UNISON backs Labour plans to legislate on excessive heat in the workplace
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Tahir’s youth mission
Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen
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Local Service Champions – making our communities safer
We don’t always see what council workers do in our communities, but they’re there, making our lives better
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Communicating our cause
Campaigning is vital to UNISON’s cause
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Social Worker of the Year Awards
Nominations close at midnight on Friday 19 July
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Here comes summer!
June was another busy month for the union – more victories for our members, and conferences in Liverpool
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Help to get comfortable with numbers
Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help
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Pride and protest
UNISON LGBT+ group joins Pride parade in London to celebrate, to show solidarity and to protest against continuing bigotry and intolerance
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Bradford hospital staff strike to stay in the NHS
Picket lines mark the start of seven days of action against plans to transfer members to a wholly owned subsidiary private company
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Newly elected NEC gets down to business
Local government funding and Brexit dominate debates at first business meeting
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School staff win living wage
Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month
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Local government SGE by-election
Nominations open on 15 July and close on 23 August for Eastern and Greater London female seats
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Another university signs up to living wage
South Wales accreditation means all workers on campus, including those employed by contractors, will earn at least £9 an hour
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Inspiring the next generation of allied health professions
The Wow Show – showcasing AHP careers to young people
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Fighting sexual harassment and standing up for disabled workers
The final debates at national conference witnessed passionate debates on sexual harassment in the workplace and raising the profile of disabled members
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Conference sets campaigning tasks on universal credit
Speakers talk of the devastation caused by Conservative attacks on benefits and the most vulnerable in society
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UNISON urges an end to the ‘ongoing crisis in social care’
‘A decade of austerity has ravaged social care’, conference delegates are told
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Rebuild our communities and end violence
UNISON conference hears stories of violence and aggression including teaching assistants having to wear stab vests
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Keir Starmer: “The public should have the option to remain”
Shadow Brexit Secretary tells UNISON that the option to remain in the EU should be part of any second referendum
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Conference unanimously gives LGBT the + factor
Renaming LGBT+ group will future-proof it and increase inclusivity
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