UNISON says that the Equality Act 2020 is being misrepresented by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
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UNISON condemns killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
International committee welcomes IFJ’s complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding Israel’s targeting of journalists working in Palestine
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Sandwell leisure workers celebrate pay victory after latest strike
Employer announces it will return the workers to national pay, terms and conditions after last week’s industrial action
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Sandwell leisure workers strike to open new pay battle
Together with the GMB and Unite, the move comes after the council vowed to end the contract with Sandwell Leisure Trust in the wake of its decision to fire and rehire all staff
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TUC demo: Seven bonus reasons to get off the sofa and go
A sideways glance at some of the less obvious reasons why you and your friends should fight for a solution to the cost of living crisis at the big national TUC demos on 18 June
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‘Working people cannot afford 12 more years of decline’
After Labour’s success at the polls last week, deputy leader Angela Rayner talks exclusively to UNISON about her upbringing and what is really needed to fix the cost of living crisis
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UNISON police staff members vote to accept pay offer
First digital ballot in the sector helps to produce higher turnout
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Health conference takes on a packed final morning
Business ranges from support for migrant healthcare workers to ambulance uniforms
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Pay tops the agenda at health conference
Flexible working and a 35-hour work week were debated in Liverpool on Tuesday afternoon
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Delegates back a range of motions on mileage and other rates
NHS bank rates and on-call rates also debated as UNISON health conference hears that workers are being exploited
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UNISON demands school meals workers are brought in-house
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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Have your say on how Social Work England regulates social workers
UNISON encourages social workers to complete a short survey to feed back on the government’s positions, before 6 May
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Next week – let’s find our voice through the ballot box
Use the elections on 5 May to send a message to the Tories about partygate and the cost of living crisis
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Health debates turn to equalities
Domestic violence, sexual harassment and racism at work and disability equality were among the issues debated in a busy session of UNISON’s 2022 health conference
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‘This is genocide,’ Ukrainian union leader tells health conference
Service group executive statement says: ‘Sometimes you need to pick a side. Sometimes you need to do the right thing’
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UNISON must be ‘proactive’ in greening the NHS, delegates agree
Delegates discuss a trio of motions, with a sense of urgency at the scale of the problem facing the planet
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NHS staff ‘undermined by political decisions’, says McAnea
General secretary tells health conference that deliberate Conservative choices have created the cost of living crisis
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Health delegates lay blame for NHS problems squarely on Tories
First in-person conference since 2019 opens with a raft of debates on health, wellbeing and safety in the service
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UNISON health conference opens in Liverpool
Chair of the the union’s health service group, Roz Norman, reminds delegates of successful track record of standing up for health members
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UNISON slates government over school funding shortages
Research reveals that many headteachers in primary and secondary schools in England are having to cut staff, IT equipment, trips and more as the funding crisis bites
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