UNISON’s Labour Link Forum hears strong rebuke of Labour leadership over its lack of solidarity during RMT strike
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Greater Manchester care workers win Living Wage award
UNISON members have secured the Living Wage for care workers in six out of ten Manchester councils
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Harlow refuse workers call off strikes after improved pay offer
The offer, worth around 9%, comes alongside a commitment to a new collective agreement
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UNISON out in force at London Pride
50 years of pride in London celebrated on Saturday
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Blog: Unions are the solution, not the problem
The TUC have already reported a surge in membership interest with online enquiries into trade union membership increasing by 700%
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Harlow refuse workers vote for strike action
The outsourced workers delivered a resounding ‘yes’ to strike action against a pay offer that fails to keep track with the cost of living
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Latest pay offer for college staff is ‘simply not enough’
UNISON’s FE committee will recommend that members reject the offer, when colleges reopen in September
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2022 school clothing grants
Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available
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Statement by UNISON’s NEC
Statement made on 17 June after votes at national delegate conference
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Why we marched in London at the weekend
Seven UNISON members tell us why they marched through London to ‘Demand Better’ on Saturday
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UNISON members ‘demand better’ on London’s streets
From the frontline to the breadline – thousands of UNISON members join other trade unions to protest the cost of living crisis
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Care staff announce strikes over fire and rehire plans
Bristol care company St Monica Trust wants to cut pay by £400 a month
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Leeds university members prepare to strike again
Action is over the 2021-22 pay round and the detrimental changes to the USS pension scheme
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Delegates back calls for improved pay and sick pay
Speakers highlight how national minimum wage and national living wage rates are not keeping up with inflation, and say that poor sick pay means sick workers going to work
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Wealth inequality in the UK is ‘entrenched’ under the Tories
As UNISON conference lays waste to the levelling up agenda, delegates say that the current government is ill-placed to fix problems that it caused in the first place
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‘This union is a green union’: UNISON commits to decarbonise public services
UNISON commits to introduce green reps on all branch committees in order to support bargaining and negotiation on decarbonisation
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Delegates discuss improving the union’s organising approach
The cost of living crisis presents a new set of challenges that require a new set of solutions
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The tide is turning – and UNISON will rise!
General secretary Christina McAnea brings national delegate conference to its feet with a rousing speech in Brighton
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Ed Miliband: ‘We’ve got to raise our ambitions on climate change’
Shadow secretary of state for climate change tells energy conference that the cost of living crisis can’t deflect from the challenge of creating a fairer, greener economy
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UNISON at 30 – delegates pass first motion at NDC in Brighton
Passionate speeches open debate on the first morning of national delegate conference
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