UNITE has produced a new national "one per desk" newsletter that members are distributing at sites across the UK. You…Read more…
More in common
Members of Unite’s Community section will be standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the Polish community at tomorrow’s (September 3) unity ‘march of silence’ in Harlow which follows the…Read more…
Welcome investment
The engine of the UK’s manufacturing base – the automotive industry – got a boost yesterday (September 1) as the government confirmed it would inject £35m into new industrial hub in Coventry where…Read more…
Giving up not an option
Heavy manufacturing equipment firm Caterpillar announced another raft of job losses yesterday (September 1), a move which Unite has condemned, calling it another blow to Northern Ireland’s…Read more…
Social Work Watch set to snap the state of the profession
Work in social care? Please fill in our survey describing their work day on 21 September
The article Social Work Watch set to snap the state of the profession first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
Unhealthy development: How DfID promotes health privatisation
UNISON is calling on DFID to reassess its health strategy and end its support for private healthcare schemes. Instead it should focus on the eradication of poverty, through support for quality public…Read more…
Action now to save General Practice
Doctors in Unite (DiU), formerly the Medical Practitioners Union (MPU) expressed dismay yesterday (August 31) over the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) decision not to hold a consultative ballot…Read more…
Government told to rethink promotion of private healthcare
UNISON report shows up role of Department for International Development in promoting healthcare privatisation to some of the world’s poorest countries
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Higher Education – time for the sector to fight back
We may have a different Prime Minister but staff working in Higher Education face the same declining pay, the same tough working conditions and the same attacks on the sector that they faced under…Read more…
Defend our bus service
Unite has urged Edinburgh citizens to tell their councillors not to go ahead with controversial plans for Lothian Buses. Yesterday (August 30), members of Edinburgh’s transport committee…Read more…
Scotland’s FE workers to strike on Tuesday 6 September
First national strike will take place in support of fair pay and parity with lecturer colleagues
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Taking a bite out of Apple
The European Commission (EC) has taken a bite out of Apple by ordering it to pay the Irish government up to €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes, after ruling the tech company’s tax arrangements with the…Read more…
UNISON prepares to make its mark at TUC Congress
Key issues will feature in debate and congress will recognise the work of activists Darren Barber and Margaret McKee
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Gesture of goodwill
There was solid support for Friday’s (August 26) 24-hour stoppage by London bus workers at the bus operator Tower Transit. Unite members took to picket lines and services were severely…Read more…
Don’t scrap the Human Rights Act
In the months and years to come, we will fight this calculated attack on our hard won rights and freedoms alongside Amnesty International, Liberty, the British Institution of Human Rights and others….Read more…
School stars are rising
The build-up to this year’s Stars in Our Schools celebration is under way
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NEC by-election result for Wales female seat
Angela Roberts has been elected to the UNISON national executive council and takes office immediately
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Service group executive by-elections
By-elections are to be held for vacant seats on all seven of the union’s service group executives, with nominations opening on 6 September
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‘Boris bus’ builders’ jobs freeze slammed
Unite has slammed manufacturing firm Wrightbus’ recruitment freeze as the latest blow to Ballymena and Northern Ireland’s manufacturing sector. The bus builders are well known for…Read more…
UNISON calls for council oversight of academy school finances
Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon…Read more…