To UNISON and our predecessor unions Desmond Tutu was and is an inspiration
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Women’s conference condemns child marriage
Delegates debate emergency motion that triggers shocking emotional testament and call for ILO action to stop girls vanishing from child labour statistics because they are ‘married’
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Help to tell the London recruits’ story of fighting apartheid
London trade unionists ran clandestine missions to South Africa to help the fight against apartheid – and now you can help get their story told on screen
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The Price of Fashion
The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh shocked the world. Since then, UNISON has helped the garment workers fight for their rights
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Dave Prentis calls for full transparency on EU negotiations
General secretary will urge the government to consult trade unions throughout negotiations to leave the European Union when he meets cabinet minister David Davis
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CETA is not dead yet, UNISON warns
With the EU-Canada trade deal in limbo, the union calls for full parliamentary scrutiny of all post-Brexit trade agreeements
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How I became a Brit with a German passport, and why I no longer am
Anke Plummer blogs about her experience as an EU migrant in
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UK urged to act before bulldozers enter The Jungle at Calais
UNISON urges members to sign petition calling on UK to accept responsibilities and allow children on their own to come to UK
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Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy?
Does your employer have an ethical procurement policy? Are the goods it buys as part of delivering key public services – whether that’s staff clothing or food, electronics, paper, or furnishings –…Read more…
Urge your MEPs to halt damaging trade deal with southern Africa
UNISON calls for aaction on trade deals with global South which stress liberalisation and threaten to damage economies and workers’ rights
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Finding a way through Brexit
As the UK wonders what happens next in a post-Brexit world, UNISON is acting now
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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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Colombia still needs human rights monitoring despite peace deal
UNISON calls for renewed pressure on right-wing paramilitary groups, as the peace process moves towards a referendum
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Help campaign against FGM and child marriage
Donate now to the UNISON-supported fundraising campaign to support West African activists working to end FGM and child marriage: donate by 18 July and your gift will be doubled
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Chilcot report: UNISON statement
Joint statement from general secretary Dave Prentis and president Eric Roberts
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We may not be in Europe, but the threat of TTIP remains
UNISON will continue the fight to exclude public services from secret trade agreements
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Union backs 18 June convoy in solidarity with refugees
Union calls on members to take part in or donate goods to convoy travelling to refugee camp in Calais
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UNISON urges Colombia to protect activists from paramilitaries
More than 500 Colombian trade unionists and human rights campaigners murdered in the past five years as threat increases
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Rhondda Cynon Taf becomes latest council to condemn TTIP
UNISON congratulates south Wales council on adopting motion condemning secretary trade deal
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“My employer ‘gave’ me to someone else”
Hopeful migrant workers receive training on their rights, prior to departure for construction industry jobs in the Middle East (credit: CEC, India) Ruchi Gupta from the Centre for Education and…Read more…