – branch audits
Information for honorary branch auditors, from UNISON head of audit John Nagle
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UNISON lobbies Church of England leaders over pay
Catering staff, cleaners and caretakers are being paid less than the real living wage in church schools
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Turkey earthquake solidarity appeal
UNISON urges branches to support its sister unions as they recover from devastating quake
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Blog: A significant step forward for pregnant workers and new parents
UNISON has been working with Dan Jarvis MP on a bill, which just passed its third reading, to provide additional protections in the workplace
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Put NHS pay right – NHS strike rolling report
Follow here for news and views on the latest day of NHS industrial action
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Higher education pay dispute enters new talks
Unions and employers to hold conciliation talks in long-running HE pay dispute
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Recap: Second day of EA strikes
Environment Agency workers started a 12-hour strike at 7am on Wednesday, alongside their Prospect colleagues. Here’s some of the action
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NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union
Fair pay and fighting the Westminster government’s anti-strike bill are also discussed by UNISON’s ruling executive
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Labour vows to work with HE unions ‘as partners, not adversaries’
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
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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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