Councils need proper funding to help young people
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Why we need allies more than ever
Against a backdrop of a rise in hate crimes, UNISON has launched new guidance on how LGBT+ members can be supported
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‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’
Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more
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‘Thank you for your work dealing with floods’
‘I want to thank you and through you all UNISON members,’ Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford says as he welcomes community delegates to Cardiff
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Taking ‘pride’ in procurement
UNISON urges stronger attention to ethical procurement practices in the light of companies’ pursuit of ‘the pink pound’
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Stoke-on-Trent council scraps care pay cuts
UNISON regional organiser Tony Jones said the plans were in effect a 20% pay cut for members
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Love, LGBT+ history and more wins
February may have been cold and wet but the UNISON fires burned brightly this month
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Public fears a lowering of meat standards in future US trade deals, says UNISON
Consumers also want independent hygiene inspections to continue
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Letter to the Morning Star
Letter on behalf of UNISON’s presidential team and general secretary regarding the shocking, vile, transphobic cartoon that appeared in the Morning Star last week
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NEC by-elections
Nomination period for East Midlands, Greater London and South West reserved seat ballots opens on 3 March and closes on 17 April
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Union Energy – important announcement
Union Energy will stop being a UNISON Living endorsed offer for members on Sunday 8 March
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A union that keeps making LGBT+ history
It’s LGBT History Month, so there’s no better time to explore UNISON’s contribution to the struggle for equality
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Council cleaners celebrate after seeing off outsourcing threat
UNISON campaigning sees Middlesbrough council drop privatisation plan
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President stresses UNISON’s myth-busting role
Josie Bird tells conference the union must continue to grow, to provide and even stronger opposition to the government
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McAnea issues defiant message to Johnson’s Tories
Assistant general secretary sets out the scale of the challenge, but tells women’s conference that UNISON is in shape to meet it
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UNISON will stand up to ‘laddism and misogyny’ typified by Trump and Johnson
Dave Prentis speaks at UNISON national women’s conference
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Going beyond the law: sexual harassment guidance launched
‘Sexual harassment is against the law, but the law doesn’t stop it happening‘
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Prentis shares the ❤ with UNISON’s women
General secretary praises the union’s “special” women as he says UNISON “will not abandon our fight”
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Fighting against NHS fees for pregnant migrant women
For pregnant women, the “hostile environment for migrants” is degrading and forces health workers to act foremost as border control and debt collectors instead of healthcare providers
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UNISON women steady themselves for the fight
Women’s conference tackles a raft of business, with the general election result as a common thread
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