Non-essential activity should be stopped immediately to cut the risk of staff contracting and spreading COVID-19
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TUC survey reveals 71% of working mothers denied furlough
Working parents – particularly mothers – are in an impossible situation this lockdown. UNISON is calling for paid parental leave to support them
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Worried about your finances? UNISON can help
UNISON can offer a range of financial assistance for members – ranging from COVID-19 specific grants, debt advice, benefits advice and winter fuel grants
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UNISON plans fightback against staff cuts to Sheffield Hallam students’ union
Redundancies facing permanent staff at Sheffield Hallam students’ union will have a major effect on students, and UNISON members plan to fight back
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Christina McAnea elected UNISON general secretary
Christina McAnea has today been elected as general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. Voting in the ballot was as follows: Paul Holmes 45,220 (33.76%) Christina McAnea …Read more…
‘I can’t afford to retire’ – why carers need a living wage
Three out of four care workers don’t earn the living wage. UNISON vice president Sian Stockham is one of them and she’s leading the national fight to raise carers’ pay
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Carers need practical support more than applause
Applause and appreciation do not replace pay and practical support for our public service workers
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UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new COVID variant
Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus
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BTec exams must be cancelled now urges UNISON
Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger
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Library staff ‘scared and stressed’ about working through lockdown
UNISON calls for libraries to stay completely closed, to protect library workers and their families
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Affordable housing and the impact on recruitment and retention of key workers
UNISON has commissioned research into the housing issues facing workers across public services in the UK
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Schools committee raises issues over English testing plans
UNISON meets Department for Education and NHS test and trace officials to discuss the end-of-term announcement about mass testing in English schools in January
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UNISON sends a very public festive ‘thank you’ to its 1.3m members
The union’s nationwide newspaper ads underline how much members have supported the country in the year of COVID-19
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UNISON responds to COVID testing plans for English schools
National schools committee describes UK government’s announcement, made on the last day of term, that some secondaries will be expected to start next term online, as “jaw-dropping”
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UNISON backs councils’ attempt to close schools amid COVID spike
‘The surge in cases in our schools is extremely concerning … Enough is enough’
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Calling members who are cleaners, housekeepers and domestics
UNISON survey will help inform its response to a government consultation on low-paid workers
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Support There for You and get conference bags for your branch
Our 2020 conference bag stock is being made available to raise funds for There for You, UNISON’s unique welfare charity
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Branch resources review moves to consider range of options
Following the results of the union’s branch survey, the working group is now developing a list of proposals to help branches
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UNISON salutes team that kept up abortion access in lockdown
Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19
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‘We’ll fight the public sector pay freeze’
UNISON makes plans to fight the public sector pay freeze and pays tribute to Dave Prentis at his final NEC meeting before retirement
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