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‘The union is your shield against discrimination’

Christina McAnea highlights the challenges of discrimination, the rise of the far right and the plight of migrant workers at the union’s Black members’ conference

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The NEC ballot helpline is now open on 0800 0 857 857 for all your election questions

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Seize the day – the 4 day week campaign

We speak to the branch secretary at the first council in the UK to trial a four-day work week with no loss of pay

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AI: Taking over or helping out?

There’s a lot of talk about artificial intelligence and its impact on our lives and work, but what’s fact and what’s fiction?

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Higher education is in crisis

There’s a parliamentary lobby in Westminster on 3 June to fund our future

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NHS and social care would have collapsed long ago without overseas staff

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