The chancellor can halt escalating strike action and begin solving the staffing emergency currently causing the NHS such harm if he comes up with new money to pay health workers... read more →
UNISON’s industrial action in the NHS intensifies this week. Today is our third day of strikes this winter in England, and NHS staff in Northern Ireland will be out on... read more →
8:15am Honk if you support the strikers! Find out what you can do to support the strikers – including honking your support – here. 8:05am Christina McAnea is already on the case,... read more →
There are an estimated 185,000 Black members in UNISON, the majority of whom work in health and local government services, and the union has declared 2023 as the Year of Black... read more →
Carol Sewell has been presented with the 2023 UNISON Nelson Mandela Award for over two decades of service to the union movement. UNISON president Andrea Egan presented the award to... read more →
UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea delivered a passionate speech at the union’s annual national Black members’ conference in Edinburgh this afternoon. The conference, which runs until 22 January, is the... read more →
Winter Fuel Grant Opens 25 January The Winter Fuel Grant programme opens at 10am on Wednesday 25 January, applications will be made via an online form. The grant is a... read more →
By Trudie Pandolfo On Tuesday, this week, NICE staff staged a one-day strike, the first time we have been on strike since the national pensions dispute in 2011. What is... read more →
A third strike in the ongoing NHS pay dispute takes place on Monday 23 January. UNISON members working in the ambulance service in five regions will be walking out, as... read more →
Thousands of environment agency workers from across the country took strike action over pay on Wednesday for the first time in the agency’s history. Environment Agency salaries have fallen by... read more →