Skip to content
  • UNISON National
  • Join UNISON
  • Get help
  • Member benefits
  • Regions
    • Cymru/Wales
    • East Midlands
    • Eastern
    • Greater London
    • North West
    • Northern
    • Northern Ireland
    • Scotland
    • South East
    • South West
    • West Midlands
    • Yorkshire and Humberside
  • My UNISON
    • Branch Finder
    • Quick contact details update
  • Other sites
    • British Sign Language
    • Skills for Schools
    • Digital
    • Stars In Our Schools

UNISON National the public service union

Get help now

08000 857857

Email us

 

Follow us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Youtube
  • Home
  • About
    • What we do
    • How we work
    • Governance
    • Jobs
    • Contact UNISON
  • News
    • Articles
    • General secretary’s blog
    • Magazine
    • Stay up to date
    • The public service data blog
    • Media centre
  • Events
    • Policy motions database
    • Conferences
    • Campaign events
    • Demonstrations and lobbies
    • Seminars and meetings
  • Campaigns
  • Where you work
    • Local government
    • Health
    • Community
    • Education
    • Police & justice
    • Water, env’t & transport
    • Energy
    • Private contractors
    • Regions
  • Get help
    • Support and services
    • Knowledge base
    • Rule book benefits
    • Online enquiries
    • Your rep
    • Legal
    • There for You
    • Professional registration
  • Get involved
    • Learning for you
    • In your workplace
    • Challenge discrimination
    • Grow the movement
    • Campaign for change
Christina McAnea at NDC 2025

Christina McAnea vows to keep Labour honest

UNISON general secretary tells conference: ‘I’m not here to tell them they’re doing a good job – I’m here to tell them to do their job better’

Read the full story

Lee Saunders addressing conference

Political turmoil in the US could happen in the UK

In a stirring speech to national delegate conference, US union leader Lee Saunders offered a cautionary tale laced with fighting inspiration

Read more

man in wheelchair

We need your views on changes to PIPs

UNISON needs to hear from disabled members about how proposed changes to PIPs will affect them

Read more

Andy Hewston at home in Sutton ColdfieldMarcus Rose/UNISON

UNISON rates Ofsted ‘inadequate’

Andy was sacked by Ofsted for brushing rain off a child’s head. Over six years we helped him fight back and win

Find the full story

Thermometer and sunshine

How to cope with a heatwave at work

Know what you and your employer should do during a heatwave

Find out more

Students at a graduation ceremony

Failing to make the grade

Members working in universities are facing the brunt of cuts because of a funding model that’s ‘not fit for purpose’

Discover more

Join UNISON today

Join online now

Features, films and profiles

Visit the UNISON magazine hub

Contact your branch

Use the branch finder

Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions 

Investment in public buildings can’t come soon enough

‘This is not just a piece of legislation, it’s a turning point, a transformative moment’

More news from UNISON

  • Quick Links
    • Join UNISON today
    • My UNISON
    • Contact UNISON
    • Jobs
    • Media centre
    • Website feedback
    • Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2022
    • UNISON Gender Pay Gap Report 2025
  • UNISON where you work
    • Local government
    • Health care
    • Community
    • Education
    • Police Probation and CAFCASS
    • Water, environment and transport
    • Energy
    • Private contractors
  • Regions
    • Cymru/Wales
    • East Midlands
    • Eastern
    • Northern
    • Greater London
    • North West
    • Northern Ireland
    • Scotland
    • South East
    • South West
    • West Midlands
    • Yorkshire & Humberside
  • Equality in UNISON
    • Black members equality
    • Disabled members equality
    • LGBT+ members equality
    • Retired members equality
    • Women members equality
    • Young members equality
  • Online tools
    • Online catalogue
    • Organising Space
  • Other sites and sections
    • UNISON College – Learning and Organising
    • Health and Safety
    • British Sign Language (BSL)
    • Skills for Schools

Follow us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Youtube

UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY. 0800 0 857 857

© Copyright 2025 Privacy policy Terms and conditions