Thames Water, the UK’s largest water company, has announced the start of a consultation to remove over 300 roles in order to “reduce costs further and become more efficient”. This... read more →
We are all horrified by the devastating violence we have seen in Israel and Gaza in recent weeks. I know that many UNISON activists are eager to respond to the... read more →
Commenting on the announcement today (Monday) that staff at some non-NHS organisations will benefit from government funding for the cost of their one-off payments as part of the NHS pay award, UNISON... read more →
A strike planned for next week by more than 500 clinical support workers (CSWs) at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been called off after the employer agreed... read more →
The four-day strike that had been due to take place from Friday 3 November involving hundreds of Environment Agency workers represented by UNISON has been suspended to allow pay talks... read more →
Summary UNISON is working to highlight the contribution of social workers The union has made four new Standing up for Social Work films which can be found below or... read more →
UNISON members at The Victoria Education Centre in Poole are taking strike action today, after their employer failed to deliver a pay rise for staff. The special education school is... read more →
UNISON and the other local government unions, GMB and Unite, yesterday decided to accept the employers’ pay offer for 2023, for council and school workers. This means an increase of... read more →
UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation mean that some seats on elected bodies are reserved for women and low-paid members, so that the make-up fairly represents the wider union. This... read more →
On 12-14 October, representatives from UNISON attended the 31st Public Services International (PSI) conference in Geneva. PSI is the global union federation for public services workers, UNISON’s international equivalent. It... read more →