At the start of April, Barack Obama will make his first visit to Europe when he jets into London with other world leaders for the G20 summit.
All such summits are important, but with the world deep in recession and job losses mounting each day, none has been as important as this.
The TUC and Britain's unions are joining with a wide range of development groups, environmental organisations and faith groups to challenge the G20 leaders to Put People First, with a march for jobs, justice and climate on the Saturday before the summit.
Local government pay goes to ACAS
(10/02/09) UNIONS make case for higher pay to arbitration panel
All out on 28 March
NEC calls for mass turnout at G20 march to demand: Put people first!
Comparators distort the picture
I've heard about the forthcoming Equality Bill, but what will it mean for disabled members?
Statutory redundancy pay campaign
Write to your MP to back a campaign to increase the level of statutory redundancy pay in response to the recession
UNISON makes personal information pledge
Union congratulated on being 'launch signatory' of promise to safeguard personal information
Lobby of Parliament on Gaza
UNISON is supporting a call by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign for a lobby of Parliament on Wednesday 11 March
UNISON sends delegation to southern Africa
Agenda includes HIV/AIDS, human rights and apartheid's legacy
Happy 10th birthday!
Seminar marks decade of national minimum wage
Academy schools briefing (England)
New anti-academies briefing available
National Conference on Venezuela
10 years of democracy and social progress
Service group executive by-elections
Nominations required for South East regional seats on health and local government service group executives
Million women rise
UNISON is supporting the Million Women Rise national women's march to end violence against women on Saturday 7 March, to celebrate International Women's Day
Visit the UN
Applications must be in by Thursday for a study visit to the International Labour Organisation in Geneva
Coming events
Coming events: including Working to promote equality for disabled staff
Training
Activists' training in your region and nationally
Equal pay
Positively Public
Migrant workers
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