General secretary calls for enforceable charter of employment rights and an end to ‘fire and hire’ culture
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Unions urge education secretary to extend free COVID testing
No 10’s Living with COVID plan ‘is likely to result in further illness and disruption to face-to-face education’
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NEC reiterates condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Meeting hears that UNISON ‘will continue to work with the international trade union movement to offer support to Ukraine’
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UNISON launches new manifesto for social work
Move comes on International Social Work Day and explores both the state of social work in the UK today and the union’s hopes for the future
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Ukraine – share your stories
UNISON wants to hear from Ukrainian and Russian members, as well as branches who are seeking to help the victims of war
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Mayor of London announces ground-breaking menopause policy
The new policy, which was created in conjunction with UNISON and announced on International Women’s day, will apply to all workers at City Hall
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There for You launches the Energy Support Appeal
UNISON’s charity is asking for donations from branches to support members who are struggling with the spike in energy costs
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Energy workers put a spoke in Putin’s war machine
UNISON members on the Medway were determined to show solidarity with Ukrainians when they discovered that a consignment of Russian gas was heading their way
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Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action
The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019
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UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff in five London hospitals
Christina McAnea praises the ‘welcome move’ that means nearly 2,000 facilities management staff will return to Agenda for Change conditions
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UNISON’s message of support to Ukrainian members
The union is also encouraging members and branches to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal
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How to support Ukraine
UNISON is working with the international trade union movement to mobilise support for those affected by the war in Ukraine – and branches and members can help too
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Disable Inequality: How to challenge disability discrimination
This is UNISON’s year of the disabled worker and the union is launching a new campaign to help members challenge disability discrimination in the NHS
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UNISON slates government plans for English university education
Union warns that increasing the length of time graduates will have to pay back loans will disproportionately affect lower earners and those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Higher education delegates tackle equality and discrimination
The higher education virtual national conference addressed the issues faced by its Black and trans members
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UNISON urges employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’
‘We can and we will stand up for better pay,’ higher eduction delegates are told
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Higher education staff have ‘yet again kept the sector going’
HE national conference hears that members’ COVID sacrifices were ‘in stark contrast’ to the behaviour of government
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Women back call to build campaign against sexual harassment
Delegates hear that, after promising last July to introduce protections against harassment in the workplace, there has been no progress from the UK government
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UNISON general secretary calls on men to stand ‘beside’ women
Christina McAnea addresses women’s conference and stresses the need for the union to be more representative of its million female members
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When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference
Delegates describe struggling to survive on a low income as being ‘on the hamster wheel of life’ and ‘trying to glue our families together with Pritt Stick and a pair of old shoelaces’
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