There was a lovely informal “leaving do” this evening in the Unison centre for our former UNISON activist and national officer, Jamie Dickinson (front centre) . Jamie supported our International and Labour Link Committee. He is leaving UNISON to …Read more…
UNISON National Labour Link Forum 2022
Picture collage from UNISON Labour Link National Forum which took place on Friday in York. This was the first “in person” Forum since 2019 due to Covid. “Labour Link” is the (voluntary) political fund in UNISON that is affiliated to the Labour Party.&n…Read more…
UNISON Special Delegate Conference 2021: Day 1
Today was the first day of the virtual (for obvious reasons) UNISON delegate conference. It will finish on Thursday. Last year there was no conference due to Covid, so it seems a long, long time since we had our last conference.
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Blog: Together we will get through this
The whole country is grateful for what you are doing despite severe restrictions across the UK.
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Any deal better than the catastrophe of no deal
Working people and public services still face huge uncertainty
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Blog: Our members are the key workers who will get us through this latest crisis
This year’s Christmas holiday comes at the end of a long year when UNISON members have worked under the most extraordinary circumstances
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UNISON says goodbye & thank you to Dave Prentis
At the recent UNISON NEC meeting many members thanked Dave for his 40 years of service to the union (20 years as our General Secretary), often giving emotional tributes and wished him well on his retirement. He was presented with honorary Life me…Read more…
‘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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Blog: This cynical, divisive kick in the teeth
Chancellor’s pay freeze for most public service workers mocks the government’s commitment to ‘levelling up’ with old-style Thatcherism
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Divide and rule won’t help the economic recovery
Chancellor’s plan is austerity plain and simple
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Public support not going back to normal
‘The people and services who delivered so much during the pandemic deserve so much better – as do the communities they support’
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Blog: You are doing your school and your union proud
Stars in Our Schools is celebrating the people who keep our schools running – and this year, we need to recognise their contribution more than ever
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Blog: Why we’ll never stop fighting for a real living wage for all
You cannot praise public service workers for keeping our communities going… while simultaneously expecting the same people to survive on poverty pay
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Blog: Still by your side during the second wave
There is no rest for me or anyone in UNISON while our members continue to do all they can to fight this pandemic and keep our communities going
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Blog: The Tories’ disgusting refusal to act on child hunger
While welcome, it should not be left to charity from individuals and organisations to put food in children’s mouths
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Blog: We must save union learning
Decision to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England is all about an ‘ideological distaste for trade unions’
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‘Be proud of our union’
General secretary praises union’s activists and staff for their commitment and flexibility during the pandemic crisis
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Blog: This Black History Month, we won’t go back to the old normal
Our Black members deserve so much better
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Taking UNISON’s demands to the Treasury
UNISON makes submission to the government’s comprehensive spending review
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Prentis urges Labour to commit to a ‘new deal’ for public services
UNISON’s general secretary calls today’s public service workers the ‘new giants’ of the labour movement
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