Online event will take the place of cancelled conference and will be centred around social care and the need for a national care service
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SOAS staff to strike against cuts
Support workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) have voted overwhelmingly to take action to save jobs
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UNISON president calls for a ‘global recovery’ after the pandemic
UNISON members address virtual TUC congress, highlighting the impact on workers of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Government mustn’t sleepwalk into further care home catastrophe, says UNISON
Plan needed for care homes and infection control fund must be extended
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Have you contracted COVID-19 at work? Let us know
UNISON has launched a COVID-19 workplace exposure questionnaire in partnership with Thompsons solicitors
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When homeworking versus the office isn’t a straightforward choice
The results from UNISON’s annual equalities survey are in, and after 8,825 responses including from Black, disabled, women and LGBT+ members, one of the most contentious topics is working from…Read more…
Winning a change of heart at the University of East Anglia
With COVID-19 affectedly higher education finances badly, reps at the University of East Anglia worked to ensure that lower-paid members didn’t suffer as a result
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How COVID has deepened the housing crisis
“It’s been hard. So hard. We’ve been counting each slice of bread we eat.”
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How the Home Office really treats our migrant NHS heroes
“The UK government is using the African and Black community to build their economy. I’ve worked so hard, full-time. Yet, when I renew my visa, I have to pay a £1,000 surcharge to use the NHS.”
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Housing problems worsen for members during the pandemic
UNISON survey set to reveal the scale of the problems caused for workers struggling to pay rent or mortgages
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New survey will reveal state of NHS staff car parking
Some sites already charging staff again – even as COVID-19 pandemic continues
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Dave Prentis seeks to enlist MPs in jobs row with British Gas
UNISON general secretary calls the energy company’s move to dismiss its entire workforce and cease union recognition ‘utterly disgraceful’
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Jobs, security and dignity – sign up to TUC congress 2020
Our moment to demand change for working people
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Blog: Because Black disabled lives matter
UNISON activists Veronica Price-Job and Peter Daley look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting Black disabled workers
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UNISON calls for ‘sustainable and sufficient’ university funding
Call comes amid chaos caused by government handling of A-level results
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Join our webinar on redundancy and the right to informed
Hear expert legal advice on protecting jobs as the country enters a period of uncertainty after the pandemic
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Solidarity with Colombians as Covid compounds crisis
There is still time for branches to make donations to the president’s charity
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Blog: When you’re the wrong sort of ‘vulnerable’
Kathleen Kennedy, deputy co-chair of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee, writes about the impact on disabled workers of being classified incorrectly
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Homerton Hospital workers secure living wage and sick pay victory
But outsourced staff still have much to right for, says UNISON
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Councils forced to pick up the pieces from failing test and trace
UNISON calls for urgent improvements to a ‘chaotic’ system in England
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