From the workplace to the Rwanda policy, to Ukraine and Ghana, LGBT+ delegates debate a worrying situation
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Christina McAnea: ‘It’s great to be loud and proud’
General secretary tells UNISON LGBT+ conference that there’s still much to do on equalities and trans equality cannot be treated as some ‘poor relation’
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UNISON delivers pay petition to Downing Street
Over 182,290 people signed the petition, demanding that the government ends the pay crisis by raising the minimum wage to £15 an hour
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UNISON attends trade unionist trial in Turkey
Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES
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UNISON demands Rishi Sunak guarantee workers’ protections in EU law bill
In a letter to the prime minister, Christina McAnea writes: ‘Government should be creating stability and certainty – not a bonfire of workers’ rights and decades of legal wrangling.’
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Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’
Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll
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Blog: It is within their power to give NHS workers the pay they deserve
“This government let frontline workers take responsibility when times were at their toughest, but now it refuses to take responsibility for the things that are in its control”
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UNISON’s first general secretary has died, aged 88
Alan Jinkinson was the former general secretary of NALGO and, when that merged with COHSE and NUPE in 1993, became the first leader of the new union
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UNISON’s reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2023
The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union rises to £11.80 an hour.
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UNISON ambulance workers share heartbreaking stories of wait times
“The guilt you feel, the anger, the frustration. I can’t put it into words, it’s heartbreaking”
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‘Another world is possible – together we can rise!’
Clare Williams tells TUC rally the Conservatives ‘ have no democratic mandate for their policies. We need a general election now’
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Hundreds of workers lobby Parliament for better pay
UNISON members join the TUC’s ‘We Demand Better’ lobby and rally, urging MPs to do the right thing over the cost of living crisis
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Council workers accept deal that will give lowest-paid 10.5%
Members across NJC unions vote to accept pay offer – the highest in a decade
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Vote yes for the NHS: UNISON urges backing for strike action
UNISON recommends members vote ‘yes’ for strike action in order to fight for a better pay deal and to help the NHS recruit and retain staff
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Mobilise to save the planet
UNISON is urging members to take part in the global day of action on the climate crisis on 12 November
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‘We must be united for battles ahead,’ says UNISON president
Andrea Egan addresses disabled members’ conference and praises delegates for their work on the Year of Disabled Workers
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Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament
The bill now moves to committee stage, where UNISON will submit expert evidence on why a bonfire of workers’ rights is a bad idea
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Delegates call for help to combat the epidemic of male suicide
In 2020, 4,880 men and boys ended their lives – but gender stereotypes make it harder to men to talk about problems facing them
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‘We want workplaces to thrive – the Tories want to curtail unions’
Labour’s shadow minister for disabled people tells conference that the Conservatives show their contempt for disabled people
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Disabled members look to the legacy of 2022
Meeting in Brighton, delegates look at the legacy of this year’s Year of Disabled Workers
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