Affected areas include the NHS, higher education and the Environment Agency
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Christopher Eccleston celebrates UNISON’s Champions Day
To celebrate the first UNISON Champions day, the film and TV star interviewed last year’s Local Service Champions winner and rehabilitation worker, Paddy Toner
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NHS workers in Northern Ireland prepare for strike action
UNISON members, alongside those from Nipsa, have not received any pay award this year
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Colombian trade unionist addresses young members
Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia
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Young members’ conference turns to recruitment and organising
A number of motions on Saturday dealt with how the self organised group encourage recruitment, get members active and produce results for young members
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Young members’ conference opens with debates about cost of living
Assistant general secretary Jon Richards welcomes delegates and speaks before a morning of debate
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UNISON welcomes return of further education to public sector
ONS decision means that senior leaders will have to justify big pay awards
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Put pay right to solve nurse and midwife exodus, says UNISON
UNISON says pay and staffing reason for more people leaving Nursing and Midwifery Council professional register this year than in 2021
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Take part in UNISON’s survey on the state off housing
The work will find out more about the housing issues members are facing
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Environment Agency workers announce industrial action dates
Action short of a strike will begin in December
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UNISON stands with migrant workers in Qatar – beyond the World Cup
UNISON demands that a migrant workers centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the sporting event
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Energy bills see schools pull back on ventilation and CO2 monitoring
The lack of any government messaging on COVID has also affected the issue
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MPs celebrate Stars in our Schools at parliamentary drop-in
The event gave MPs the chance to celebrate support staff, as well as talk to UNISON members about the issues being faced in schools
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Blog: COP27 – One step forward…
Stephen Smellie, NEC member from Scotland, attended COP27 as part of the International Trade Union Confederation delegation. Here he reflects on the outcome.
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World Cup: Women prepare for increased domestic abuse
With the World Cup now underway, UNISON has published new guidance on how workplaces can support survivors of domestic abuse
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LGBT+ awards make a welcome return in Edinburgh
The trans caucus, together with Northern Ireland and North West regions, pick up the first awards since COVID began
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‘We need to continue the fight … let’s join the winter of solidarity’
UNISON president Andrea Egan says the Tories “have our rights in their sights”
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Terfs, ‘toxic opinions’ and an obsession over who’s in what toilet
LGBT+ delegates take aim at the “exhausting,” negative press coverage of trans people, and the horror of damaging conversion ‘therapy’
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‘Living legend’ Jackie Lewis given LGBT+ lifetime achievement award
LGBT+ conference rises to celebrate a lifetime of campaigning
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‘Being inclusive is not only the right thing … it is a strategic necessity’
Dr Julia Ehrt, executive director of ILGA World praises UNISON and tells conference: “It is time for LGBTI movement to learn – trans exclusion weakens your own cause.”
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