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In just under a week leaders from around the world will meet in London for the G20 summit, pledged to find solutions to the world's economic problems, to poverty and to climate change... |
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It's just five days until the Put People First campaign reaches its climax with our big march and rally in central London on 28 March.
We'll be taking our message to the G20 leaders as they prepare to meet to discuss the financial crisis.
And there's plenty you can do to help us get the message across to the G20 on Saturday.
Unions call for urgent action to save college building projects
(20/03/2009) Unions call for urgent meeting with the Learning Skills Council (LSC)
UNISON welcomes decision to clear nurse's record
(19/03/2009) High court clears record of Worksop nurse who was wrongly convicted, and struck off the nursing register
UNISON Scotland mourns job losses
(17/03/09) Voluntary sector members take funeral procession to Holyrood
Learning to tackle the far right
I've heard about a new TUC online course, Countering the far right, but why is this training important?
A change in welfare procedure
I've heard about something called wellbeing breaks - but what are they?
National Executive Council 2009 election
Important information for branches and members about the NEC election
Service group executives by-elections
Nominations are open for by-elections for the police staff and local government service group executives
Justice for contract workers
Write to your MP to back Early Day Motion 1009 using our model letter
National minimum wage - 10th birthday
Low Pay Commission urged to raise rate to £7.45 an hour - plus details of birthday event
Living wage victory for college staff
Birkbeck agrees to implement the GLA London Living Wage - £7.45 an hour - for cleaning and catering staff
Voices from the school kitchen
New UNISON report reveals stark evidence of the price that school meals staff are paying for transformation of the service
Stop the cuts in probation
Unions submit framework to help prevent job losses
Coming events
Coming events: including Local Government Pensions seminar on 26 March
Training
Activists' training in your region and nationally
Equal pay
Positively Public
Migrant workers
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