Christmas spending tips families over the edge as households debts spiral

New UNISON survey reveals it will take until November for low-paid workers to repay their Christmas debt.

Khan urges members to become politically involved

Addressing the UNISON Black members’ conference, Sadiq Khan MP issued a rallying call for delegates to increase their political involvement

Prentis tells politicians to show an alternative

General secretary tells Black members conference that Labour must stand up for ordinary people

Black members are ‘stronger in UNISON’, conference hears

UNISON president Maureen Le Marinel addressed the opening session of the union’s annual Black members’ conference in Brighton today

Birmingham University staff strike over pay

Support grows for striking university staff as information reveals scale of spending on agency staff

Boasting about inflation? Cameron needs a reality check

Cameron reaction to the latest inflation figures shows a massive reality gap between his government and what is being felt by the majority of people across the country

Birmingham Council caught in perfect storm

Council should have followed the law but instead the former Tory controlled council chose to waste time and local taxpayers’ money

UNISON writes to Chancellor on low pay

UNISON has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer putting the case for a decent pay rise for local government workers

Campaign to protect homeless services launched in Notts

Speak out now against county council plans to axe homelessness funding descrbed as cruel and short-sighted

2% inflation means bad news for public sector workers

The rise in the Retail Price Index to 2.7% shows the underlying cost of living crisis is getting worse

Cuts to councils and meat hygiene inspection hitting food safety

The threat to the public from contaminated food stems from a toxic combination of cuts to council trading standards, environmental health and meat hygiene inspection

Cardiff council proposals provoke calls for strike action

UNISON has responded with anger to proposals from Cardiff county council to reduce the workers’ hours to 36 per week

Universities build cash reserves while staff earn less than living wage

Surpluses should be used to reward the staff ‘who give the sector it’s world-class reputation’, says UNISON

UNISON warns against possible HSE privatisation

Union says it is concerned over call for health and safety executive to adopt commercial approach after triennial review backs current set-up

2014 women conference final agenda

The final agenda for national women’s conference is now available to download on the conference pages of the website