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 →
Members of the overseas nurses’ network gathered at UNISON centre last week for their annual seminar. The network aims to connect overseas nurses for mutual support, to offer expertise to... read more →
Delegates at this year’s disabled members conference yesterday debated a range of issues that affect their members. The motion ‘mind the pay gap’ noted that, even for those disabled people... read more →
UNISON sent notices to Scottish Water this week, to inform it that members will be taking strike action for four days starting on 10 November. The strikes come after UNISON members... read more →
It’s been grim watching so far, but today will get much grimmer as the Cummings circus arrives at the UK COVID-19 Inquiry. We’re expecting more explosive talk, axe-grinding and score-settling.... read more →