Three local government unions, representing 1.4 million council and school employees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have today (Tuesday) submitted a pay claim that calls for an above-inflation wage... read more →
Commenting on the government’s proposals to boost NHS emergency care published today (Monday), UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said: “The government has at last acknowledged that there are deep problems in... read more →
Responding to the chancellor of the exchequer’s speech today (Friday) about driving UK economic growth, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Jeremy Hunt’s grand vision for the future completely ignores... read more →
This is UNISON’s Year of Black Workers. UNISON has 185,000 Black members, most of whom work in health and local government services, with significant numbers working in social care and... read more →
The joint higher education unions met the employers this week – the final meeting in a series of three to negotiate on pay. The employers made a marginally improved offer... read more →
Every year UNISON marks Holocaust Memorial Day, which takes place on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and death camp. We remember the six... read more →
By Joshua Garfield and Izzy Lenga Hannah Arendt wrote about the “banality of evil,” as a countenance to the often ubiquitous belief that evil is exceptional; that uniquely evil deeds... read more →
On the third day of UNISON’s national Black members’ conference, delegates passed several key motions in support of migrant rights. One of the motions demanded that the government hold to... read more →
Of the 24 motions passed at UNISON’s national Black members’ conference in Edinburgh at the weekend, four focused on ways to support Black workers during the cost of living crisis. ... read more →
In the third day of strike action in the NHS, UNISON members working for the ambulance service at Rotherham Hospital in South Yorkshire took to the picket lines, while the... read more →