It’s the start of a new year: and a challenging one for UNISON members, the services they provide, and for the union
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‘Our members support our communities every day of the year’
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
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UNISON members are working flat out
As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members
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Where we’re at with the Trade Union Bill campaign
We’ve already made a big difference… but the campaign is not over
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Standing with our LGBT members
From criminalisation to celebration, it’s quite a journey – and there’s still a long way to go
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Today is a crucial day in the calendar – today is equal pay day
Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free
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We’ll support the police staff who keep our homes safe
Experience after experience has shown that privatisation is a false economy
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Ending check-off would make absolutely no sense
Ending union members’ right to have their subs deducted from wages would be disruptive, centralist and make absolutely no sense
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Tricks but no treats
Join us on Monday to stop this nightmare that is the Trade Union Bill
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Lords tax credits vote is an important first step
The vote on tax credits is a tremendous win for ordinary people struggling to get by on low pay – but it’s only a beginning
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On World Day for Decent Work, join the fight against the Trade Union Bill
Trade unions fight for decent work every day, but the UK government’s Trade Union Bill would threaten our ability to do so
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Thank you to everyone who made Sunday a success
Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march
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Help us fight these scandalously unfair tax credit cuts
These cuts to tax credits will mean ordinary public service workers lose up to £3,000 a year and thousands more in the lifetime of this parliament
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‘Now is not the time to turn our backs’
The worse European humanitarian crisis since the Second World War demands that we do our utmost
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Time for the government to get its priorities straight
Instead of focusing on helping the country at a turbulent time, the government plans to undermine your right to be supported and represented. Will politicians see sense and drop the Trade Union…Read more…
Join us in Manchester
On Sunday, it will be just five weeks to the TUC’s demonstration in Manchester marking the opening of the Tory party conference
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Council cuts could mean more children in need let down
Billions of pounds of cuts mean that few councils can cope with demands from young people
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An attack we’ve seen off before
Trying to stop nurses, care workers, teaching assistants, hospital cleaners and town hall staff from paying their union subs directly from their wages is an attack we’ve defeated before and one which…Read more…
George Osborne wants to know how to ‘get more for less’
The Chancellor wants to find more ways to cut public services
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