UNISON Centre sign

NEC celebrates organising and recruitment figures

General secretary Christina McAnea tells meeting that the first quarter of 2025 has bucked a trend – in positive fashion

UNISON Centre sign

UNISON NEC issues statement on the situation in Gaza

National executive council repeats demand for an immediate and permanent ceasefire

UNISON national business, community and environment officer Kelly Hannah-Rogers (right) signing a diversity and inclusion policy agreement with Veolia in March in Paris, with Glen Flitton, the union’s national convenor for Veolia, and Paola Panzeri, the deputy general secretary of the European Public Services Union.

Opinion: Europe – still at the table, still making a difference

Even after Brexit, UNISON continues to sit at the table with some of Europe’s largest employers and maintain an influence

Christina McAnea at a table with the leader and CEO of Newcastle City Council, to sign a Disability Employment Charter, with members standing behind them

UNISON signs disability charter with Newcastle council leaders

Later, Christina McAnea spoke at the union’s regional council AGM

Black and white head shot of David Williams, general secretary of Cohse from 1984 to ap87.

Former Cohse general secretary David Williams dies aged 98

He served in the role from 1984-1987

Christina McAnea on the picket line with striking Livv Housing members.

Donate to show solidarity with members at Livv Housing

UNISON members have been taking action over pay since last October

Christina McAnea with healthcare assistant members at Greenwich and Lewisham Hospitals celebrating a re-banding win

Christina McAnea celebrates with winning healthcare assistants

Action at Greenwich and Lewisham hospitals was the first re-banding campaign launched in London and saw five days of strike action

Kye Gbangbola in a wheelchair, holding a placard of his son Zane

Stand with Zane Gbangbola’s family in their campaign for justice

The seven-year-old died in 2014, but despite official reports that hydrogen cyanide was in the flooded home, an inquest claimed carbon monoxide was the cause of death

Katrina Murray MP speaking at UNISON's women's conference

‘I want to make a fundamental difference’ says Katrina Murray

Labour MP and UNISON member addresses the union’s national women’s conference

Delegates to UNISON's women's conference raising organ voting cards, photographed from the back of the hall so the conference set is visible in the background

Time to end period poverty and taboos

Women’s conference asks national committee to survey members to examine the impact of menstruation on working life

Christina McAnea addressing women's conference

General secretary has strong words for Labour

But Christina McAnea also says ‘it’s not all doom or gloom’

Delegates at UN ISON's women's conference holding orange voting cards aloft

‘Unite for more rights!’

UNISON’s women’s conference opens with clear calls to champion trans rights, healthcare and childcare

UNISON sign at the union's centre in London

NEC hears of ongoing work on the Employment Rights Bill

National executive council also learns of big rises in membership and activists over 2024

Delegates to UNISON's HE conference holding messages calling for no job cuts, save jobs and fund higher education

HE conference highlights link between funding and pay

Delegates agree higher education sector needs a ‘new start’

UNISON College logo in purple and green on a yellow background

Make 2025 the year you …

… check out UNISON’s very own college and see what it can offer you – inside and outside work