UNISON campaigning sees Middlesbrough council drop privatisation plan
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Protect our food
In partnership with Steve Nash, a campaigner whose six-year-old daughter Joanna died of E Coli, UNISON handed in a petition of 216,938 signatures to the Food Standards Agency
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UNISON calls for safe, decent and affordable homes for all
Union demands a housing policy that works for working people as it publishes a manifesto for a new decade
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Unions reject ‘disappointing’ council pay offer
Initial 2% offer from employers falls far short
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‘We’re worth it’
Unite members protested outside a meeting of the Local Government Association (LGA) today (January 21) in London to demand a pay rise for local authority staff, who’ve suffered significant cuts to…Read more…
Social care record condemned
Seminar hears that government has been in office for almost 10 years, yet has not even produced a green paper on social care
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In the fight of our lives
General secretary Dave Prentis has a message for UNISON members and their families, explaining why he will be voting for Labour on 12 December
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UNISON welcomes new social work regulator in England
The union has been working with Social Work England on its development, but stresses that UNISON itself provides specialist representation for social workers
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A vote for public services?
What do you think of Labour’s manifesto? Will you be voting to protect public services on 12 December? We’d like to hear your views
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#Our Day – Celebrate Local Government in Newham
Today we celebrate Local Government in Newham and elsewhere. The collage above recognises what Newham Council workers deliver for our residents. day in and day out. The list is pretty endless. Newham Council provides lollipop crossing attendants, build…Read more…
Council workers protest about low pay prior to pay talks
Proper funding for local authorities is needed in order to protect jobs, pay staff properly.
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Northants council workers to get pay rise
Promised 4% increase in April 2020 will be first pay rise in three years for staff at crisis council
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The government increases the cost of ‘borrowing to build’
When local authorities build council housing, even if they receive central government grant, they borrow from the government’s own Public … MoreRead more…
A month of perennial change
But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda
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Members travel to Downing Street to demand living wage
Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum
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Local government service group executive ballot notice
Ballot papers will be sent to eligible voters from 7 October
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‘Enough is enough’
A 48-hour strike by drivers and passenger escorts on school buses for disabled children in Hackney will be staged next month due to ‘continued council intransigence’ in a dispute over payments for…Read more…
Defend local services call
Unite delegate Jessie Jacobs, who is also running to be the UK’s first female directly elected metro mayor in the Tees Valley, gave an inspiring speech at the Labour Party Conference on defending…Read more…
End privatisation disgrace to protect public services
Privatisation failed in the 80s, again in the 90s and it’s still failing today
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Activists: an inspiration at the heart of our union
General secretary Dave Prentis takes inspiration from visit to Southampton District branch
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